Acting · Paddington, London, England, UK · Born November 10, 1963
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.
MovieCold War 1994
2026
as Chris Hughes
TVTwenty Twenty Six
2026
as Ian Fletcher
MovieFrom Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026
2026
as Himself - Host
Nordic Train at Christmas
2025
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVBorn to Be Wild
2025
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieChristmas Karma
2025
as Marley
TVGreat British Train Journeys from Above
2025
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieDownton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
as Robert Crawley
MovieDownton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
2025
as Self
MovieA Sisyphean Task
2025
as The Headmaster
MovieBank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
2025
as Sir Charles
TVJAMES & Co
2025
as Self - Video message
MovieAlpine Train at Christmas
2024
as Narrator
TVThe Secret Lives of Animals
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieDame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Robert Crawley (archive footage)
TVThe Agency
2024
as James Richardson
MoviePaddington in Peru
2024
as Henry Brown
TVThe Real History of Communism
2024
as الراوي
TVDouglas Is Cancelled
2024
as Douglas
MovieOZI: Voice of the Forest
2024
as Erzähler
TVThe Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024
as Jonathan Wilde
MoviePeter Sellers: Genius at Work
2023
as Narrator
MovieThe Coronation Concert
2023
as Self- Presenter
TVThe Wonders of Europe
2023
as Narrator
MovieBank of Dave
2023
as Sir Charles
TVThe Gold
2023
as DCI Brian Boyce
MovieDead Cat Film
2023
as Clio
MovieMummies
2023
as Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)
MovieThe Amazing Maurice
2022
as The Mayor (voice)
TVSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
MovieI Came By
2022
as Hector Blake
MovieThe Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
2022
as Self - Narrator
MovieDownton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Robert Crawley
TVSecrets of the Royal Gardens
2022
as Narrator
TVThe Secret Life of Our Pets
2022
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMadame Tussauds: The Full Wax
2021
as Narrator
MovieThe Crown's Ancient Forest
2021
as Narrator
TVSecret Life of the Forest
2021
as Narrator (Voice)
TVInside the Forest Seasons of Wonder
2021
as Vypravěč
MovieSilent Hours
2021
as Commander William Calthorpe
MovieThe Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Self
MovieTo Olivia
2021
as Roald Dahl
TVDancing Nation
2021
as Narrator ("States of Mind")
TVWild Tales from the Farm
2021
as Narrateur
MovieCinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
as Self
MovieJingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020
as Mr. Delacroix
The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVStaged
2020
as Hugh
TVSandylands
2020
as One-eyed man
Men in Brown
2020
as Self
MovieMiranda: My Such Fun Celebration
2020
as Self
MoviePaddington: The Man Behind the Bear
2019
as Himself - Presenter
TVDNA Journey
2019
MovieReturn to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
2019
as Self
TVA Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
MovieDownton Abbey
2019
as Robert Crawley
MovieDownton Abbey Live!
2019
as Self
TVAmphibia
2019
as Wigbert (voice)
TVHer Majesty's Cavalry
2019
as Narrator - Self
MovieThe Corrupted
2019
as Hammond
MovieOdilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)
2019
as The Narrator
MovieA Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville
2018
as Self
MovieSofia the First: Forever Royal
2018
as Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
MovieCountdown to Calvary
2018
as Self
TVWild Britain
2018
as Narrator
TVWild Great Britain
2018
as Narrator
MoviePaddington 2
2017
as Henry Brown
MovieBreathe
2017
as Teddy Hall
MovieThomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor
2017
as Merlin (voice)
TVDuckTales
2017
as Santa Claus (voice)
MovieSofia the First: The Mystic Isles
2017
as Narrator (voice)
MovieViceroy's House
2017
as Lord Mountbatten
MovieMartin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
2017
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy
2017
as Narrator
TVThe Grand Tour
2016
as Self
TVOur Ex-Wife
2016
as Narrator
MovieSofia the First: The Secret Library
2016
as Book Narrator (voice)
MovieStick Man
2015
as Santa (voice)
All Change at Longleat
2015
as Narrator
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
MovieThe Secret World of LEGO
2015
as Narration
MovieGirl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
2015
TVGalavant
2015
as Pirate King
TVA Life on Screen
2014
as Self
MoviePaddington
2014
as Henry Brown
TVMonty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
as Narrator
MovieNordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
2014
as Self
TVLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMuppets Most Wanted
2014
as Irish Journalist
TVW1A
2014
as Ian Fletcher
MovieTB: Return of the Plague
2014
as Himself
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Monuments Men
2014
as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
