
Hugh Bonneville
Acting
Born 1963-11-10 · Paddington, London, England, UK
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

Downton Abbey
2010 · TV

The Hotel
2011 · TV

W1A
2014 · TV

The Wonders of Europe
2023 · TV

Twenty Twelve
2011 · TV

The Gold
2023 · TV

Great Performances
1971 · TV

Turn Back Time
2010 · TV

The Secret Lives of Animals
2024 · TV

Five Days
2007 · TV

The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV

Wild Britain
2018 · TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV

Married for Life
1996 · TV

Doctor Who
2005 · TV

The Cazalets
2001 · TV

Born to Be Wild
2025 · TV

Get Well Soon
1997 · TV

The Robinsons
2005 · TV

Sandylands
2020 · TV

Bonekickers
2008 · TV

Twenty Twenty Six
2026 · TV

Wild Great Britain
2018 · TV

The Agency: Central Intelligence
2024 · TV

Daniel Deronda
2002 · TV

Douglas Is Cancelled
2024 · TV

Lost in Austen
2008 · TV

The Secret Life of Our Pets
2022 · TV

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

The Silence
2010 · TV

Mosley
1998 · TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024 · TV

Doctor Zhivago
2002 · TV

The Commander
2003 · TV

Sofia the First
2013 · TV

Freezing
2008 · TV

Take a Girl Like You
2000 · TV

Wild Tales from the Farm
2021 · TV

Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder
2021 · TV

Secret Life of the Forest
2021 · TV

Secrets of the Royal Gardens
2022 · TV

Great British Train Journeys from Above
2025 · TV

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
1997 · TV

The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · TV

Galavant
2015 · TV

The Rotters' Club
2005 · TV

Madame Bovary
2000 · TV

GMTV
1993 · TV

Hunter
2009 · TV

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002 · TV

Ben Hur
2010 · TV

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV

Chancer
1990 · TV

Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006 · TV

The Real History of Communism
2024 · TV

DuckTales
2017 · TV

Amphibia
2019 · TV

Sherlock Holmes
1984 · TV

Peak Practice
1993 · TV