Hugh Bonneville

ActorProducer Nov 10 (age 62) Paddington, London, England, UK 1971–2026 (55 year career)

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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

Film

Notting Hill

Bernie

Film

Paddington 2

Henry Brown

Film

Paddington

Henry Brown

Film

Downton Abbey

Robert Crawley

Film

Tomorrow Never Dies

HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer

Film

Downton Abbey

Robert Crawley

Film

The Monuments Men

2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries

Film

Breathe

Teddy Hall

Filmography

Acting (212)

Movies (108)

Cold War 1994

2026

6.6

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026

2026

as Himself - Host

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

as Robert Crawley

Christmas Karma

as Marley

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger

2025

as Sir Charles

6.9

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale

2025

as Self

2.5

A Sisyphean Task

2025

as The Headmaster

Nordic Train at Christmas

2025

as Narrator

Paddington in Peru

2024

as Henry Brown

6.8

OZI: Voice of the Forest

2024

as Erzähler

6.2

Alpine Train at Christmas

2024

as Narrator

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

2024

as Robert Crawley (archive footage)

4.5

Dead Cat Film

2023

as Clio

Mummies

2023

as Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)

6.9

Bank of Dave

2023

as Sir Charles

6.9

The Coronation Concert

2023

as Self- Presenter

6.0

Peter Sellers: Genius at Work

2023

as Narrator

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration

2022

as Self - Narrator

8.0

Downton Abbey: A New Era

as Robert Crawley

I Came By

as Hector Blake

The Amazing Maurice

as The Mayor (voice)

Silent Hours

as Commander William Calthorpe

5.3

The Crown's Ancient Forest

2021

as Narrator

To Olivia

2021

as Roald Dahl

6.9

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

2021

as Self

Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax

2021

as Narrator

7.0

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

2020

as Mr. Delacroix

6.6

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

2020

as Self

6.3

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

2020

as Self

6.3

The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom

2020

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Corrupted

2019

as Hammond

6.1

Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear

2019

as Himself - Presenter

Downton Abbey

as Robert Crawley

Downton Abbey Live!

as Self

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event

2019

as Self

7.2

Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)

2019

as The Narrator

Countdown to Calvary

2018

as Self

8.0

Sofia the First: Forever Royal

2018

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

9.5

A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville

2018

as Self

Breathe

as Teddy Hall

Paddington 2

as Henry Brown

Viceroy's House

as Lord Mountbatten

Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor

2017

as Merlin (voice)

6.9

Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World

2017

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy

2017

as Narrator

10.0

Sofia the First: The Secret Library

2016

as Book Narrator (voice)

10.0

All Change at Longleat

2015

as Narrator

Stick Man

2015

as Santa (voice)

6.8

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

2015

7.8

The Secret World of LEGO

as Narration

Paddington

as Henry Brown

The Monuments Men

as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries

6.1

Muppets Most Wanted

2014

as Irish Journalist

6.3

TB: Return of the Plague

2014

as Himself

4.0

Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama

2014

as Self

8.0

The Dinner Party

2014

as The Host

The Magnificent Lion Boy

2013

as Leonard Orlov

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

2013

as Self

Mr. Stink

2012

as Mr. Stink

6.4

Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel

2011

as Captain Henry Avery

Shanghai

as Ben Sanger

Burke & Hare

as Lord Harrington

Third Star

as Beachcomber

Critical Eye

as Brian

Murder on the Orient Express

2010

as Edward Masterman

Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express

2010

as Edward Masterman

From Time to Time

as Captain Oldknow

Glorious 39

as Gilbert

Knife Edge

as Charles Pollock

One of Those Days

as Mr. Burrell

Miss Austen Regrets

as Rev Brook Bridges

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

2008

as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene

6.3

French Film

2008

as Jed

5.9

The Diary of a Nobody

as Pooter

Four Last Songs

as Sebastian Burrows

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

2006

as Gerry

5.3

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

as Prince Regent

Asylum

as Max Raphael

Underclassman

as Headmaster Felix Powers

Man to Man

as Fraser McBride

Piccadilly Jim

as Lord Wisbeach

Stage Beauty

as Samuel Pepys

Conspiracy of Silence

2003

as Fr. Jack Dowling

4.4

Thursday the 12th

2003

as Brin Hopper

Love Again

2003

as Philip Larkin

Hear the Silence

2003

as Dr. Andrew Wakefield

The Gathering Storm

as Ivo Pettifer

Right Under My Eyes

as James

The Biographer

as Eric

Blow Dry

as Louis

Iris

as Young John Bayley

The Emperor's New Clothes

2001

as Bertrand

6.7

High Heels and Low Lifes

as Farmer

Notting Hill

as Bernie

Mansfield Park

as Mr. Rushworth

The Scold's Bridle

as Tim Duggan

Mosley

as Bob Boothby

Tomorrow Never Dies

as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer

6.4

Breakout

1997

as Peter Schneider

6.0

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

as Schiller

6.4

The Sanctuary Sparrow

1994

as Daniel Aurifaber

Fair Game

1994

as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)

4.8

Stalag Luft

1993

as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)

6.6

Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino

as Narrator

Set Tour: The Browns' House

as Self

Go Away!