MovieThe Dinner Party
2014
as The Host
TVJamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
2014
as Himself
MovieThe Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
2013
as Self
The Magnificent Lion Boy
2013
as Leonard Orlov
TVDa Vinci's Demons
2013
TVSofia the First
2013
as Book Narrator (voice)
MovieMr. Stink
2012
as Mr. Stink
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Gloucester
TVJust a Minute
2012
as Self
TVWorld's Most Dangerous Roads
2011
TVThe Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel
2011
as Captain Henry Avery
TVThe Hotel
2011
as Himself - Narrator
TVTwenty Twelve
2011
as Ian Fletcher
TVTurn Back Time
2010
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBurke & Hare
2010
as Lord Harrington
TVDownton Abbey
2010
as Robert Crawley
TVThe Silence
2010
MovieShanghai
2010
as Ben Sanger
MovieThird Star
2010
as Beachcomber
TVBen Hur
2010
as Pilate
MovieCritical Eye
2010
as Brian
MovieGlorious 39
2009
as Gilbert
MovieKnife Edge
2009
as Charles Pollock
MovieFrom Time to Time
2009
as Captain Oldknow
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVGetting On
2009
as Philip Moore
TVHunter
2009
as DSI Iain Barclay
MovieFrench Film
2008
as Jed
TVLost in Austen
2008
as Mr Bennet
TVBonekickers
2008
as Gregory Parton
MovieFilth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008
as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
TVFreezing
2008
MovieMiss Austen Regrets
2008
as Rev Brook Bridges
MovieOne of Those Days
2008
as Mr. Burrell
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVFive Days
2007
as DSI Iain Barclay
MovieFour Last Songs
2007
as Sebastian Burrows
MovieThe Diary of a Nobody
2007
as Pooter
TVTsunami: The Aftermath
2006
as Tony Whittaker
MovieScenes of a Sexual Nature
2006
as Gerry
TVRachael Ray
2006
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieBeau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006
as Prince Regent
TVCourting Alex
2006
as Julian
MovieAsylum
2005
as Max Raphael
MovieUnderclassman
2005
as Headmaster Felix Powers
TVThe Robinsons
2005
MovieMan to Man
2005
as Fraser McBride
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Henry Avery
TVThe Rotters' Club
2005
as Adult Ben (voice)
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Inspector Hewitt
MoviePiccadilly Jim
2004
as Lord Wisbeach
MovieStage Beauty
2004
as Samuel Pepys
MovieHear the Silence
2003
as Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Impact
2003
as Phil Epson
MovieLove Again
2003
as Philip Larkin
MovieConspiracy of Silence
2003
as Fr. Jack Dowling
MovieThursday the 12th
2003
as Brin Hopper
TVThe Commander
2003
as James Lampton (uncredited)
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
TVTipping the Velvet
2002
as Ralph Banner
TVDoctor Zhivago
2002
as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
TVDaniel Deronda
2002
as Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt
TVTop Gear
2002
as Self
TVHans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002
MovieThe Biographer
2002
as Eric
Right Under My Eyes
2002
as James
MovieThe Gathering Storm
2002
as Ivo Pettifer
MovieIris
2001
as Young John Bayley
MovieThe Emperor's New Clothes
2001
as Bertrand
MovieHigh Heels and Low Lifes
2001
as Farmer
TVThe Cazalets
2001
as Hugh Cazalet
MovieBlow Dry
2001
as Louis
TVChristmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2000
as Himself
TVTake a Girl Like You
2000
as Julian Ormerod
TVMadame Bovary
2000
as Charles Bovary
MovieMansfield Park
1999
as Mr. Rushworth
MovieNotting Hill
1999
as Bernie
MovieThe Scold's Bridle
1998
as Tim Duggan
MovieMosley
1998
as Bob Boothby
TVMosley
1998
as Bob Boothby
MovieTomorrow Never Dies
1997
as HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
TVGet Well Soon
1997
as Norman Tucker
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVThe Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
1997
as Ferdie Fitzgerald
See You Friday
1997
as Daniel
MovieBreakout
1997
as Peter Schneider
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Hugh Barton
Holding The Baby
1997
as Gordon Muir
TVMarried for Life
1996
as Steve Hollingsworth
The Vet
1995
as Alan Sinclair
TVBugs
1995
MovieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
as Schiller
MovieFair Game
1994
as Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
MovieThe Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Daniel Aurifaber
TVCadfael
1994
as Daniel Aurifaber
TVThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Victor Savage
MovieStalag Luft
1993
as Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Dominic Kent
TVGMTV
1993
as Self
TVBetween the Lines
1992
TVMurder Most Horrid
1991
as Inspector Dawson
TVPaul Merton: The Series
1991
Dodgem
1991
as Rick Bayne
TVChancer
1990
as Jas
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Edward Masterman
TVDispatches
1987
as Self - Narrator
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Victor Savage
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieRestoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino
as Narrator
Go Away!
Dog Person
MovieCold War 1995
as Chris Hughes
Legally Mad
as Gordan Hamm
