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 Jacob 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 · 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 Wonders of Europe as Narrator
- 2023 · Bank of Dave as Sir Charles
- 2023 · The Gold as DCI Brian Boyce
- 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 · 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 · To Olivia as Roald Dahl
- 2021 · Dancing Nation as Narrator ("States of Mind")
- 2021 · Wild Tales from the Farm as Narrateur
- 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 · Downton Abbey Live! as Self
- 2019 · Amphibia as Wigbert (voice)
- 2019 · The Corrupted as Hammond
- 2018 · Wild Great Britain as Narrator
- 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
- 2017 · A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy as Narrator
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Mr. Stink as Mr. Stink
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 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 · Man to Man as Fraser McBride
- 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
- 2003 · Hear the Silence as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
- 2003 · Love Again as Philip Larkin
- 2003 · Thursday the 12th as Brin Hopper
- 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 Emperor's New Clothes as Bertrand
- 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Farmer
- 2001 · The Cazalets as Hugh Cazalet
- 2001 · Blow Dry as Louis
- 2000 · Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as Himself
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Julian Ormerod
- 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 · The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous as Ferdinand Fitzgerald
- 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 · Fair Game as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1994 · Cadfael as Daniel Aurifaber
- 1994 · The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Dominic Kent
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1991 · Paul Merton: The Series as
- 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 · Go Away! as
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Inspector Dawson
- 1990 · Chancer as Jas
- Future · Legally Mad as Gordan Hamm
- 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 · Alpine Train at Christmas as Narrator
- 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
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self- Presenter
- 2023 · Dead Cat Film as Clio
- 2022 · The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration as Self - Narrator
- 2021 · Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax as Narrator
- 2021 · The Crown's Ancient Forest as Narrator
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 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 · 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 · Countdown to Calvary as Self
- 2017 · Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2014 · TB: Return of the Plague as Himself
- 2014 · The Dinner Party as The Host
- 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
- 2011 · Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel as Captain Henry Avery
- 2010 · Third Star as Beachcomber
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Gilbert
- 2009 · Hunter as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2008 · French Film as Jed
- 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
- 2008 · One of Those Days as Mr. Burrell
- 2007 · The Diary of a Nobody as Pooter
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as Samuel Pepys
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Jack Dowling
- 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · See You Friday as Daniel
- 1997 · Breakout as Peter Schneider
- 1994 · The Sanctuary Sparrow as Daniel Aurifaber
- 1991 · Dodgem as Rick Bayne
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino as Narrator
- Future · Set Tour: The Browns' House as Self