Cold War 1995

as Chris Hughes

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express

as Edward Masterman

Television (104)

Twenty Twenty Six

2026

as Ian Fletcher

7.4

JAMES & Co

2025

as Self - Video message

Born to Be Wild

2025

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.1

Great British Train Journeys from Above

2025

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Agency

2024

as James Richardson

7.1

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

as Jonathan Wilde

Douglas Is Cancelled

as Douglas

The Secret Lives of Animals

2024

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.0

The Real History of Communism

as الراوي

The Gold

as DCI Brian Boyce

The Wonders of Europe

2023

as Narrator

10.0

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

as Self

2.8

The Secret Life of Our Pets

2022

as Narrator (voice)

7.4

Secrets of the Royal Gardens

2022

as Narrator

Dancing Nation

2021

as Narrator ("States of Mind")

Secret Life of the Forest

2021

as Narrator (Voice)

Wild Tales from the Farm

2021

as Narrateur

Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder

2021

as Vypravěč

Staged

as Hugh

Sandylands

as One-eyed man

Amphibia

as Wigbert (voice)

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

as Self

DNA Journey

Her Majesty's Cavalry

2019

as Narrator - Self

Wild Britain

as Narrator

Wild Great Britain

as Narrator

DuckTales

as Santa Claus (voice)

The Grand Tour

as Self

Our Ex-Wife

as Narrator

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Galavant

as Pirate King

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.1

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Narrator (voice)

W1A

as Ian Fletcher

W1A

as Ian Fletcher

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

2014

as Narrator

2.0

Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast

as Himself

A Life on Screen

as Self

Sofia the First

as Book Narrator (voice)

Da Vinci's Demons

The Hollow Crown

as Gloucester

Just a Minute

as Self

The Sarah Millican Television Programme

2012

7.0

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self

Twenty Twelve

as Ian Fletcher

World's Most Dangerous Roads

2011

7.4

The Hotel

2011

as Himself - Narrator

Downton Abbey

as Robert Crawley

Ben Hur

as Pilate

The Silence

Turn Back Time

as Narrator (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Getting On

as Philip Moore

Hunter

as DSI Iain Barclay

Lost in Austen

as Mr Bennet

Bonekickers

as Gregory Parton

Freezing

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Five Days

as DSI Iain Barclay

The One Show

as Self - Guest

Tsunami: The Aftermath

as Tony Whittaker

Rachael Ray

Courting Alex

as Julian

Doctor Who

as Henry Avery

The Rotters' Club

as Adult Ben (voice)

The Robinsons

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Inspector Hewitt

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

The Commander

Top Gear

as Self

Tipping the Velvet

as Ralph Banner

Doctor Zhivago

as Yevgraf Zhivago

Daniel Deronda

as Henleigh Grandcourt

7.6

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

The Cazalets

as Hugh Cazalet

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

as Himself

Take a Girl Like You

as Julian Ormerod

Madame Bovary

as Charles Bovary

Mosley

as Bob Boothby

Midsomer Murders

as Hugh Barton

The View

as Self

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous

as Ferdie Fitzgerald

Get Well Soon

as Norman Tucker

See You Friday

as Daniel

Holding The Baby

as Gordon Muir

Married for Life

as Steve Hollingsworth

Bugs

The Vet

as Alan Sinclair

Cadfael

1994

as Daniel Aurifaber

7.6

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

as Victor Savage

GMTV

as Self

Peak Practice

as Dominic Kent

Between the Lines

Murder Most Horrid

as Inspector Dawson

Paul Merton: The Series

1991

6.0

Dodgem

1991

as Rick Bayne

Chancer

as Jas

The Simpsons

as Narrator (voice)

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Edward Masterman

Dispatches

Sherlock Holmes

as Victor Savage

Great Performances

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Legally Mad

as Gordan Hamm

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Everybody to Kenmure Street

2026

Executive Producer

8.3