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
- 2026 · Cold War 1994 as
- 2026 · Twenty Twenty Six as Ian Fletcher
- 2025 · Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger as Sir Charles
- 2024 · OZI: Voice of the Forest as Erzähler
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self- Presenter
- 2023 · The Wonders of Europe as Narrator
- 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 · Silent Hours as Commander William Calthorpe
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 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 · Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration as Self
- 2018 · Sofia the First: Forever Royal as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
- 2018 · Wild Great Britain as Narrator
- 2018 · Wild Britain as Narrator
- 2017 · Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor as Merlin (voice)
- 2016 · Our Ex-Wife as Narrator
- 2014 · Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast as Himself
- 2012 · Mr. Stink as Mr. Stink
- 2012 · Just a Minute as Self
- 2011 · The Hotel as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · Turn Back Time as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · The Silence as
- 2009 · Knife Edge as Charles Pollock
- 2009 · Hunter as DSI Iain Barclay
- 2008 · Freezing as
- 2007 · Four Last Songs as Sebastian Burrows
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Gerry
- 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Prince Regent
- 2005 · Underclassman as Headmaster Felix Powers
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2005 · Man to Man as Fraser McBride
- 2005 · The Rotters' Club as Voice of Adult Ben
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Lord Wisbeach
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Fr. Jack Dowling
- 2002 · Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as
- 2001 · The Emperor's New Clothes as Bertrand
- 2000 · Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as Himself
- 2000 · Madame Bovary as Charles Bovary
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Tim Duggan
- 1998 · Mosley as Bob Boothby
- 1997 · Get Well Soon as Norman Tucker
- 1997 · The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous as Ferdinand Fitzgerald
- 1997 · See You Friday as Daniel
- 1997 · Holding The Baby as Gordon Muir
- 1996 · Married for Life as Steve Hollingsworth
- 1994 · The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Victor Savage
- 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 · Born to Be Wild as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as Marley
- 2025 · Great British Train Journeys from Above as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Robert Crawley
- 2025 · Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale as Self
- 2025 · A Sisyphean Task as The Headmaster
- 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 · Douglas Is Cancelled as Douglas
- 2024 · The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Jonathan Wilde
- 2023 · Peter Sellers: Genius at Work 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 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self
- 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
- 2021 · Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax as Narrator
- 2021 · The Crown's Ancient Forest as Narrator
- 2021 · Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder as Vypravěč
- 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
- 2019 · Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear as Himself - Presenter
- 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 · Downton Abbey Live! as Self
- 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
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Henry Brown
- 2017 · Breathe as Teddy Hall
- 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
- 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 · All Change at Longleat as Narrator
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 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 · 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 · The Dinner Party as The Host
- 2013 · The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 as Self
- 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
- 2011 · World's Most Dangerous Roads as
- 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 · Burke & Hare as Lord Harrington
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Robert Crawley
- 2010 · Shanghai as Ben Sanger
- 2010 · Third Star as Beachcomber
- 2010 · Ben Hur as Pilate
- 2010 · Critical Eye as Brian
- 2009 · Glorious 39 as Gilbert
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Tsunami: The Aftermath as Tony Whittaker
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · Asylum as Max Raphael
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Henry Avery
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Inspector Hewitt
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as Samuel Pepys
- 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 James Lampton (uncredited)
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Tipping the Velvet as Ralph Banner
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
- 2002 · Daniel Deronda as Henleigh Grandcourt
- 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 · The Cazalets as Hugh Cazalet
- 2001 · Blow Dry as Louis
- 2000 · Take a Girl Like You as Julian Ormerod
- 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 · Breakout as Peter Schneider
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hugh Barton
- 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 · 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 · Dodgem as Rick Bayne
- 1990 · Chancer as Jas
- 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 · Go Away! as
- Future · Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino as Narrator