Hugh Bonneville
November 10, 1963 (61 years old) in Paddington, London, England, UK
Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963) is an English stage, film, television and radio actor. He was born in Paddington in west London in 1963. He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School in south-east London and at Sherborne School in Dorset. After reading theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as Jacob Marley
- 2025 · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Robert Crawley
- 2025 · Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2025 · Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Sir Charles
- 2024 · Douglas Is Cancelled as Douglas
- 2023 · Bank of Dave as Sir Charles
- 2021 · Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax as Narrator
- 2021 · Dancing Nation as Narrator ("States of Mind")
- 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- 2019 · Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event as Self
- 2019 · Downton Abbey Live! as Self
- 2018 · Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Narrator
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
- 2011 · World's Most Dangerous Roads as
- 2011 · The Hotel as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · The Silence as
- 2010 · Third Star as Beachcomber
- 2010 · Critical Eye as Brian
- 2009 · Getting On as Philip Moore
- 2008 · French Film as Jed
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Mr. Bennet
- 2008 · Bonekickers as Gregory Parton
- 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
- 2007 · Four Last Songs as Sebastian Burrows
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Tony Whittaker
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Gerry
- 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Prince Regent
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2005 · Man to Man as Fraser McBride
- 2005 · The Rotters' Club as Voice of Adult Ben
- 2003 · Hear the Silence as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
- 2003 · Love Again as Philip Larkin
- 2002 · Daniel Deronda as Henleigh Grandcourt
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Julian Ormerod
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous as Ferdinand Fitzgerald
- 1987 · Dispatches as Self - Narrator
- Future · Go Away! as
- 2003 · Thursday the 12th as Brin Hopper
- 2002 · Tipping the Velvet as Ralph Banner
- 2002 · Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as
- 2001 · The Emperor's New Clothes as Bertrand
- 2001 · The Cazalets as Hugh Cazalet
- 1994 · Fair Game as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
- Future · Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino as Narrator
- 2025 · JAMES & Co as Self - Video message
- 2024 · Alpine Train at Christmas as Narrator
- 2024 · The Secret Lives of Animals as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Robert Crawley (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Agency: Central Intelligence as James Richardson
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Henry Brown
- 2024 · The Real History of Communism as الراوي
- 2024 · The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Jonathan Wilde
- 2023 · Peter Sellers: Genius at Work as Narrator
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self- Presenter
- 2023 · The Wonders of Europe as Narrator
- 2023 · The Gold as DCI Brian Boyce
- 2023 · Dead Cat Film as Clio
- 2022 · The Amazing Maurice as The Mayor (voice)
- 2022 · I Came By as Hector Blake
- 2022 · The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration as Self - Narrator
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Robert Crawley
- 2022 · Secrets of the Royal Gardens as Narrator
- 2022 · The Secret Life of Our Pets as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Crown's Ancient Forest as Narrator
- 2021 · Secret Life of the Forest as Narrator (Voice)
- 2021 · Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder as Vypravěč
- 2021 · Silent Hours as Commander William Calthorpe
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 2021 · To Olivia as Roald Dahl
- 2021 · Wild Tales from the Farm as Narrateur
- 2020 · Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey as Mr. Delacroix
- 2020 · The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Staged as Hugh
- 2020 · Sandylands as One-eyed man
- 2020 · Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
- 2019 · Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear as Himself - Presenter
- 2019 · DNA Journey as
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
- 2019 · Amphibia as Wigbert (voice)
- 2019 · Her Majesty's Cavalry as Narrator - Self
- 2019 · The Corrupted as Hammond
- 2019 · Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams) as The Narrator
- 2018 · A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville as Self
- 2018 · Countdown to Calvary as Self
- 2018 · Wild Britain as Narrator
- 2018 · Wild Great Britain as Narrator
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Henry Brown
- 2017 · Breathe as Teddy Hall
- 2017 · Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor - The Movie as Merlin (voice)
- 2017 · DuckTales as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2017 · Viceroy's House as Lord Mountbatten
- 2017 · Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy as Narrator
- 2016 · The Grand Tour as Self
- 2016 · Our Ex-Wife as Narrator
- 2015 · Stick Man as Santa (voice)
- 2015 · All Change at Longleat as Narrator
- 2015 · The Secret World of LEGO as Narration
- 2015 · Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis as
- 2015 · Galavant as Pirate King
- 2014 · Paddington as Henry Brown
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self - Guest Star
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Irish Journalist
- 2014 · W1A as Ian Fletcher
- 2014 · TB: Return of the Plague as Himself
- 2014 · The Monuments Men as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
- 2014 · The Dinner Party as The Host
- 2013 · The Magnificent Lion Boy as Leonard Orlov
- 2013 · Da Vinci's Demons as
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Book Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Secret Library (voice)
- 2012 · Mr. Stink as Mr. Stink
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Gloucester
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel as Captain Henry Avery
- 2011 · Twenty Twelve as Ian Fletcher
- 2010 · Turn Back Time as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Burke & Hare as Lord Harrington
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
- 2010 · Shanghai as Ben Sanger
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Pilate
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Gilbert
- 2009 · Knife Edge as Charles Pollock
- 2009 · From Time to Time as Captain Oldknow
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Hunter as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2008 · Freezing as
- 2008 · Miss Austen Regrets as Rev Brook Bridges
- 2008 · One of Those Days as Mr. Burrell
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Five Days as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2007 · The Diary of a Nobody as Pooter
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Asylum as Max Raphael
- 2005 · Underclassman as Headmaster Felix Powers
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Henry Avery
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Hewitt
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Lord Wisbeach
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as Samuel Pepys
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Jack Dowling
- 2003 · The Commander as
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Yevgraf Zhivago
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Biographer as Eric
- 2002 · Right Under My Eyes as James
- 2002 · The Gathering Storm as Ivo Pettifer
- 2001 · Iris as Young John Bayley
- 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Farmer
- 2001 · Blow Dry as Louis
- 2000 · Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as Himself
- 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mr. Rushworth
- 1999 · Notting Hill as Bernie
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Tim Duggan
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
- 1997 · Get Well Soon as Norman Tucker
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · See You Friday as Daniel
- 1997 · Breakout as Peter Schneider
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hugh Barton
- 1997 · Holding The Baby as Gordon Muir
- 1996 · Married for Life as Steve Hollingsworth
- 1995 · Bugs as
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Schiller
- 1994 · Cadfael as Daniel Aurifaber
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Dominic Kent
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Inspector Dawson
- 1991 · Paul Merton: The Series as
- 1991 · Dodgem as Rick Bayne
- 1990 · Chancer as Jas
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Edward Masterman
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Legally Mad as Gordan Hamm
- Future · Set Tour: The Browns' House as Self