Acting
Hugh Bonneville
Born 1963-11-10
Paddington, London, England, UK
Department: 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.
Known For
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Notting Hill
1999
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
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Doctor Who
2005
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Paddington
2014
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The Monuments Men
2014
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Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
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Paddington 2
2017
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The Gentlemen
2024
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
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Top Gear
2002
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (218 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cold War 1994 | Chris Hughes | Movie | 2026 |
 | Twenty Twenty Six | Ian Fletcher | TV Series | 2026 |
 | Everybody to Kenmure Street | Executive Producer | Movie | 2026 |
 | From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026 | Himself - Host | Movie | 2026 |
| Nordic Train at Christmas | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2025 | |
 | Born to Be Wild | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Christmas Karma | Marley | Movie | 2025 |
 | Great British Train Journeys from Above | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | Robert Crawley | Movie | 2025 |
 | Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | A Sisyphean Task | The Headmaster | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Simpson: Yellow Planet | Narrador | Movie | 2025 |
 | Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger | Sir Charles | Movie | 2025 |
 | JAMES & Co | Self - Video message | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Alpine Train at Christmas | Narrator | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Secret Lives of Animals | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Robert Crawley (archive footage) | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Agency | James Richardson | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Paddington in Peru | Henry Brown | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Real History of Communism | الراوي | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Douglas Is Cancelled | Douglas | TV Series | 2024 |
 | OZI: Voice of the Forest | The Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Gentlemen | Lord Hawthorne | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | Jonathan Wilde | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Peter Sellers: Genius at Work | Narrator | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Coronation Concert | Self- Presenter | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Wonders of Europe | Narrator | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Bank of Dave | Sir Charles | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Gold | DCI Brian Boyce | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Dead Cat Film | Clio | Movie | 2023 |
 | Mummies | Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice) | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Amazing Maurice | The Mayor (voice) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self | TV Series | 2022 |
 | I Came By | Hector Blake | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration | Self - Narrator | Movie | 2022 |
 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Robert Crawley | Movie | 2022 |
 | Secrets of the Royal Gardens | Narrator | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Secret Life of Our Pets | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax | Narrator | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Crown's Ancient Forest | Narrator | Movie | 2021 |
 | Secret Life of the Forest | Narrator (Voice) | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder | Vypravěč | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Silent Hours | Commander William Calthorpe | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Self | Movie | 2021 |
 | To Olivia | Roald Dahl | Movie | 2021 |
 | Dancing Nation | Narrator ("States of Mind") | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Wild Tales from the Farm | Narrateur | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Mr. Delacroix | Movie | 2020 |
| The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2020 | |
 | Staged | Hugh | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Sandylands | One-eyed man | TV Series | 2020 |
| Men in Brown | Self | Movie | 2020 | |
 | Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear | Himself - Presenter | Movie | 2019 |
 | DNA Journey | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Downton Abbey | Robert Crawley | Movie | 2019 |
 | Downton Abbey Live! | Self | Movie | 2019 |
 | Amphibia | Wigbert (voice) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Her Majesty's Cavalry | Narrator - Self | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Corrupted | Hammond | Movie | 2019 |
 | Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble! | Merlin (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams) | The Narrator | Movie | 2019 |
 | A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | Sofia the First: Forever Royal | Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Countdown to Calvary | Self | Movie | 2018 |
 | Wild Great Britain | Narrator | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Wild Britain | Narrator | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Paddington 2 | Henry Brown | Movie | 2017 |
 | Breathe | Teddy Hall | Movie | 2017 |
 | Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor | Merlin (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | DuckTales | Santa Claus (voice) | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Viceroy's House | Lord Mountbatten | Movie | 2017 |
 | Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy | Narrator | Movie | 2017 |
 | Silent Hours | Commander William Calthorpe | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Grand Tour | Self | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Our Ex-Wife | Narrator | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Sofia the First: The Secret Library | Book Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Stick Man | Santa (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
| All Change at Longleat | Narrator | Movie | 2015 | |
 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Secret World of LEGO | Narration | Movie | 2015 |
 | Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 |
 | Galavant | Pirate King | TV Series | 2015 |
 | A Life on Screen | Self | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Paddington | Henry Brown | Movie | 2014 |
 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Narrator | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2014 |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self - Guest Star | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Muppets Most Wanted | Irish Journalist | Movie | 2014 |
 | W1A | Ian Fletcher | TV Series | 2014 |
 | TB: Return of the Plague | Himself | Movie | 2014 |
