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