Hugh Bonneville
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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Films (111)

Cold War 1994
2026 · Chris Hughes

Everybody to Kenmure Street
2026 · Executive Producer

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026
2026 · Himself - Host
Nordic Train at Christmas
2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Christmas Karma
2025 · Marley

Downton Abbey III : Le Grand Final
2025 · Robert Crawley

Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025 · Self

A Sisyphean Task
2025 · The Headmaster

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
2025 · Sir Charles

Alpine Train at Christmas
2024 · Narrator

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 · Robert Crawley (archive footage)

Paddington au Pérou
2024 · Henry Brown

Ozi, la voix de la forêt
2024 · The Narrator (voice)

Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
2023 · Narrator

The Coronation Concert
2023 · Self- Presenter

El Banco de Dave
2023 · Sir Charles

Dead Cat Film
2023 · Clio

Sacrées Momies
2023 · Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)

Maurice le chat fabuleux
2022 · The Mayor (voice)

Yo estuve aquí
2022 · Hector Blake

The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022 · Self - Narrator

Downton Abbey II : Une nouvelle ère
2022 · Robert Crawley

Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax
2021 · Narrator

The Crown's Ancient Forest
2021 · Narrator

Silent Hours
2021 · Commander William Calthorpe

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021 · Self

To Olivia
2021 · Roald Dahl

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020 · Self

Jingle Jangle : Un Noël enchanté
2020 · Mr. Delacroix
The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom
2020 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Men in Brown
2020 · Self

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2020 · Self

Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear
2019 · Himself - Presenter

Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019 · Self

Downton Abbey: La película
2019 · Robert Crawley

Downton Abbey Live!
2019 · Self

Corrupción
2019 · Hammond

Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble!
2019 · Merlin (voice)

Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)
2019 · The Narrator

A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville
2018 · Self

Sofia the First: Forever Royal
2018 · Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)

Les six derniers jours du Christ
2018 · Self

Paddington 2
2017 · Henry Brown

Inspire
2017 · Teddy Hall

Thomas et ses amis : Aventure sur le continent
2017 · Merlin (voice)

Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles
2017 · Narrator (voice)

Le Dernier Vice-Roi des Indes
2017 · Lord Mountbatten

Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
2017 · Narrator (voice)

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

Sofia the First: The Secret Library
2016 · Book Narrator (voice)

Monsieur Bout-de-Bois
2015 · Santa (voice)
All Change at Longleat
2015 · Narrator

The Secret World of LEGO
2015 · Narration

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

Paddington
2014 · Henry Brown

Nordic Noir - Dans le secret des séries scandinaves
2014 · Self

Opération Muppets
2014 · Irish Journalist

TB: Return of the Plague
2014 · Himself

Monuments Men
2014 · 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries

The Dinner Party
2014 · The Host

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013 · Self
The Magnificent Lion Boy
2013 · Leonard Orlov

Mr. Stink
2012 · Mr. Stink

Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel
2011 · Captain Henry Avery

Cadavres à la pelle
2010 · Lord Harrington

Shanghai
2010 · Ben Sanger

Troisième étoile à droite
2010 · Beachcomber

Critical Eye
2010 · Brian

Lady Keyes : Celle qui en savait trop
2009 · Gilbert

Knife Edge
2009 · Charles Pollock

Le Secret de Green Knowe
2009 · Captain Oldknow

French Film
2008 · Jed

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008 · Sir Hugh Carleton Greene

Le choix de Jane
2008 · Rev Brook Bridges

One of Those Days
2008 · Mr. Burrell

Four Last Songs
2007 · Sebastian Burrows

The Diary of a Nobody
2007 · Pooter

Amour & Conséquences
2006 · Gerry

Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006 · Prince Regent

Asylum
2005 · Max Raphael

Underclassman
2005 · Headmaster Felix Powers

Man to Man
2005 · Fraser McBride

Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Lord Wisbeach

Stage Beauty
2004 · Samuel Pepys

Hear the Silence
2003 · Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Impact
2003 · Phil Epson

Love Again
2003 · Philip Larkin

La conspiration du silence
2003 · Fr. Jack Dowling

Thursday the 12th
2003 · Brin Hopper

The Biographer
2002 · Eric
Right Under My Eyes
2002 · James

Churchill: Pour l'amour d'un empire
2002 · Ivo Pettifer

Iris
2001 · Young John Bayley

The Emperor's New Clothes
2001 · Bertrand

Rouge à lèvres et arme à feu
2001 · Farmer

Coup de peigne
2001 · Louis

Lettres de Mansfield Park
1999 · Mr. Rushworth

Coup de foudre à Notting Hill
1999 · Bernie

The Scold's Bridle
1998 · Tim Duggan

Mosley
1998 · Bob Boothby

Demain ne meurt jamais
1997 · HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer

Breakout
1997 · Peter Schneider

Frankenstein
1994 · Schiller

Fair Game
1994 · Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)

The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994 · Daniel Aurifaber

Stalag Luft
1993 · Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)

Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino
· Narrator
Go Away!
Dog Person

Cold War 1995
· Chris Hughes
Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves
· Tony Tenser
Séries (103)

Twenty Twenty Six
2026 · Ian Fletcher

Naturellement sauvages
2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Great British Train Journeys from Above
2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)

JAMES & co
2025 · Self - Video message

La Vie secrète des animaux
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Agency
2024 · James Richardson

The Real History of Communism
2024 · الراوي

Douglas Is Cancelled
2024 · Douglas

Les Gentlemen
2024 · Lord Hawthorne

Les Aventures imaginaires de Dick Turpin
2024 · Jonathan Wilde

The Wonders of Europe
2023 · Narrator

The Gold : Le casse du siècle
2023 · DCI Brian Boyce

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022 · Self

Secrets of the Royal Gardens
2022 · Narrator

Dans la peau de nos animaux
2022 · Narrator (voice)

Secret Life of the Forest
2021 · Narrator (Voice)

Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder
2021 · Vypravěč

Dancing Nation
2021 · Narrator ("States of Mind")

La Vie cachée des animaux de la ferme
2021 · Narrateur

Staged
2020 · Hugh

Sandylands
2020 · One-eyed man

DNA Journey
2019

A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · Self

Amphibia
2019 · Wigbert (voice)

Her Majesty's Cavalry
2019 · Narrator - Self

Wild Britain
2018 · Narrator

Wild Great Britain
2018 · Narrator

La Bande à Picsou
2017 · Santa Claus (voice)

Silent Hours
2017 · Commander William Calthorpe

The Grand Tour
2016 · Self

Our Ex-Wife
2016 · Narrator

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self

Galavant
2015 · Pirate King

A Life on Screen
2014 · Self

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014 · Narrator

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Narrator (voice), Self - Guest Star

W1A
2014 · Ian Fletcher

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest

Le QG de Jamie & Jimmy
2014 · Himself

Les démons de De Vinci
2013

Princesse Sofia
2013 · Book Narrator (voice), Secret Library (voice)

La guerre des Deux-Roses
2012 · Gloucester

Just a Minute
2012 · Self

World's Most Dangerous Roads
2011

The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Self

The Hotel
2011 · Himself - Narrator

Twenty Twelve
2011 · Ian Fletcher

Turn Back Time
2010 · Narrator (voice)

Downton Abbey
2010 · Robert Crawley

The Silence
2010

Ben Hur
2010 · Pilate

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest

Getting On (UK)
2009 · Philip Moore

Hunter
2009 · DSI Iain Barclay

Orgueil et quiproquos
2008 · Mr Bennet

Bonekickers
2008 · Gregory Parton

Freezing
2008

El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self

Cinq jours
2007 · DSI Iain Barclay

Tsunami : les conséquences
2006 · Tony Whittaker

Rachael Ray
2006

The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest, Self

Alex Rose
2006 · Julian

The Robinsons
2005 · George Robinson

Doctor Who
2005 · Henry Avery

The Rotters' Club
2005 · Adult Ben (voice)

Miss Marple
2004 · Inspector Hewitt

The Commander
2003 · James Lampton (uncredited)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest

Tipping the Velvet
2002 · Ralph Banner

Docteur Jivago
2002 · Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago

Daniel Deronda
2002 · Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt

Top Gear
2002 · Self

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002

The Cazalets
2001 · Hugh Cazalet

Música y palabras de inspiración
2000 · Himself

Take a Girl Like You
2000 · Julian Ormerod

Madame Bovary
2000 · Charles Bovary

Mosley
1998 · Bob Boothby

Get Well Soon
1997 · Norman Tucker

La Vue
1997 · Self

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
1997 · Ferdie Fitzgerald
See You Friday
1997 · Daniel

Inspecteur Barnaby
1997 · Hugh Barton
Holding The Baby
1997 · Gordon Muir

Married for Life
1996 · Steve Hollingsworth
The Vet
1995 · Alan Sinclair

Bugs
1995

Cadfael
1994 · Daniel Aurifaber

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 · Victor Savage

Peak Practice
1993 · Dominic Kent

GMTV
1993 · Self

Between the Lines
1992

Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Inspector Dawson

Paul Merton: The Series
1991
Dodgem
1991 · Rick Bayne

Chancer
1990 · Jas

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Edward Masterman

Dispatches
1987 · Self - Narrator

Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Victor Savage

Great Performances
1971 · Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Legally Mad
· Gordan Hamm

