Hugh Bonneville

Acting

Hugh Bonneville

Born 10 November 1963 · Paddington, London, England, UK · 62

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

Highlights

Notting Hill1999 · Film · Bernie
Doctor Who2005 · Series · Henry Avery
Paddington 22017 · Film · Henry Brown
Paddington2014 · Film · Henry Brown
Downton Abbey2010 · Series · Robert Crawley
The Gentlemen2024 · Series · Lord Hawthorne

Filmography

Movies

76 films

Cold War 19942026 · Film · Chris Hughes
Christmas Karma2025 · Film · Marley
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale2025 · Film · Robert Crawley
A Sisyphean Task2025 · Film · The Headmaster
The Simpson: Yellow Planet2025 · Film · Narrador
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger2025 · Film · Sir Charles
Paddington in Peru2024 · Film · Henry Brown
OZI: Voice of the Forest2024 · Film · The Narrator (voice)
Bank of Dave2023 · Film · Sir Charles
Dead Cat Film2023 · Film · Clio
Mummies2023 · Film · Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)
The Amazing Maurice2022 · Film · The Mayor (voice)
I Came By2022 · Film · Hector Blake
Downton Abbey: A New Era2022 · Film · Robert Crawley
Silent Hours2021 · Film · Commander William Calthorpe
To Olivia2021 · Film · Roald Dahl
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey2020 · Film · Mr. Delacroix
Downton Abbey2019 · Film · Robert Crawley
The Corrupted2019 · Film · Hammond
Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble!2019 · Film · Merlin (voice)
Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)2019 · Film · The Narrator
Sofia the First: Forever Royal2018 · Film · Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
Paddington 22017 · Film · Henry Brown
Breathe2017 · Film · Teddy Hall
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor2017 · Film · Merlin (voice)
Viceroy's House2017 · Film · Lord Mountbatten
Sofia the First: The Secret Library2016 · Film · Book Narrator (voice)
Stick Man2015 · Film · Santa (voice)
The Secret World of LEGO2015 · Film · Narration
Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis2015 · Film
Paddington2014 · Film · Henry Brown
Muppets Most Wanted2014 · Film · Irish Journalist
The Monuments Men2014 · Film · 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
The Dinner Party2014 · Film · The Host
Mr. Stink2012 · Film · Mr. Stink
Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel2011 · Film · Captain Henry Avery
Burke & Hare2010 · Film · Lord Harrington
Shanghai2010 · Film · Ben Sanger
Third Star2010 · Film · Beachcomber
Critical Eye2010 · Film · Brian
Glorious 392009 · Film · Gilbert
Knife Edge2009 · Film · Charles Pollock
From Time to Time2009 · Film · Captain Oldknow
French Film2008 · Film · Jed
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story2008 · Film · Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
Miss Austen Regrets2008 · Film · Rev Brook Bridges
One of Those Days2008 · Film · Mr. Burrell
Four Last Songs2007 · Film · Sebastian Burrows
The Diary of a Nobody2007 · Film · Pooter
Scenes of a Sexual Nature2006 · Film · Gerry
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man2006 · Film · Prince Regent
Asylum2005 · Film · Max Raphael
Underclassman2005 · Film · Headmaster Felix Powers
Man to Man2005 · Film · Fraser McBride
Piccadilly Jim2004 · Film · Lord Wisbeach
Stage Beauty2004 · Film · Samuel Pepys
Hear the Silence2003 · Film · Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Love Again2003 · Film · Philip Larkin
Conspiracy of Silence2003 · Film · Fr. Jack Dowling
Thursday the 12th2003 · Film · Brin Hopper
The Biographer2002 · Film · Eric
The Gathering Storm2002 · Film · Ivo Pettifer
Iris2001 · Film · Young John Bayley
The Emperor's New Clothes2001 · Film · Bertrand
High Heels and Low Lifes2001 · Film · Farmer
Blow Dry2001 · Film · Louis
Mansfield Park1999 · Film · Mr. Rushworth
Notting Hill1999 · Film · Bernie
The Scold's Bridle1998 · Film · Tim Duggan
Mosley1998 · Film · Bob Boothby
Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · Film · HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
Breakout1997 · Film · Peter Schneider
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994 · Film · Schiller
Fair Game1994 · Film · Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
The Sanctuary Sparrow1994 · Film · Daniel Aurifaber
Stalag Luft1993 · Film · Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)

Filmography

Series

60 shows

Twenty Twenty Six2026 · Series · Ian Fletcher
The Agency2024 · Series · James Richardson
The Real History of Communism2024 · Series · الراوي
Douglas Is Cancelled2024 · Series · Douglas
The Gentlemen2024 · Series · Lord Hawthorne
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin2024 · Series · Jonathan Wilde
The Gold2023 · Series · DCI Brian Boyce
Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder2021 · Series · Vypravěč
Wild Tales from the Farm2021 · Series · Narrateur
Staged2020 · Series · Hugh
Sandylands2020 · Series · One-eyed man
DNA Journey2019 · Series
Amphibia2019 · Series · Wigbert (voice)
DuckTales2017 · Series · Santa Claus (voice)
Silent Hours2017 · Series · Commander William Calthorpe
Galavant2015 · Series · Pirate King
W1A2014 · Series · Ian Fletcher
Da Vinci's Demons2013 · Series
Sofia the First2013 · Series · Book Narrator (voice)
The Hollow Crown2012 · Series · Gloucester
World's Most Dangerous Roads2011 · Series
Twenty Twelve2011 · Series · Ian Fletcher
Downton Abbey2010 · Series · Robert Crawley
The Silence2010 · Series
Ben Hur2010 · Series · Pilate
Getting On2009 · Series · Philip Moore
Hunter2009 · Series · DSI Iain Barclay
Lost in Austen2008 · Series · Mr Bennet
Bonekickers2008 · Series · Gregory Parton
Freezing2008 · Series
Five Days2007 · Series · DSI Iain Barclay
Tsunami: The Aftermath2006 · Series · Tony Whittaker
Courting Alex2006 · Series · Julian
The Robinsons2005 · Series · George Robinson
Doctor Who2005 · Series · Henry Avery
The Rotters' Club2005 · Series · Adult Ben (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · Series · Inspector Hewitt
The Commander2003 · Series · James Lampton (uncredited)
Tipping the Velvet2002 · Series · Ralph Banner
Doctor Zhivago2002 · Series · Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
Daniel Deronda2002 · Series · Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale2002 · Series
The Cazalets2001 · Series · Hugh Cazalet
Take a Girl Like You2000 · Series · Julian Ormerod
Madame Bovary2000 · Series · Charles Bovary
Mosley1998 · Series · Bob Boothby
Get Well Soon1997 · Series · Norman Tucker
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous1997 · Series · Ferdie Fitzgerald
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Hugh Barton
Married for Life1996 · Series · Steve Hollingsworth
Bugs1995 · Series
Cadfael1994 · Series · Daniel Aurifaber
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1994 · Series · Victor Savage
Peak Practice1993 · Series · Dominic Kent
Between the Lines1992 · Series
Murder Most Horrid1991 · Series · Inspector Dawson
Paul Merton: The Series1991 · Series
Chancer1990 · Series · Jas
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · Series · Edward Masterman
Sherlock Holmes1984 · Series · Victor Savage