 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Monuments Men | 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Dinner Party | The Host | Movie | 2014 |
 | Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast | Himself | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 | Self | Movie | 2013 |
| The Magnificent Lion Boy | Leonard Orlov | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Da Vinci's Demons | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Sofia the First | Book Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2013 |
| Sofia the First | Secret Library (voice) | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Mr. Stink | Mr. Stink | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Hollow Crown | Gloucester | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Just a Minute | Self | TV Series | 2012 |
 | World's Most Dangerous Roads | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel | Captain Henry Avery | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Hotel | Himself - Narrator | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Twenty Twelve | Ian Fletcher | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Turn Back Time | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Burke & Hare | Lord Harrington | Movie | 2010 |
 | Downton Abbey | Robert Crawley | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Silence | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Shanghai | Ben Sanger | Movie | 2010 |
 | Third Star | Beachcomber | Movie | 2010 |
 | Ben Hur | Pilate | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Critical Eye | Brian | Movie | 2010 |
 | Glorious 39 | Gilbert | Movie | 2009 |
 | Knife Edge | Charles Pollock | Movie | 2009 |
 | From Time to Time | Captain Oldknow | Movie | 2009 |
 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Getting On | Philip Moore | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Hunter | DSI Iain Barclay | TV Series | 2009 |
 | French Film | Jed | Movie | 2008 |
 | Lost in Austen | Mr Bennet | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Bonekickers | Gregory Parton | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Sir Hugh Carleton Greene | Movie | 2008 |
 | Freezing | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Miss Austen Regrets | Rev Brook Bridges | Movie | 2008 |
 | One of Those Days | Mr. Burrell | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Five Days | DSI Iain Barclay | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Four Last Songs | Sebastian Burrows | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Diary of a Nobody | Pooter | Movie | 2007 |
 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Tony Whittaker | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Gerry | Movie | 2006 |
 | Rachael Ray | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2006 |
| The One Show | Self | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Prince Regent | Movie | 2006 |
 | Courting Alex | Julian | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Asylum | Max Raphael | Movie | 2005 |
 | Underclassman | Headmaster Felix Powers | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Robinsons | George Robinson | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Man to Man | Fraser McBride | Movie | 2005 |
 | Doctor Who | Henry Avery | TV Series | 2005 |
 | The Rotters' Club | Adult Ben (voice) | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Hewitt | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Piccadilly Jim | Lord Wisbeach | Movie | 2004 |
 | Stage Beauty | Samuel Pepys | Movie | 2004 |
 | Hear the Silence | Dr. Andrew Wakefield | Movie | 2003 |
| Impact | Phil Epson | Movie | 2003 | |
 | Love Again | Philip Larkin | Movie | 2003 |
 | Conspiracy of Silence | Fr. Jack Dowling | Movie | 2003 |
 | Thursday the 12th | Brin Hopper | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Commander | James Lampton (uncredited) | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Tipping the Velvet | Ralph Banner | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Doctor Zhivago | Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Daniel Deronda | Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Top Gear | Self | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2002 |
 | The Biographer | Eric | Movie | 2002 |
| Right Under My Eyes | James | Movie | 2002 | |
 | The Gathering Storm | Ivo Pettifer | Movie | 2002 |
 | Iris | Young John Bayley | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Bertrand | Movie | 2001 |
 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Farmer | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Cazalets | Hugh Cazalet | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Blow Dry | Louis | Movie | 2001 |
 | Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Himself | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Take a Girl Like You | Julian Ormerod | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Madame Bovary | Charles Bovary | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Mansfield Park | Mr. Rushworth | Movie | 1999 |
 | Notting Hill | Bernie | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Scold's Bridle | Tim Duggan | Movie | 1998 |
 | Mosley | Bob Boothby | Movie | 1998 |
 | Mosley | Bob Boothby | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Tomorrow Never Dies | HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Get Well Soon | Norman Tucker | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous | Ferdie Fitzgerald | TV Series | 1997 |
| See You Friday | Daniel | TV Series | 1997 | |
 | Breakout | Peter Schneider | Movie | 1997 |
 | Midsomer Murders | Hugh Barton | TV Series | 1997 |
| Holding The Baby | Gordon Muir | TV Series | 1997 | |
 | Married for Life | Steve Hollingsworth | TV Series | 1996 |
| The Vet | Alan Sinclair | TV Series | 1995 | |
 | Bugs | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Schiller | Movie | 1994 |
 | Fair Game | Gerry (as Richard Bonneville) | Movie | 1994 |
 | The Sanctuary Sparrow | Daniel Aurifaber | Movie | 1994 |
 | Cadfael | Daniel Aurifaber | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Victor Savage | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Stalag Luft | Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville) | Movie | 1993 |
 | Peak Practice | Dominic Kent | TV Series | 1993 |
 | GMTV | Self | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Between the Lines | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Murder Most Horrid | Inspector Dawson | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Paul Merton: The Series | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1991 |
| Dodgem | Rick Bayne | TV Series | 1991 | |
 | Chancer | Jas | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Edward Masterman | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Dispatches | Self - Narrator | TV Series | 1987 |
| Dispatches | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Sherlock Holmes | Victor Savage | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Great Performances | Self | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV Series | 1944 |
 | Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino | Narrator | Movie | — |
| Go Away! | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Dog Person | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
 | Cold War 1995 | Chris Hughes | Movie | — |
| Legally Mad | Gordan Hamm | TV Series | — |