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Hugh Bonneville

Acting · Born 1963-11-10 · 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.

Credits · 188

2026 · Chris Hughes

Twenty Twenty Six

2026 · Ian Fletcher

Everybody to Kenmure Street

2026 · Executive Producer

Nordic Train at Christmas

Nordic Train at Christmas

2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Born to Be Wild

2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Christmas Karma

Great British Train Journeys from Above

2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025 · Robert Crawley

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

2025 · Sir Charles

2025 · Self - Video message

The Secret Lives of Animals

2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

2024 · Robert Crawley (archive footage)

2024 · James Richardson

Paddington in Peru

2024 · Henry Brown

The Real History of Communism

2024 · الراوي

Douglas Is Cancelled

2024 · Douglas

OZI: Voice of the Forest

2024 · Erzähler (voice)

2024 · Lord Hawthorne

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

2024 · Jonathan Wilde

The Coronation Concert

2023 · Self- Presenter

The Wonders of Europe

2023 · Narrator

2023 · Sir Charles

2023 · DCI Brian Boyce

2023 · Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)

The Amazing Maurice

2022 · The Mayor (voice)

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022 · Hector Blake

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022 · Self - Narrator

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022 · Robert Crawley

Secrets of the Royal Gardens

2022 · Narrator

The Secret Life of Our Pets

2022 · Narrator (voice)

Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax

2021 · Narrator

Secret Life of the Forest

2021 · Narrator (Voice)

Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder

2021 · Vypravěč

2021 · Commander William Calthorpe

2021 · Roald Dahl

2021 · Narrator ("States of Mind")

Wild Tales from the Farm

2021 · Narrateur

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

2020 · Mr. Delacroix

2020 · One-eyed man

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

2019 · Robert Crawley

Downton Abbey Live!

2019 · Wigbert (voice)

Her Majesty's Cavalry

2019 · Narrator - Self

2019 · Hammond

Sofia the First: Forever Royal

2018 · Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)

Countdown to Calvary

2018 · Narrator

Wild Great Britain

2018 · Narrator

2017 · Henry Brown

2017 · Teddy Hall

Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor

2017 · Merlin (voice)

2017 · Santa Claus (voice)

Viceroy's House

2017 · Lord Mountbatten

Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World

2017 · Narrator (voice)

A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy

2017 · Narrator

2017 · Commander William Calthorpe

2016 · Narrator

Sofia the First: The Secret Library

2016 · Book Narrator (voice)

2015 · Santa (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Secret World of LEGO

2015 · Narration

Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis

2015 · Pirate King

A Life on Screen

2014 · Henry Brown

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

2014 · Narrator

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 · Narrator (voice)

Muppets Most Wanted

2014 · Irish Journalist

2014 · Ian Fletcher

TB: Return of the Plague

2014 · Himself

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self - Guest

The Monuments Men

2014 · 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast

2014 · Himself

Da Vinci's Demons

Sofia the First

2013 · Book Narrator (voice)

2012 · Mr. Stink

The Hollow Crown

2012 · Gloucester

World's Most Dangerous Roads

The Jonathan Ross Show

Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel

2011 · Captain Henry Avery

2011 · Himself - Narrator

2011 · Ian Fletcher

2010 · Narrator (voice)

2010 · Lord Harrington

2010 · Robert Crawley

2010 · Ben Sanger

2010 · Beachcomber

2009 · Gilbert

2009 · Charles Pollock

From Time to Time

2009 · Captain Oldknow

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

2009 · Philip Moore

2009 · DSI Iain Barclay

2008 · Mr Bennet

2008 · Gregory Parton

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

2008 · Sir Hugh Carleton Greene

Miss Austen Regrets

2008 · Rev Brook Bridges

One of Those Days

2008 · Mr. Burrell

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · DSI Iain Barclay

Four Last Songs

2007 · Sebastian Burrows

The Diary of a Nobody

Tsunami: The Aftermath

2006 · Tony Whittaker

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

2006 · Self - Guest

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

2006 · Prince Regent

2005 · Max Raphael

2005 · Headmaster Felix Powers

2005 · George Robinson

2005 · Fraser McBride

2005 · Henry Avery

The Rotters' Club

2005 · Adult Ben (voice)

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004 · Inspector Hewitt

2004 · Lord Wisbeach

2004 · Samuel Pepys

Hear the Silence

2003 · Dr. Andrew Wakefield

2003 · Philip Larkin

Conspiracy of Silence

2003 · Fr. Jack Dowling

Thursday the 12th

2003 · Brin Hopper

2003 · James Lampton (uncredited)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Self - Guest

Tipping the Velvet

2002 · Ralph Banner

2002 · Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago

2002 · Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

Right Under My Eyes

Right Under My Eyes

The Gathering Storm

2002 · Ivo Pettifer

2001 · Young John Bayley

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001 · Bertrand

High Heels and Low Lifes

2001 · Hugh Cazalet

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

2000 · Himself

Take a Girl Like You

2000 · Julian Ormerod

2000 · Charles Bovary

1999 · Mr. Rushworth

The Scold's Bridle

1998 · Tim Duggan

1998 · Bob Boothby

1998 · Bob Boothby

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 · HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer

1997 · Norman Tucker

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous

1997 · Ferdie Fitzgerald

1997 · Peter Schneider

Midsomer Murders

1997 · Hugh Barton

Holding The Baby

Holding The Baby

1997 · Gordon Muir

Married for Life

1996 · Steve Hollingsworth

1995 · Alan Sinclair

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994 · Schiller

1994 · Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)

1994 · Daniel Aurifaber

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

1994 · Victor Savage

1993 · Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)

1993 · Dominic Kent

Between the Lines

Murder Most Horrid

1991 · Inspector Dawson

Paul Merton: The Series

1991 · Rick Bayne

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · Edward Masterman

1987 · Self - Narrator

Sherlock Holmes

1984 · Victor Savage

Great Performances

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

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