Hugh Bonneville
November 10, 1963 (62 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 · Born to Be Wild as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as Marley
- 2025 · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Robert Crawley
- 2025 · Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Sir Charles
- 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 · The Agency: Central Intelligence as James Richardson
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Henry Brown
- 2024 · Douglas Is Cancelled as Douglas
- 2024 · The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Jonathan Wilde
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self- Presenter
- 2023 · The Wonders of Europe as Narrator
- 2023 · Bank of Dave as Sir Charles
- 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 · 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 · Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax as Narrator
- 2021 · The Crown's Ancient Forest as Narrator
- 2021 · Secret Life of the Forest as Narrator (Voice)
- 2021 · Silent Hours as Commander William Calthorpe
- 2021 · To Olivia as Roald Dahl
- 2021 · Dancing Nation as Narrator ("States of Mind")
- 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- 2020 · Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey as Mr. Delacroix
- 2020 · Staged as Hugh
- 2020 · Sandylands as One-eyed man
- 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 · The Corrupted as Hammond
- 2018 · Countdown to Calvary as Self
- 2018 · Wild Britain as Narrator
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Henry Brown
- 2017 · Breathe as Teddy Hall
- 2017 · Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor as Merlin (voice)
- 2017 · DuckTales as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2017 · Viceroy's House as Lord Mountbatten
- 2016 · The Grand Tour as Self
- 2015 · Stick Man as Santa (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Galavant as Pirate King
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2014 · Paddington as Henry Brown
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Narrator
- 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 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Monuments Men as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 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 · The Hollow Crown as Gloucester
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2011 · World's Most Dangerous Roads as
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · The Hotel as Himself - Narrator
- 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 · The Silence as
- 2010 · Shanghai as Ben Sanger
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Pilate
- 2010 · Critical Eye as Brian
- 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 · Getting On as Philip Moore
- 2009 · Hunter as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Mr. Bennet
- 2008 · Bonekickers as Gregory Parton
- 2008 · Freezing as
- 2008 · Miss Austen Regrets as Rev Brook Bridges
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Five Days as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2007 · Four Last Songs as Sebastian Burrows
- 2007 · The Diary of a Nobody as Pooter
- 2006 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Tony Whittaker
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Gerry
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Prince Regent
- 2005 · Asylum as Max Raphael
- 2005 · Underclassman as Headmaster Felix Powers
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Henry Avery
- 2005 · The Rotters' Club as Voice of Adult Ben
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Hewitt
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Lord Wisbeach
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as Samuel Pepys
- 2003 · Hear the Silence as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
- 2003 · Love Again as Philip Larkin
- 2003 · The Commander as
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Tipping the Velvet as Ralph Banner
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Yevgraf Zhivago
- 2002 · Daniel Deronda as Henleigh Grandcourt
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as
- 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 · The Cazalets as Hugh Cazalet
- 2001 · Blow Dry as Louis
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Julian Ormerod
- 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mr. Rushworth
- 1999 · Notting Hill as Bernie
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous as Ferdinand Fitzgerald
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hugh Barton
- 1997 · Holding The Baby as Gordon Muir
- 1995 · Bugs as
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Schiller
- 1994 · Fair Game as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1994 · The Sanctuary Sparrow as Daniel Aurifaber
- 1994 · Cadfael as Daniel Aurifaber
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Dominic Kent
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Inspector Dawson
- 1990 · Chancer as Jas
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Edward Masterman
- 1987 · Dispatches as Self - Narrator
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- Future · Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino as Narrator
- 1991 · Paul Merton: The Series as
- Future · Go Away! as
- 2000 · Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as Himself
- Future · Legally Mad as Gordan Hamm
- 2026 · From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026 as Himself - Host
- 2025 · Nordic Train at Christmas as Narrator
- 2025 · Great British Train Journeys from Above as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2025 · A Sisyphean Task as The Headmaster
- 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Robert Crawley (archive footage)
- 2024 · The Real History of Communism as الراوي
- 2023 · Peter Sellers: Genius at Work as Narrator
- 2022 · The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration as Self - Narrator
- 2021 · Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder as Vypravěč
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 2021 · Wild Tales from the Farm as Narrateur
- 2020 · The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
- 2019 · Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear as Himself - Presenter
- 2019 · Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event as Self
- 2019 · Downton Abbey Live! as Self
- 2019 · Her Majesty's Cavalry as Narrator - Self
- 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 · Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
- 2018 · Wild Great Britain as Narrator
- 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 · Our Ex-Wife as Narrator
- 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
- 2014 · The Dinner Party as The Host
- 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
- 2012 · Mr. Stink as Mr. Stink
- 2011 · Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel as Captain Henry Avery
- 2010 · Third Star as Beachcomber
- 2008 · French Film as Jed
- 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
- 2008 · One of Those Days as Mr. Burrell
- 2005 · Man to Man as Fraser McBride
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Jack Dowling
- 2003 · Thursday the 12th as Brin Hopper
- 2001 · The Emperor's New Clothes as Bertrand
- 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Farmer
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Tim Duggan
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · Get Well Soon as Norman Tucker
- 1997 · See You Friday as Daniel
- 1997 · Breakout as Peter Schneider
- 1996 · Married for Life as Steve Hollingsworth
- 1994 · The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1991 · Dodgem as Rick Bayne
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee