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 · 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
- 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 · The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Jonathan Wilde
- 2023 · The Gold as DCI Brian Boyce
- 2022 · The Amazing Maurice as The Mayor (voice)
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 2022 · I Came By as Hector Blake
- 2022 · Downton Abbey: A New Era as Robert Crawley
- 2021 · Silent Hours as Commander William Calthorpe
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 2021 · To Olivia as Roald Dahl
- 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 · Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
- 2019 · DNA Journey as
- 2019 · Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event as Self
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
- 2019 · Amphibia as Wigbert (voice)
- 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)
- 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 · Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Paddington as Henry Brown
- 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
- 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
- 2011 · World's Most Dangerous Roads as
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Twenty Twelve as Ian Fletcher
- 2010 · Burke & Hare as Lord Harrington
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
- 2010 · Shanghai as Ben Sanger
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Pilate
- 2009 · Knife Edge as Charles Pollock
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Getting On as Philip Moore
- 2008 · French Film as Jed
- 2008 · Bonekickers as Gregory Parton
- 2008 · Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Five Days as DSI Iain Barclay
- 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
- 2005 · Man to Man as Fraser McBride
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Henry Avery
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Hewitt
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as Samuel Pepys
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Jack Dowling
- 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
- 2001 · The Emperor's New Clothes as Bertrand
- 2001 · High Heels and Low Lifes as Farmer
- 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 · Breakout as Peter Schneider
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hugh Barton
- 1995 · Bugs as
- 1994 · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as Schiller
- 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
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Edward Masterman
- 1987 · Dispatches as Self - Narrator
- 1987 · Dispatches as
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino as Narrator
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as Marley
- 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Robert Crawley (archive footage)
- 2024 · Douglas Is Cancelled as Douglas
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self- Presenter
- 2023 · The Wonders of Europe as Narrator
- 2023 · Bank of Dave as Sir Charles
- 2023 · Dead Cat Film as Clio
- 2021 · Dancing Nation as Narrator ("States of Mind")
- 2020 · Sandylands as One-eyed man
- 2019 · The Corrupted as Hammond
- 2017 · Viceroy's House as Lord Mountbatten
- 2016 · Our Ex-Wife as Narrator
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Self
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Narrator
- 2014 · Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama as Self
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2011 · The Hotel as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · The Silence as
- 2010 · Third Star as Beachcomber
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Gilbert
- 2009 · From Time to Time as Captain Oldknow
- 2009 · Hunter as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2008 · Lost in Austen as Mr Bennet
- 2008 · Miss Austen Regrets as Rev Brook Bridges
- 2005 · Asylum as Max Raphael
- 2005 · Underclassman as Headmaster Felix Powers
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2005 · The Rotters' Club as Voice of Adult Ben
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Lord Wisbeach
- 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 · Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as Himself
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Julian Ormerod
- 1999 · Mansfield Park as Mr. Rushworth
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · Get Well Soon as Norman Tucker
- 1997 · The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous as Ferdinand Fitzgerald
- 1997 · Holding The Baby as Gordon Muir
- 1996 · Married for Life as Steve Hollingsworth
- 1994 · Fair Game as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1994 · The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
- 1991 · Dodgem as Rick Bayne
- 1990 · Chancer as Jas
- Future · Go Away! as
- 1991 · Paul Merton: The Series as
- 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 · A Sisyphean Task as The Headmaster
- 2024 · Alpine Train at Christmas as Narrator
- 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
- 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 · Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder as Vypravěč
- 2021 · Wild Tales from the Farm as Narrateur
- 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
- 2019 · Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear as Himself - Presenter
- 2019 · Downton Abbey Live! as Self
- 2019 · Her Majesty's Cavalry as Narrator - Self
- 2018 · Countdown to Calvary as Self
- 2018 · Wild Britain as Narrator
- 2018 · Wild Great Britain as Narrator
- 2017 · A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy 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 · TB: Return of the Plague as Himself
- 2014 · The Dinner Party as The Host
- 2013 · The Magnificent Lion Boy as Leonard Orlov
- 2012 · Mr. Stink as Mr. Stink
- 2011 · Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel as Captain Henry Avery
- 2010 · Turn Back Time as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Critical Eye as Brian
- 2008 · Freezing as
- 2008 · One of Those Days as Mr. Burrell
- 2007 · Four Last Songs as Sebastian Burrows
- 2007 · The Diary of a Nobody as Pooter
- 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Prince Regent
- 2003 · Hear the Silence as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
- 2003 · Love Again as Philip Larkin
- 2003 · Thursday the 12th as Brin Hopper
- 2002 · Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as
- 2002 · The Biographer as Eric
- 2002 · Right Under My Eyes as James
- 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Tim Duggan
- 1997 · See You Friday as Daniel
- 1994 · The Sanctuary Sparrow as Daniel Aurifaber