Hugh Bonneville
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 Bonneville at the 2011 Minghella Film Festival. |
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| Born | Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams 10 November 1963 Blackheath, London, England, UK |
| Education | Sherborne School |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Lulu Williams (m. 1998–present)[1] |
Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville,[2] is an English stage, film, television and radio actor. He is most well known for starring in the ITV hit television series Downton Abbey and the BBC London Olympics mockumentary comedy series Twenty Twelve. Hugh Bonneville also starred in Mr Stink with Pudsey the Dog, the winner of Britain's Got Talent and also as Bernie in Notting Hill. From 2011 Bonneville is the narrator of the Channel 4 show The Hotel for all current 3 series. In 2013, he made a brief appearance as the Duke of Milan for the opening episode of Da Vinci's Demons.
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Early life and education [edit]
Bonneville was born in Blackheath, London, UK, and was educated at Sherborne School,[3] an independent school in the market town of Sherborne, Dorset, followed by Corpus Christi College[4] at the University of Cambridge, where he read Theology, and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[5] Bonneville is also an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre.[3]
Acting [edit]
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 was also Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bergetto in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Kastril and later Surly in The Alchemist.[6]
He made his television debut in 1991, billed as Richard Bonneville. His early roles were usually good-natured bumbling characters like Bernie in Notting Hill (1999) and Mr. Rushworth in Mansfield Park (1999). 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). In Love Again, he played the poet Philip Larkin.
In 2004, he played Sir Christopher Wren in the docudrama Wren – The Man Who Built Britain. 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 early 2010 earned a role in the comedy film Burke and Hare.[7] In 2011 and 2012 he starred as Ian Fletcher in the award winning BBC comedy series Twenty Twelve. In December 2012 he appeared on BBC 2 with co-star Jessica Hynes in World's Most Dangerous Roads, travelling through Georgia. He is currently appearing in popular ITV period drama Downton Abbey, as Robert, Earl of Grantham. He is also slated to appear in the much-delayed Hippie Hippie Shake, alongside Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller.
Patronage [edit]
In 2009, Bonneville played the voice of Justice Fosse in Joseph Crilly's UK premiere of Kitty and Damnation for the Giant Olive Theatre Company at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town.[8] Shortly thereafter he became Giant Olive's first Patron.[9]
Charity [edit]
He is a patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard, and of the medical relief charity Medical Emergency Relief International.[10]
Filmography [edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | Chancer | Jas | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1991 | Dodgem | Rick Bayne | TV series (5 episode) |
| 1993 | Paul Merton: The Series | Captain | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.2.6") |
| Stalag Luft | Barton | TV film | |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Victor Savage | TV series (1 episode: "The Dying Detective", credited as Richard Bonneville) |
| Peak Practice | Dominic Kent | TV series (1 episode: "Perfect Love") | |
| Cadfael | Daniel Aurifaber | TV series (1 episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow", credited as Richard Bonneville) | |
| Frankenstein | Schiller | ||
| Between the Lines | Henry Oakes | TV series (1 episode: "Close Protection", credited as Richard Bonneville[11]) | |
| 1995 | The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.2.5") | |
| The Vet | Alan Sinclair | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Eastenders | Headmaster | TV series (1 episode: "14 December 1995") | |
| 1996 | Married for Life | Steve Hollingsworth | TV series (7 episodes); a British remake of Married... with Children |
| Bugs | Nathan Pym | TV series (1 episode: "Bugged Wheat") | |
| 1997 | Breakout | Peter Schneider | TV film |
| See You Friday | Daniel | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.1") | |
| The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous | Ferdinand Fitzgerald | TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.1") | |
| Get Well Soon | Norman Tucker | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Air Warfare Officer – HMS Bedford | ||
| 1998 | Heat of the Sun | Reverend Edward Herbert | TV series (1 episode: "Hide in Plain Sight") |
| Mosley | Bob Boothby | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| The Scold's Bridle | Tim Duggan | TV film | |
| Holding the Baby | Gordon Muir | TV series (series 2) | |
| 1999 | Murder Most Horrid | Inspector Dawson | TV series (1 episode: "Confessions of a Murderer") |
| Notting Hill | Bernie | ||
| Mansfield Park | Mr. Rushworth | ||
| 2000 | Thursday the 12th | Brin Hopper | TV film |
| Madame Bovary | Charles Bovary | TV film | |
| Take a Girl Like You | Julian Ormerod | TV series | |
| 2001 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale | Publisher | TV film |
| Blow Dry | Louis | ||
| High Heels and Low Lifes | Farmer | ||
| The Cazalets | Hugh Cazalet | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | Bertrand | ||
| Armadillo | Torquil Helvoir Jayne | TV series | |
| Iris | Young John Bayley | Berlin International Film Festival Award for New Talent Nominated—BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actor |
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| 2002 | Impact | Phil Epson | TV film |
| The Gathering Storm | Ivo Pettifer | TV film | |
| Right Under My Eyes | James | TV film | |
| The Biographer | Eric | TV film | |
| Midsomer Murders | Hugh Barton | TV series (1 episode: "Ring Out Your Dead") | |
| Tipping the Velvet | Ralph Banner | TV series | |
| Doctor Zhivago | Andrey Zhivago | TV film | |
| Daniel Deronda | Henleigh Grandcourt | TV film | |
| 2003 | The Commander | James Lampton | TV film |
| Conspiracy of Silence | Fr. Jack Dowling | ||
| Love Again | Philip Larkin | TV film | |
| Hear the Silence | Dr. Andrew Wakefield | TV film | |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Lord Wisbeach | |
| Wren: The Man Who Built Britain | Christopher Wren | TV documentary | |
