Portrait of Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville

Acting

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.

Born: November 10, 1963

Place of Birth: Paddington, London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Born to Be Wild

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2025
Christmas Karma

as Jacob Marley

2025
Great British Train Journeys from Above

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2025
2025
A Sisyphean Task

as The Headmaster

2025
JAMES & Co

as Self - Video message

2024
The Secret Lives of Animals

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Robert Crawley (archive footage)

2024
2024
Paddington in Peru

as Henry Brown

2024
2023
The Coronation Concert

as Self- Presenter

2023
2023
Bank of Dave

as Sir Charles

2023
The Gold

as DCI Brian Boyce

2023
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
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
To Olivia

as Roald Dahl

2021
Dancing Nation

as Narrator ("States of Mind")

2021
2020
Staged

as Hugh

2020
Sandylands

as One-eyed man

2019
2019
Downton Abbey

as Robert Crawley

2019
Amphibia

as Wigbert (voice)

2019
Her Majesty's Cavalry

as Narrator - Self

2019
The Corrupted

as Hammond

2018
Sofia the First: Forever Royal

as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)

2018
2018
Wild Britain

as Narrator

2017
Paddington 2

as Henry Brown

2017
Breathe

as Teddy Hall

2017
DuckTales

as Santa Claus (voice)

2017
Viceroy's House

as Lord Mountbatten

2016
2016
Our Ex-Wife

as Narrator

2015
Stick Man

as Santa (voice)

2015
2015
Galavant

as Pirate King

2014
2014
Paddington

as Henry Brown

2014
2014
2014
Muppets Most Wanted

as Irish Journalist

2014
W1A

as Ian Fletcher

2014
2014
The Monuments Men

as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries

2014
The Dinner Party

as The Host

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
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
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
Knife Edge

as Charles Pollock

2009
From Time to Time

as Captain Oldknow

2009
Getting On

as Philip Moore

2009
Hunter

as DSI Iain Barclay

2008
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
Five Days

as DSI Iain Barclay

2007
Four Last Songs

as Sebastian Burrows

2006
Tsunami: The Aftermath

as Tony Whittaker

2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2006
2005
Asylum

as Max Raphael

2005
Underclassman

as Headmaster Felix Powers

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

2004
Stage Beauty

as Samuel Pepys

2003
Hear the Silence

as Dr. Andrew Wakefield

2003
Love Again

as Philip Larkin

2003
Conspiracy of Silence

as Fr. Jack Dowling

2003
Thursday the 12th

as Brin Hopper

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
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

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
Breakout

as Peter Schneider

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Hugh Barton

1996
Married for Life

as Steve Hollingsworth

1995
1994
Fair Game

as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)

1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow

as Daniel Aurifaber

1994
Cadfael

as Daniel Aurifaber

1994
1993
Stalag Luft

as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)

1993
Peak Practice

as Dominic Kent

1993
GMTV

as Self

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

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee