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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Doctor Who

The Agency

The Graham Norton Show

Agatha Christie's Poirot

All Movies (107)

• Cold War 19942026 · as Chris Hughes
• From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20262026 · as Himself - Host
• Nordic Train at Christmas2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Christmas Karma2025 · as Marley
• Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale2025 · as Robert Crawley
• Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale2025 · as Self
• A Sisyphean Task2025 · as The Headmaster
• Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger2025 · as Sir Charles
• Alpine Train at Christmas2024 · as Narrator
• Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration2024 · as Robert Crawley (archive footage)
• Paddington in Peru2024 · as Henry Brown
• OZI: Voice of the Forest2024 · as Erzähler
• Peter Sellers: Genius at Work2023 · as Narrator
• The Coronation Concert2023 · as Self- Presenter
• Bank of Dave2023 · as Sir Charles
• Dead Cat Film2023 · as Clio
• Mummies2023 · as Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)
• The Amazing Maurice2022 · as The Mayor (voice)
• I Came By2022 · as Hector Blake
• The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration2022 · as Self - Narrator
• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022 · as Robert Crawley
• Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax2021 · as Narrator
• The Crown's Ancient Forest2021 · as Narrator
• Silent Hours2021 · as Commander William Calthorpe
• The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out2021 · as Self
• To Olivia2021 · as Roald Dahl
• Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas2020 · as Self
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey2020 · as Mr. Delacroix
• The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Men in Brown2020 · as Self
• Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration2020 · as Self
• Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear2019 · as Himself - Presenter
• Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event2019 · as Self
• Downton Abbey2019 · as Robert Crawley
• Downton Abbey Live!2019 · as Self
• The Corrupted2019 · as Hammond
• Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)2019 · as The Narrator
• A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville2018 · as Self
• Sofia the First: Forever Royal2018 · as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
• Countdown to Calvary2018 · as Self
• Paddington 22017 · as Henry Brown
• Breathe2017 · as Teddy Hall
• Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor2017 · as Merlin (voice)
• Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Viceroy's House2017 · as Lord Mountbatten
• Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy2017 · as Narrator
• Sofia the First: The Secret Library2016 · as Book Narrator (voice)
• Stick Man2015 · as Santa (voice)
• All Change at Longleat2015 · as Narrator
• The Secret World of LEGO2015 · as Narration
• Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis2015
• Paddington2014 · as Henry Brown
• Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama2014 · as Self
• Muppets Most Wanted2014 · as Irish Journalist
• TB: Return of the Plague2014 · as Himself
• The Monuments Men2014 · as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
• The Dinner Party2014 · as The Host
• The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-22013 · as Self
• The Magnificent Lion Boy2013 · as Leonard Orlov
• Mr. Stink2012 · as Mr. Stink
• Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel2011 · as Captain Henry Avery
• Burke & Hare2010 · as Lord Harrington
• Shanghai2010 · as Ben Sanger
• Third Star2010 · as Beachcomber
• Critical Eye2010 · as Brian
• Glorious 392009 · as Gilbert
• Knife Edge2009 · as Charles Pollock
• From Time to Time2009 · as Captain Oldknow
• French Film2008 · as Jed
• Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story2008 · as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
• Miss Austen Regrets2008 · as Rev Brook Bridges
• One of Those Days2008 · as Mr. Burrell
• Four Last Songs2007 · as Sebastian Burrows
• The Diary of a Nobody2007 · as Pooter
• Scenes of a Sexual Nature2006 · as Gerry
• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man2006 · as Prince Regent
• Asylum2005 · as Max Raphael
• Underclassman2005 · as Headmaster Felix Powers
• Man to Man2005 · as Fraser McBride
• Piccadilly Jim2004 · as Lord Wisbeach
• Stage Beauty2004 · as Samuel Pepys
• Hear the Silence2003 · as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
• Love Again2003 · as Philip Larkin
• Conspiracy of Silence2003 · as Fr. Jack Dowling
• Thursday the 12th2003 · as Brin Hopper
• The Biographer2002 · as Eric
• Right Under My Eyes2002 · as James
• The Gathering Storm2002 · as Ivo Pettifer
• Iris2001 · as Young John Bayley
• The Emperor's New Clothes2001 · as Bertrand
• High Heels and Low Lifes2001 · as Farmer
• Blow Dry2001 · as Louis
• Mansfield Park1999 · as Mr. Rushworth
• Notting Hill1999 · as Bernie
• The Scold's Bridle1998 · as Tim Duggan
• Mosley1998 · as Bob Boothby
• Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
• Breakout1997 · as Peter Schneider
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994 · as Schiller
• Fair Game1994 · as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
• The Sanctuary Sparrow1994 · as Daniel Aurifaber
• Stalag Luft1993 · as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
• Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino— · as Narrator
• Go Away!—
• Dog Person—
• Cold War 1995— · as Chris Hughes

All TV Shows (105)

• Twenty Twenty Six2026 · as Ian Fletcher
• Born to Be Wild2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Great British Train Journeys from Above2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• JAMES & Co2025 · as Self - Video message
• The Secret Lives of Animals2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Agency2024 · as James Richardson
• The Real History of Communism2024 · as الراوي
• Douglas Is Cancelled2024 · as Douglas
• The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin2024 · as Jonathan Wilde
• The Wonders of Europe2023 · as Narrator
• The Gold2023 · as DCI Brian Boyce
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self
• Secrets of the Royal Gardens2022 · as Narrator
• The Secret Life of Our Pets2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• Secret Life of the Forest2021 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder2021 · as Vypravěč
• Dancing Nation2021 · as Narrator ("States of Mind")
• Wild Tales from the Farm2021 · as Narrateur
• Staged2020 · as Hugh
• Sandylands2020 · as One-eyed man
• DNA Journey2019
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• Amphibia2019 · as Wigbert (voice)
• Her Majesty's Cavalry2019 · as Narrator - Self
• Wild Great Britain2018 · as Narrator
• Wild Britain2018 · as Narrator
• DuckTales2017 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• The Grand Tour2016 · as Self
• Our Ex-Wife2016 · as Narrator
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Galavant2015 · as Pirate King
• A Life on Screen2014 · as Self
• Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)2014 · as Narrator
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self - Guest Star
• W1A2014 · as Ian Fletcher
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast2014 · as Himself
• Da Vinci's Demons2013
• Sofia the First2013 · as Book Narrator (voice)
• Sofia the First2013 · as Secret Library (voice)
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Gloucester
• Just a Minute2012 · as Self
• World's Most Dangerous Roads2011
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• The Hotel2011 · as Himself - Narrator
• Twenty Twelve2011 · as Ian Fletcher
• Turn Back Time2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• Downton Abbey2010 · as Robert Crawley
• The Silence2010
• Ben Hur2010 · as Pilate
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Getting On2009 · as Philip Moore
• Hunter2009 · as DSI Iain Barclay
• Lost in Austen2008 · as Mr Bennet
• Bonekickers2008 · as Gregory Parton
• Freezing2008
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Five Days2007 · as DSI Iain Barclay
• Tsunami: The Aftermath2006 · as Tony Whittaker
• Rachael Ray2006
• The One Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• Courting Alex2006 · as Julian
• The Robinsons2005
• Doctor Who2005 · as Henry Avery
• The Rotters' Club2005 · as Adult Ben (voice)
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Inspector Hewitt
• The Commander2003 · as James Lampton (uncredited)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Tipping the Velvet2002 · as Ralph Banner
• Doctor Zhivago2002 · as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
• Daniel Deronda2002 · as Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt
• Top Gear2002 · as Self
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale2002
• The Cazalets2001 · as Hugh Cazalet
• Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir2000 · as Himself
• Take a Girl Like You2000 · as Julian Ormerod
• Madame Bovary2000 · as Charles Bovary
• Mosley1998 · as Bob Boothby
• Get Well Soon1997 · as Norman Tucker
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous1997 · as Ferdie Fitzgerald
• See You Friday1997 · as Daniel
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Hugh Barton
• Holding The Baby1997 · as Gordon Muir
• Married for Life1996 · as Steve Hollingsworth
• The Vet1995 · as Alan Sinclair
• Bugs1995
• Cadfael1994 · as Daniel Aurifaber
• The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1994 · as Victor Savage
• Peak Practice1993 · as Dominic Kent
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Between the Lines1992
• Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Inspector Dawson
• Paul Merton: The Series1991
• Dodgem1991 · as Rick Bayne
• Chancer1990 · as Jas
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Edward Masterman
• Dispatches1987 · as Self - Narrator
• Dispatches1987
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Victor Savage
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Legally Mad— · as Gordan Hamm