| Stage Beauty | Samuel Pepys | ||
| 2005 | The Commander: Virus | James Lampton | uncredited |
| The Commander: Blackout | James Lampton | uncredited | |
| The Rotter's Club | Voice of Adult Ben | TV series | |
| Man to Man | Fraser McBride | ||
| Asylum | Max Raphael | ||
| The Robinsons | George Robinson | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Underclassman | Headmaster Felix Powers | ||
| 2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Prince Regent | TV film |
| Courting Alex | Julian/Charles Carter | TV series (10 episodes) | |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Gerry | ||
| Tsunami: The Aftermath | Tony Whittaker | TV film | |
| 2007 | Four Last Songs | Sebastian Burrows | |
| The Diary of a Nobody | Pooter | TV film | |
| The Vicar of Dibley | Jeremy Ogilvy | TV series (1 episode: "The Vicar in White") | |
| Five Days | DSI Iain Barclay | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Miss Austen Regrets | Rev. Brook Bridges | TV film | |
| Hola to the World | Painter | short | |
| The Replacements | Voice | TV series (1 episode: "London Calling") | |
| Freezing | Matt | TV series (3 episodes: 2007–2008) | |
| 2008 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Sir Hugh Carleton Greene | TV film |
| Bonekickers | Gregory Parton | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Lost in Austen | Mr. Bennet | TV mini-series (4 episodes) | |
| One of Those Days | Mr. Burrell | short | |
| French Film | Jed | Jury Prize – Best Actor | |
| Country House Rescue (series 1) | Narrator | TV series (6 episodes: 2008–2009) | |
| 2009 | Knife Edge | Charles Pollock | |
| Hunter | DSI Iain Barclay | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| Glorious 39 | Gilbert | ||
| From Time to Time | Captain Oldknow | ||
| Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue | Narrator | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Country House Rescue Revisited | Narrator | TV series (3 episodes: 2009) | |
| 2010 | Legally Mad | Gordon Hamm | TV film |
| Critical Eye | Brian | ||
| Ben Hur | Pontius Pilate | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| Shanghai | Ben Sanger | ||
| Third Star | Beachcomber | ||
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Edward Masterman | TV series (1 episode: "Murder on the Orient Express") | |
| The Silence | Chris | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Rev. | Roland Wise | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.4") | |
| Burke & Hare | Lord Harrington | ||
| As Time goes by (film) | |||
| Hippie Hippie Shake | John Mortimer | Unreleased[12] | |
| Country House Rescue (series 2) | Narrator | TV series (8 episodes: 2010) | |
| Downton Abbey | Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham | TV series (25 episodes: 2010-present) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated - Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor - Drama Series Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
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| 2011 | Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Inspector Hewitt | TV film |
| Twenty Twelve | Ian Fletcher | TV series Nominated - BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance |
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| Doctor Who | Captain Avery | TV series (2 episodes: "The Curse of the Black Spot" and "A Good Man Goes to War") | |
| Country House Rescue (series 3) | Narrator | TV series (7 episodes: 2011) | |
| The Hotel | Narrator | Series 1 | |
| Third Star | Beachcomber | Film | |
| Rev. | Roland Wise | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.2.1") | |
| 2012 | The Hotel | Narrator | Series 2 |
| Turn Back Time: The Family | Narrator | TV series (5 episodes: 2012) | |
| Getting On | Philip Moore | TV series (1 episode: 2012) | |
| Mr Stink | Mr Stink | TV film | |
| 2013 | The Hotel | Narrator | Series 3 |
| Monuments Men | |||
| Da Vinci's Demons | Duke of Milan | TV series (1 episode: 2013) |
References [edit]
- ^ "Biography for Hugh Bonneville". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins (5th ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4. OCLC 607613318.
- ^ a b Greensteet, Rosanna (6 November 2004). "Q&A: Hugh Bonneville". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Corpus Playroom Renovations". Corpus Christi College. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ Franks, Alan (16 February 2008). "Hugh Bonneville and Tom Hollander on Freezing, fame and friendship". The Times. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ Trowbridge, Simon (2010). The Company: a Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oxford, England: Editions Albert Creed. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3.
- ^ Burke and Hare Teaser Art Debuts at Cannes
- ^ "Off-West End Announcements – 3 July 2009". What's On Stage. 3 July 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "The History of Giant Olive Theatre Company". Giant Olive Theatre Company. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Scene & Heard – Who We Are". sceneandheard.org. 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
- ^ Between The Lines, November 1994. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Meacham, Steve (February 14, 2011). "Hippies tossed aside in corporate decision". The Sydney Morning Herald. "After a promised release failed to eventuate last year, the British production company, Working Title, has confirmed it will not reach cinemas. The managing director of the distributor Universal Pictures in Australia, Mike Baard, said: 'I suspect...it's going to land in the direct-to-video bin...it's off our release schedule.'" More than one of
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Further reading [edit]
- Trowbridge, Simon. The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oxford: Editions Albert Creed, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hugh Bonneville |
- Official website of Hugh Bonneville
- Hugh Bonneville on Twitter
- Hugh Bonneville biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Hugh Bonneville at the Internet Movie Database
- The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the RSC: Online database
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- National Youth Theatre members
- People educated at Sherborne School
- Actors from London
- People from Blackheath, London
- Royal National Theatre Company members
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- 20th-century English actors
- 21st-century English actors
- Shakespearean actors
- English male actors
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners
