Hugh Bonneville

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino poster

Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino

Movie · as Narrator

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Go Away!

Go Away!

Movie

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Dog Person

Dog Person

Movie

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Cold War 1995 poster

Cold War 1995

Movie · as Chris Hughes

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Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves

Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves

Movie · as Tony Tenser

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Legally Mad

Legally Mad

TV · as Gordan Hamm · 1 ep

2026
From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026 poster

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026

Movie · as Himself - Host

2026
Cold War 1994 poster

Cold War 1994

Movie · as Chris Hughes

2026
Twenty Twenty Six poster

Twenty Twenty Six

TV · as Ian Fletcher · 6 eps

2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Movie · as Robert Crawley

2025
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger poster

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

Movie · as Sir Charles

2025
Christmas Karma poster

Christmas Karma

Movie · as Marley

2025
A Sisyphean Task poster

A Sisyphean Task

Movie · as The Headmaster

2025
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale poster

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

Movie · as Self

2025
Nordic Train at Christmas

Nordic Train at Christmas

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2025
JAMES & co poster

JAMES & co

TV · as Self - Video message · 1 ep

2025
Great British Train Journeys from Above poster

Great British Train Journeys from Above

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2025
Born to Be Wild poster

Born to Be Wild

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2024
Paddington in Peru poster

Paddington in Peru

Movie · as Henry Brown

2024
Alpine Train at Christmas poster

Alpine Train at Christmas

Movie · as Narrator

2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration poster

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Movie · as Robert Crawley (archive footage)

2024
OZI: Voice of the Forest poster

OZI: Voice of the Forest

Movie · as The Narrator (voice)

2024
Douglas Is Cancelled poster

Douglas Is Cancelled

TV · as Douglas · 4 eps

2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin poster

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

TV · as Jonathan Wilde · 3 eps

2024
The Secret Lives of Animals poster

The Secret Lives of Animals

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps

2024
The Agency poster

The Agency

TV · as James Richardson · 12 eps

2024
The Real History of Communism poster

The Real History of Communism

TV · as الراوي · 2 eps

2024
The Gentlemen poster

The Gentlemen

TV · as Lord Hawthorne · 3 eps

2023
The Coronation Concert poster

The Coronation Concert

Movie · as Self- Presenter

2023
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work poster

Peter Sellers: Genius at Work

Movie · as Narrator

2023
Bank of Dave poster

Bank of Dave

Movie · as Sir Charles

2023
Dead Cat Film poster

Dead Cat Film

Movie · as Clio

2023
Mummies poster

Mummies

Movie · as Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)

2023
The Wonders of Europe poster

The Wonders of Europe

TV · as Narrator · 12 eps

2023
The Gold poster

The Gold

TV · as DCI Brian Boyce · 12 eps

2022
The Amazing Maurice poster

The Amazing Maurice

Movie · as The Mayor (voice)

2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era poster

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Movie · as Robert Crawley

2022
I Came By poster

I Came By

Movie · as Hector Blake

2022
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration poster

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2022
The Secret Life of Our Pets poster

The Secret Life of Our Pets

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2022
Secrets of the Royal Gardens poster

Secrets of the Royal Gardens

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Silent Hours poster

Silent Hours

Movie · as Commander William Calthorpe

2021
The Crown's Ancient Forest poster

The Crown's Ancient Forest

Movie · as Narrator

2021
To Olivia poster

To Olivia

Movie · as Roald Dahl

2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out poster

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

Movie · as Self

2021
Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax poster

Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax

Movie · as Narrator

2021
Dancing Nation poster

Dancing Nation

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

2021
Secret Life of the Forest poster

Secret Life of the Forest

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 4 eps

2021
Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder poster

Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder

TV · as Vypravěč · 4 eps

2021
Wild Tales from the Farm poster

Wild Tales from the Farm

TV · as Narrateur · 4 eps

2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey poster

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Movie · as Mr. Delacroix

2020
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration poster

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

Movie · as Self

2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas poster

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Movie · as Self

2020
The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom

The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020
Men in Brown

Men in Brown

Movie · as Self

2020
Staged poster

Staged

TV · as Hugh · 1 ep

2020
Sandylands poster

Sandylands

TV · as One-eyed man · 6 eps

2019
The Corrupted poster

The Corrupted

Movie · as Hammond

2019
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

Movie · as Robert Crawley

2019
Downton Abbey Live! poster

Downton Abbey Live!

Movie · as Self

2019
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event poster

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

Movie · as Self

2019
Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear poster

Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear

Movie · as Himself - Presenter

2019
Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams) poster

Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)

Movie · as The Narrator

2019
Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble! poster

Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble!

