Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams DL (born 10 November 1963) is an English actor.

Biography
Biography

He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey. His performance on the show earned him a nomination at the Golden Globes and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, as well as three Screen Actors Guild Awards. He reprised his role in the feature films, Downton Abbey (2019), and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). He also appeared in the films Notting Hill (1999), Iris (2001), The Monuments Men (2014), and the Paddington films (2014-2023).

1990s

Bonneville's first professional stage appearance was at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. In 1987, he joined the National Theatre where he appeared in several plays, then the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1991, where he played Laertes to Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1992–1993). He played Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bergetto in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Kastril and later Surly in The Alchemist.

In 1994, Bonneville made his television debut, billed as Richard Bonneville in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes episode "The Dying Detective". His debut film was 1994's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with Robert De Niro and Kenneth Branagh. His early roles were usually good-natured bumbling characters like Bernie in Notting Hill (1999) and Mr Rushworth in Mansfield Park (1999).

2000s

In the BBC television series, Take a Girl Like You (2000) and Armadillo (2001), he played more villainous characters, leading up to the domineering Henleigh Grandcourt in Daniel Deronda (2002) and the psychopathic killer James Lampton in The Commander (2003) series. In Love Again, he played the poet Philip Larkin.

In Iris (2001), he played the young John Bayley opposite Kate Winslet, with his performance lauded by critics and receiving a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2004, Bonneville played Sir Christopher Wren in the docudrama Wren – The Man Who Built Britain. Bonneville also works extensively in radio. He played the role of Jerry Westerby in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel The Honourable Schoolboy, first broadcast in January 2010. Earlier, he appeared in the surreal parallel universe comedy Married.

2010s

From 2010 until 2015, he appeared in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey, as Robert, Earl of Grantham, a role he repeated in the 2019 film.

In early 2010, he appeared in the comedy film Burke and Hare. In 2011 and 2012, he starred as Ian Fletcher in the award-winning BBC comedy series Twenty Twelve, and reprised the role in the 2014 BBC comedy series W1A. In December 2012, he appeared on BBC Two with co-star Jessica Hynes in World's Most Dangerous Roads, travelling through Georgia. He also appeared in the much-delayed film Hippie Hippie Shake with Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller.

From 2011 until 2014, Bonneville was the narrator of the Channel 4 show The Hotel. On 18 November 2012, Bonneville appeared on stage at St Martin's Theatre in the West End for a 60th anniversary performance of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, the world's longest-running play.

Bonneville played Mr. Brown in the 2014 film Paddington and its 2017 sequel Paddington 2. He has appeared in the singing comedic role of The Pirate King in the ABC fairy tale-themed musical comedy extravaganza series Galavant during its 2015 and 2016 seasons. He also narrated the ITV series The Cruise.

In 2017, Bonneville portrayed Lord Mountbatten in director Gurinder Chadha's film Viceroy's House, which depicted the tumult and violence surrounding the Partition of India during the final days of British rule. Also in 2017, he portrayed the voice of Merlin in the movie based on the children's TV series Thomas & FriendsJourney Beyond Sodor. Also that year, he narrated the documentary A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy and it was announced that Bonneville would play Roald Dahl in an upcoming biopic about the author.

In 2018, Bonneville succeeded Julie Andrews as host and narrator of the annual "From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration" episode of Great Performances, broadcast on New Year's Day on PBS in the United States. Also in 2018, he returned to voice Merlin in one of the episodes of the twenty-second series of Thomas & Friends.

In 2019, Bonneville portrayed C. S. Lewis at the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Shadowlands, along with actors Liz White and Andrew Havill.




Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Schiller  
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Air Warfare Officer – HMS Bedford  
1999 Notting Hill Bernie  
1999 Mansfield Park Mr Rushworth  
2001 Blow Dry Louis  
2001 High Heels and Low Lifes Farmer  
2001 The Emperor's New Clothes Bertrand  
2001 Iris Young John Bayley  
2003 Conspiracy of Silence Fr. Jack Dowling  
2004 Piccadilly Jim Lord Wisbeach  
2004 Stage Beauty Samuel Pepys  
2005 The Commander: Virus James Lampton Uncredited
2005 The Commander: Blackout James Lampton Uncredited
2005 Man to Man Fraser McBride  
2005 Asylum Max Raphael  
2005 Underclassman Headmaster Felix Powers  
2006 Scenes of a Sexual Nature Gerry  
2007 Four Last Songs Sebastian Burrows  
2007 Hola to the World Painter Short film
2008 One of Those Days Mr Burrell Short film
2008 French Film Jed  
2009 Knife Edge Charles Pollock  
2009 Glorious 39 Gilbert Williams  
2009 From Time to Time Captain Oldknow  
2010 Critical Eye Brian  
2010 Shanghai Ben Sanger  
2010 Third Star Beachcomber  
2010 Burke & Hare Lord Harrington  
2010 Hippie Hippie Shake John Mortimer Unreleased
2011 Third Star Beachcomber  
2014 The Monuments Men Lieutenant Donald Jeffries  
2014 Muppets Most Wanted Irish Journalist  
2014 Paddington Mr Henry Brown  
2015 Stick Man Santa Clause Voice
2015 Silent Hours Commander William Calthorpe  
2017 Viceroy's House Lord Mountbatten  
2017 Paddington 2 Mr Henry Brown  
2017 Journey Beyond Sodor Merlin Voice
2017 Breathe Teddy Hall  
2017 A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy Narrator  
2017 Secrets of the Magna Carta Narrator Documentary
2019 Downton Abbey Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham  
2020 Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Mr. Delacroix  
2021 To Olivia Roald Dahl  
2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham  
2022 I Came By Sir Hector Blake  
2022 The Amazing Maurice The Mayor Voice
TBA Paddington in Peru Not yet released Mr Henry Brown


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