
Hugh Bonneville
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 10, 1963 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Paddington, London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography

Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino
Movie · as Narrator
Go Away!
Movie
Dog Person
Movie

Cold War 1995
Movie · as Chris Hughes
Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves
Movie · as Tony Tenser
Legally Mad
TV · as Gordan Hamm · 1 ep

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026
Movie · as Himself - Host

Cold War 1994
Movie · as Chris Hughes

Twenty Twenty Six
TV · as Ian Fletcher · 6 eps

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie · as Robert Crawley

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
Movie · as Sir Charles

Christmas Karma
Movie · as Marley

A Sisyphean Task
Movie · as The Headmaster

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Movie · as Self
Nordic Train at Christmas
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

JAMES & co
TV · as Self - Video message · 1 ep

Great British Train Journeys from Above
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

Born to Be Wild
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

Paddington in Peru
Movie · as Henry Brown

Alpine Train at Christmas
Movie · as Narrator

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Movie · as Robert Crawley (archive footage)

OZI: Voice of the Forest
Movie · as The Narrator (voice)

Douglas Is Cancelled
TV · as Douglas · 4 eps

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
TV · as Jonathan Wilde · 3 eps

The Secret Lives of Animals
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps

The Agency
TV · as James Richardson · 12 eps

The Real History of Communism
TV · as الراوي · 2 eps

The Gentlemen
TV · as Lord Hawthorne · 3 eps

The Coronation Concert
Movie · as Self- Presenter

Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
Movie · as Narrator

Bank of Dave
Movie · as Sir Charles

Dead Cat Film
Movie · as Clio

Mummies
Movie · as Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)

The Wonders of Europe
TV · as Narrator · 12 eps

The Gold
TV · as DCI Brian Boyce · 12 eps

The Amazing Maurice
Movie · as The Mayor (voice)

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie · as Robert Crawley

I Came By
Movie · as Hector Blake

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Movie · as Self - Narrator

The Secret Life of Our Pets
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

Secrets of the Royal Gardens
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Silent Hours
Movie · as Commander William Calthorpe

The Crown's Ancient Forest
Movie · as Narrator

To Olivia
Movie · as Roald Dahl

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Movie · as Self

Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax
Movie · as Narrator

Dancing Nation
TV · as Narrator ("States of Mind") · 1 ep

Secret Life of the Forest
TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 4 eps

Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder
TV · as Vypravěč · 4 eps

Wild Tales from the Farm
TV · as Narrateur · 4 eps

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Movie · as Mr. Delacroix

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Movie · as Self

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Movie · as Self
The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Men in Brown
Movie · as Self

Staged
TV · as Hugh · 1 ep

Sandylands
TV · as One-eyed man · 6 eps

The Corrupted
Movie · as Hammond

Downton Abbey
Movie · as Robert Crawley

Downton Abbey Live!
Movie · as Self

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Movie · as Self

Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear
Movie · as Himself - Presenter

Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)
Movie · as The Narrator

Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble!
Movie · as Merlin (voice)

DNA Journey
TV · 1 ep

Her Majesty's Cavalry
TV · as Narrator - Self · 1 ep

A Little Late with Lilly Singh
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Amphibia
TV · as Wigbert (voice) · 1 ep

A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville
Movie · as Self

Countdown to Calvary
Movie · as Self

Sofia the First: Forever Royal
Movie · as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)

Wild Great Britain
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

Wild Britain
TV · as Narrator · 8 eps

Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor
Movie · as Merlin (voice)

Paddington 2
Movie · as Henry Brown

Breathe
Movie · as Teddy Hall

Viceroy's House
Movie · as Lord Mountbatten

Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy
Movie · as Narrator

Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

DuckTales
TV · as Santa Claus (voice) · 1 ep

Silent Hours
TV · as Commander William Calthorpe · 3 eps

Sofia the First: The Secret Library
Movie · as Book Narrator (voice)

Our Ex-Wife
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

The Grand Tour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
All Change at Longleat
Movie · as Narrator

The Secret World of LEGO
Movie · as Narration

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

Stick Man
Movie · as Santa (voice)

Galavant
TV · as Pirate King · 2 eps

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Movie · as Self

The Monuments Men
Movie · as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries

Paddington
Movie · as Henry Brown

Muppets Most Wanted
Movie · as Irish Journalist

TB: Return of the Plague
Movie · as Himself

The Dinner Party
Movie · as The Host

W1A
TV · as Ian Fletcher · 14 eps

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
TV · as Himself · 1 ep

A Life on Screen
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Narrator (voice), Self - Guest Star · 1 ep

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Movie · as Self
The Magnificent Lion Boy
Movie · as Leonard Orlov

Da Vinci's Demons
TV · 1 ep

Sofia the First
TV · as Book Narrator (voice), Secret Library (voice) · 3 eps

Mr. Stink
Movie · as Mr. Stink

Just a Minute
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Hollow Crown
TV · as Gloucester · 1 ep

Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel
Movie · as Captain Henry Avery

The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Twenty Twelve
TV · as Ian Fletcher · 13 eps

The Hotel
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 25 eps

World's Most Dangerous Roads
TV · 1 ep

Burke & Hare
Movie · as Lord Harrington

Third Star
Movie · as Beachcomber

Shanghai
Movie · as Ben Sanger

Critical Eye
Movie · as Brian

The Silence
TV · 4 eps

Downton Abbey
TV · as Robert Crawley · 47 eps

Ben Hur
TV · as Pilate · 2 eps

Turn Back Time
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 11 eps

Knife Edge
Movie · as Charles Pollock

Glorious 39
Movie · as Gilbert

From Time to Time
Movie · as Captain Oldknow

Hunter
TV · as DSI Iain Barclay · 2 eps

Getting On
TV · as Philip Moore · 1 ep

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

One of Those Days
Movie · as Mr. Burrell

French Film
Movie · as Jed

Miss Austen Regrets
Movie · as Rev Brook Bridges

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie · as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene

Bonekickers
TV · as Gregory Parton · 6 eps

Freezing
TV · 3 eps

Lost in Austen
TV · as Mr Bennet · 4 eps

Four Last Songs
Movie · as Sebastian Burrows

The Diary of a Nobody
Movie · as Pooter

Five Days
TV · as DSI Iain Barclay · 10 eps

The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Movie · as Prince Regent

Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Movie · as Gerry

The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Tsunami: The Aftermath
TV · as Tony Whittaker · 2 eps

Rachael Ray
TV · 1 ep

Courting Alex
TV · as Julian · 12 eps

Man to Man
Movie · as Fraser McBride

Asylum
Movie · as Max Raphael

Underclassman
Movie · as Headmaster Felix Powers

Doctor Who
TV · as Henry Avery · 2 eps

The Rotters' Club
TV · as Adult Ben (voice) · 2 eps

The Robinsons
TV · as George Robinson · 6 eps

Stage Beauty
Movie · as Samuel Pepys

Piccadilly Jim
Movie · as Lord Wisbeach

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Inspector Hewitt · 1 ep

Conspiracy of Silence
Movie · as Fr. Jack Dowling

Hear the Silence
Movie · as Dr. Andrew Wakefield

Love Again
Movie · as Philip Larkin

Thursday the 12th
Movie · as Brin Hopper
Impact
Movie · as Phil Epson

The Commander
TV · as James Lampton (uncredited) · 3 eps

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Right Under My Eyes
Movie · as James

The Gathering Storm
Movie · as Ivo Pettifer

The Biographer
Movie · as Eric

Doctor Zhivago
TV · as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago · 3 eps

Daniel Deronda
TV · as Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt · 4 eps

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
TV · 2 eps

Tipping the Velvet
TV · as Ralph Banner · 1 ep

Top Gear
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Iris
Movie · as Young John Bayley

Blow Dry
Movie · as Louis

The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie · as Bertrand

High Heels and Low Lifes
Movie · as Farmer

The Cazalets
TV · as Hugh Cazalet · 6 eps

Take a Girl Like You
TV · as Julian Ormerod · 3 eps

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
TV · as Himself · 1 ep

Madame Bovary
TV · as Charles Bovary · 2 eps

Mansfield Park
Movie · as Mr. Rushworth

Notting Hill
Movie · as Bernie

The Scold's Bridle
Movie · as Tim Duggan

Mosley
Movie · as Bob Boothby

Mosley
TV · as Bob Boothby · 4 eps

Tomorrow Never Dies
Movie · as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer

Breakout
Movie · as Peter Schneider

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Hugh Barton · 1 ep

Get Well Soon
TV · as Norman Tucker · 6 eps
See You Friday
TV · as Daniel · 6 eps

The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Holding The Baby
TV · as Gordon Muir · 5 eps

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
TV · as Ferdie Fitzgerald · 3 eps

Married for Life
TV · as Steve Hollingsworth · 7 eps

Bugs
TV · 1 ep
The Vet
TV · as Alan Sinclair · 6 eps

Fair Game
Movie · as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie · as Schiller

The Sanctuary Sparrow
Movie · as Daniel Aurifaber

Cadfael
TV · as Daniel Aurifaber · 1 ep

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Victor Savage · 1 ep

Stalag Luft
Movie · as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)

GMTV
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Peak Practice
TV · as Dominic Kent · 1 ep

Between the Lines
TV · 1 ep

Paul Merton: The Series
TV · 1 ep
Dodgem
TV · as Rick Bayne · 5 eps

Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Inspector Dawson · 1 ep

Chancer
TV · as Jas · 2 eps

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Edward Masterman · 1 ep

Dispatches
TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Victor Savage · 1 ep

Great Performances
TV · as Self · 9 eps

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