Movie · as Merlin (voice)

2019
DNA Journey poster

DNA Journey

TV · 1 ep

2019
Her Majesty's Cavalry poster

Her Majesty's Cavalry

TV · as Narrator - Self · 1 ep

2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh poster

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Amphibia poster

Amphibia

TV · as Wigbert (voice) · 1 ep

2018
A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville poster

A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville

Movie · as Self

2018
Countdown to Calvary poster

Countdown to Calvary

Movie · as Self

2018
Sofia the First: Forever Royal poster

Sofia the First: Forever Royal

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

2018
Wild Great Britain poster

Wild Great Britain

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2018
Wild Britain poster

Wild Britain

TV · as Narrator · 8 eps

2017
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor poster

Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor

Movie · as Merlin (voice)

2017
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2

Movie · as Henry Brown

2017
Breathe poster

Breathe

Movie · as Teddy Hall

2017
Viceroy's House poster

Viceroy's House

Movie · as Lord Mountbatten

2017
Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World poster

Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2017
A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy poster

A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy

Movie · as Narrator

2017
Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles poster

Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2017
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as Santa Claus (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Silent Hours poster

Silent Hours

TV · as Commander William Calthorpe · 3 eps

2016
Sofia the First: The Secret Library poster

Sofia the First: The Secret Library

Movie · as Book Narrator (voice)

2016
Our Ex-Wife poster

Our Ex-Wife

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2016
The Grand Tour poster

The Grand Tour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
All Change at Longleat

All Change at Longleat

Movie · as Narrator

2015
The Secret World of LEGO poster

The Secret World of LEGO

Movie · as Narration

2015
Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis poster

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

Movie

2015
Stick Man poster

Stick Man

Movie · as Santa (voice)

2015
Galavant poster

Galavant

TV · as Pirate King · 2 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama poster

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

Movie · as Self

2014
The Monuments Men poster

The Monuments Men

Movie · as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries

2014
Paddington poster

Paddington

Movie · as Henry Brown

2014
Muppets Most Wanted poster

Muppets Most Wanted

Movie · as Irish Journalist

2014
TB: Return of the Plague poster

TB: Return of the Plague

Movie · as Himself

2014
The Dinner Party poster

The Dinner Party

Movie · as The Host

2014
W1A poster

W1A

TV · as Ian Fletcher · 14 eps

2014
Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast poster

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2014
A Life on Screen poster

A Life on Screen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Narrator (voice), Self - Guest Star · 1 ep

2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) poster

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

TV · as Narrator · 5 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 poster

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

Movie · as Self

2013
The Magnificent Lion Boy

The Magnificent Lion Boy

Movie · as Leonard Orlov

2013
Da Vinci's Demons poster

Da Vinci's Demons

TV · 1 ep

2013
Sofia the First poster

Sofia the First

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

2012
Mr. Stink poster

Mr. Stink

Movie · as Mr. Stink

2012
Just a Minute poster

Just a Minute

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Gloucester · 1 ep

2011
Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel poster

Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel

Movie · as Captain Henry Avery

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2011
Twenty Twelve poster

Twenty Twelve

TV · as Ian Fletcher · 13 eps

2011
The Hotel poster

The Hotel

TV · as Himself - Narrator · 25 eps

2011
World's Most Dangerous Roads poster

World's Most Dangerous Roads

TV · 1 ep

2010
Burke & Hare poster

Burke & Hare

Movie · as Lord Harrington

2010
Third Star poster

Third Star

Movie · as Beachcomber

2010
Shanghai poster

Shanghai

Movie · as Ben Sanger

2010
Critical Eye poster

Critical Eye

Movie · as Brian

2010
The Silence poster

The Silence

TV · 4 eps

2010
Downton Abbey poster

Downton Abbey

TV · as Robert Crawley · 47 eps

2010
Ben Hur poster

Ben Hur

TV · as Pilate · 2 eps

2010
Turn Back Time poster

Turn Back Time

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 11 eps

2009
Knife Edge poster

Knife Edge

Movie · as Charles Pollock

2009
Glorious 39 poster

Glorious 39

Movie · as Gilbert

2009
From Time to Time poster

From Time to Time

Movie · as Captain Oldknow

2009
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as DSI Iain Barclay · 2 eps

2009
Getting On poster

Getting On

TV · as Philip Moore · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
One of Those Days poster

One of Those Days

Movie · as Mr. Burrell

2008
French Film poster

French Film

Movie · as Jed

2008
Miss Austen Regrets poster

Miss Austen Regrets

Movie · as Rev Brook Bridges

2008
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story poster

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

Movie · as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene

2008
Bonekickers poster

Bonekickers

TV · as Gregory Parton · 6 eps

2008
Freezing poster

Freezing

TV · 3 eps

2008
Lost in Austen poster

Lost in Austen

TV · as Mr Bennet · 4 eps

2007
Four Last Songs poster

Four Last Songs

Movie · as Sebastian Burrows

2007
The Diary of a Nobody poster

The Diary of a Nobody

Movie · as Pooter

2007
Five Days poster

Five Days

TV · as DSI Iain Barclay · 10 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2006
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man poster

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

Movie · as Prince Regent

2006
Scenes of a Sexual Nature poster

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Movie · as Gerry

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
Tsunami: The Aftermath poster

Tsunami: The Aftermath

TV · as Tony Whittaker · 2 eps

2006
Rachael Ray poster

Rachael Ray

TV · 1 ep

2006
Courting Alex poster

Courting Alex

TV · as Julian · 12 eps

2005
Man to Man poster

Man to Man

Movie · as Fraser McBride

2005
Asylum poster

Asylum

Movie · as Max Raphael

2005
Underclassman poster

Underclassman

Movie · as Headmaster Felix Powers

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Henry Avery · 2 eps

2005
The Rotters' Club poster

The Rotters' Club

TV · as Adult Ben (voice) · 2 eps

2005
The Robinsons poster

The Robinsons

TV · as George Robinson · 6 eps

2004
Stage Beauty poster

Stage Beauty

Movie · as Samuel Pepys

2004
Piccadilly Jim poster

Piccadilly Jim

Movie · as Lord Wisbeach

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Inspector Hewitt · 1 ep

2003
Conspiracy of Silence poster

Conspiracy of Silence

Movie · as Fr. Jack Dowling

2003
Hear the Silence poster

Hear the Silence

Movie · as Dr. Andrew Wakefield

2003
Love Again poster

Love Again

Movie · as Philip Larkin

2003
Thursday the 12th poster

Thursday the 12th

Movie · as Brin Hopper

2003
Impact

Impact

Movie · as Phil Epson

2003
The Commander poster

The Commander

TV · as James Lampton (uncredited) · 3 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Right Under My Eyes

Right Under My Eyes

Movie · as James

2002
The Gathering Storm poster

The Gathering Storm

Movie · as Ivo Pettifer

2002
The Biographer poster

The Biographer

Movie · as Eric

2002
Doctor Zhivago poster

Doctor Zhivago

TV · as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago · 3 eps

2002
Daniel Deronda poster

Daniel Deronda

TV · as Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt · 4 eps

2002
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale poster

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

TV · 2 eps

2002
Tipping the Velvet poster

Tipping the Velvet

TV · as Ralph Banner · 1 ep

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Iris poster

Iris

Movie · as Young John Bayley

2001
Blow Dry poster

Blow Dry

Movie · as Louis

2001
The Emperor's New Clothes poster

The Emperor's New Clothes

Movie · as Bertrand

2001
High Heels and Low Lifes poster

High Heels and Low Lifes

Movie · as Farmer

2001
The Cazalets poster

The Cazalets

TV · as Hugh Cazalet · 6 eps

2000
Take a Girl Like You poster

Take a Girl Like You

TV · as Julian Ormerod · 3 eps

2000
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir poster

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2000
Madame Bovary poster

Madame Bovary

TV · as Charles Bovary · 2 eps

1999
Mansfield Park poster

Mansfield Park

Movie · as Mr. Rushworth

1999
Notting Hill poster

Notting Hill

Movie · as Bernie

1998
The Scold's Bridle poster

The Scold's Bridle

Movie · as Tim Duggan

1998
Mosley poster

Mosley

Movie · as Bob Boothby

1998
Mosley poster

Mosley

TV · as Bob Boothby · 4 eps

1997
Tomorrow Never Dies poster

Tomorrow Never Dies

Movie · as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer

1997
Breakout poster

Breakout

Movie · as Peter Schneider

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Hugh Barton · 1 ep

1997
Get Well Soon poster

Get Well Soon

TV · as Norman Tucker · 6 eps

1997
See You Friday

See You Friday

TV · as Daniel · 6 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Holding The Baby

Holding The Baby

TV · as Gordon Muir · 5 eps

1997
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous poster

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous

TV · as Ferdie Fitzgerald · 3 eps

1996
Married for Life poster

Married for Life

TV · as Steve Hollingsworth · 7 eps

1995
Bugs poster

Bugs

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Vet

The Vet

TV · as Alan Sinclair · 6 eps

1994
Fair Game poster

Fair Game

Movie · as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)

1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein poster

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Movie · as Schiller

1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow poster

The Sanctuary Sparrow

Movie · as Daniel Aurifaber

1994
Cadfael poster

Cadfael

TV · as Daniel Aurifaber · 1 ep

1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Victor Savage · 1 ep

1993
Stalag Luft poster

Stalag Luft

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

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1993
Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice

TV · as Dominic Kent · 1 ep

1992
Between the Lines poster

Between the Lines

TV · 1 ep

1991
Paul Merton: The Series poster

Paul Merton: The Series

TV · 1 ep

1991
Dodgem

Dodgem

TV · as Rick Bayne · 5 eps

1991
Murder Most Horrid poster

Murder Most Horrid

TV · as Inspector Dawson · 1 ep

1990
Chancer poster

Chancer

TV · as Jas · 2 eps

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Edward Masterman · 1 ep

1987
Dispatches poster

Dispatches

TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Victor Savage · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 9 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep