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