Person

Hugh Bonneville

Acting · Born 1963-11-10 · Paddington, London, England, UK

Biography

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

Filmography

2026Cold War 1994Chris Hughes
2026Twenty Twenty SixIan Fletcher
2026Everybody to Kenmure StreetExecutive Producer
2026From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026Himself - Host
2025Nordic Train at ChristmasSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025Born to Be WildSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025Christmas KarmaMarley
2025Great British Train Journeys from AboveSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleRobert Crawley
2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleSelf
2025A Sisyphean TaskThe Headmaster
2025Bank of Dave 2: The Loan RangerSir Charles
2025JAMES & CoSelf - Video message
2024Alpine Train at ChristmasNarrator
2024The Secret Lives of AnimalsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024Dame Maggie Smith - A CelebrationRobert Crawley (archive footage)
2024The AgencyJames Richardson
2024Paddington in PeruHenry Brown
2024The Real History of Communismالراوي
2024Douglas Is CancelledDouglas
2024OZI: Voice of the ForestErzähler
2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick TurpinJonathan Wilde
2023Peter Sellers: Genius at WorkNarrator
2023The Coronation ConcertSelf- Presenter
2023The Wonders of EuropeNarrator
2023Bank of DaveSir Charles
2023The GoldDCI Brian Boyce
2023Dead Cat FilmClio
2023MummiesLord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)
2022The Amazing MauriceThe Mayor (voice)
2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf
2022I Came ByHector Blake
2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationSelf - Narrator
2022Downton Abbey: A New EraRobert Crawley
2022Secrets of the Royal GardensNarrator
2022The Secret Life of Our PetsNarrator (voice)
2021Madame Tussauds: The Full WaxNarrator
2021The Crown's Ancient ForestNarrator
2021Secret Life of the ForestNarrator (Voice)
2021Inside the Forest Seasons of WonderVypravěč
2021Silent HoursCommander William Calthorpe
2021The Vicar of Dibley: Inside OutSelf
2021To OliviaRoald Dahl
2021Dancing NationNarrator ("States of Mind")
2021Wild Tales from the FarmNarrateur
2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelf
2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas JourneyMr. Delacroix
2020The Life and Times of Captain Sir TomSelf - Narrator (voice)
2020StagedHugh
2020SandylandsOne-eyed man
2020Men in BrownSelf
2020Miranda: My Such Fun CelebrationSelf
2019Paddington: The Man Behind the BearHimself - Presenter
2019DNA Journey
2019Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand EventSelf
2019A Little Late with Lilly SinghSelf
2019Downton AbbeyRobert Crawley
2019Downton Abbey Live!Self
2019AmphibiaWigbert (voice)
2019Her Majesty's CavalryNarrator - Self
2019The CorruptedHammond
2019Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)The Narrator
2018A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh BonnevilleSelf
2018Sofia the First: Forever RoyalVoice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
2018Countdown to CalvarySelf
2018Wild Great BritainNarrator
2018Wild BritainNarrator
2017Paddington 2Henry Brown
2017BreatheTeddy Hall
2017Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond SodorMerlin (voice)
2017DuckTalesSanta Claus (voice)
2017Sofia the First: The Mystic IslesNarrator (voice)
2017Viceroy's HouseLord Mountbatten
2017Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the WorldNarrator (voice)
2017A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and LegacyNarrator
2017Silent HoursCommander William Calthorpe
2016The Grand TourSelf
2016Our Ex-WifeNarrator
2016Sofia the First: The Secret LibraryBook Narrator (voice)
2015Stick ManSanta (voice)
2015All Change at LongleatNarrator
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2015The Secret World of LEGONarration
2015Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
2015GalavantPirate King
2014A Life on ScreenSelf
2014PaddingtonHenry Brown
2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)Narrator
2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi DramaSelf
2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverNarrator (voice)
2014Muppets Most WantedIrish Journalist
2014W1AIan Fletcher
2014TB: Return of the PlagueHimself
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014The Monuments Men2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
2014The Dinner PartyThe Host
2014Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night FeastHimself
2013The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2Self
2013The Magnificent Lion BoyLeonard Orlov
2013Da Vinci's Demons
2013Sofia the FirstBook Narrator (voice)
2012Mr. StinkMr. Stink
2012The Hollow CrownGloucester
2012Just a MinuteSelf
2011World's Most Dangerous Roads
2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf
2011Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot PrequelCaptain Henry Avery
2011The HotelHimself - Narrator
2011Twenty TwelveIan Fletcher
2010Turn Back TimeNarrator (voice)
2010Burke & HareLord Harrington
2010Downton AbbeyRobert Crawley
2010The Silence
2010ShanghaiBen Sanger
2010Third StarBeachcomber
2010Ben HurPilate
2010Critical EyeBrian
2009Glorious 39Gilbert
2009Knife EdgeCharles Pollock
2009From Time to TimeCaptain Oldknow
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009Getting OnPhilip Moore
2009HunterDSI Iain Barclay
2008French FilmJed
2008Lost in AustenMr Bennet
2008BonekickersGregory Parton
2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StorySir Hugh Carleton Greene
2008Freezing
2008Miss Austen RegretsRev Brook Bridges
2008One of Those DaysMr. Burrell
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2007Five DaysDSI Iain Barclay
2007Four Last SongsSebastian Burrows
2007The Diary of a NobodyPooter
2006Tsunami: The AftermathTony Whittaker
2006Scenes of a Sexual NatureGerry
2006Rachael Ray
2006The One ShowSelf - Guest
2006Beau Brummell: This Charming ManPrince Regent
2006Courting AlexJulian
2005AsylumMax Raphael
2005UnderclassmanHeadmaster Felix Powers
2005The Robinsons
2005Man to ManFraser McBride
2005Doctor WhoHenry Avery
2005The Rotters' ClubAdult Ben (voice)
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleInspector Hewitt
2004Piccadilly JimLord Wisbeach
2004Stage BeautySamuel Pepys
2003Hear the SilenceDr. Andrew Wakefield
2003ImpactPhil Epson
2003Love AgainPhilip Larkin
2003Conspiracy of SilenceFr. Jack Dowling
2003Thursday the 12thBrin Hopper
2003The CommanderJames Lampton (uncredited)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2002Tipping the VelvetRalph Banner
2002Doctor ZhivagoYevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
2002Daniel DerondaHenleigh Mallinger Grandcourt
2002Top GearSelf
2002Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002The BiographerEric
2002Right Under My EyesJames
2002The Gathering StormIvo Pettifer
2001IrisYoung John Bayley
2001The Emperor's New ClothesBertrand
2001High Heels and Low LifesFarmer
2001The CazaletsHugh Cazalet
2001Blow DryLouis
2000Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle ChoirHimself
2000Take a Girl Like YouJulian Ormerod
2000Madame BovaryCharles Bovary
1999Mansfield ParkMr. Rushworth
1999Notting HillBernie
1998The Scold's BridleTim Duggan
1998MosleyBob Boothby
1998MosleyBob Boothby
1997Tomorrow Never DiesHMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
1997Get Well SoonNorman Tucker
1997The ViewSelf
1997The Man Who Made Husbands JealousFerdie Fitzgerald
1997See You FridayDaniel
1997BreakoutPeter Schneider
1997Midsomer MurdersHugh Barton
1997Holding The BabyGordon Muir
1996Married for LifeSteve Hollingsworth
1995The VetAlan Sinclair
1995Bugs
1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinSchiller
1994Fair GameGerry (as Richard Bonneville)
1994The Sanctuary SparrowDaniel Aurifaber
1994CadfaelDaniel Aurifaber
1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesVictor Savage
1993Stalag LuftSqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
1993Peak PracticeDominic Kent
1993GMTVSelf
1992Between the Lines
1991Murder Most HorridInspector Dawson
1991Paul Merton: The Series
1991DodgemRick Bayne
1990ChancerJas
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotEdward Masterman
1987DispatchesSelf - Narrator
1984Sherlock HolmesVictor Savage
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
—Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo BronzinoNarrator
—Go Away!
—Dog Person
—Cold War 1995Chris Hughes
—Legally MadGordan Hamm

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