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.
2026Cold War 1994Movieas Chris Hughes
2026Twenty Twenty SixTV showas Ian Fletcher · 6 episodes
2026Everybody to Kenmure StreetMovieExecutive Producer
2026From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026Movieas Himself - Host
2025Born to Be WildTV showas Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 episodes
2025Christmas KarmaMovieas Marley
2025Great British Train Journeys from AboveTV showas Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes
2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleMovieas Robert Crawley
2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand FinaleMovieas Self
2025A Sisyphean TaskMovieas The Headmaster
2025The Simpson: Yellow PlanetMovieas Narrador
2025Bank of Dave 2: The Loan RangerMovieas Sir Charles
2025JAMES & coTV showas Self - Video message · 1 episodes
2024Alpine Train at ChristmasMovieas Narrator
2024The Secret Lives of AnimalsTV showas Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 episodes
2024Dame Maggie Smith - A CelebrationMovieas Robert Crawley (archive footage)
2024The AgencyTV showas James Richardson · 12 episodes2024Paddington in PeruMovieas Henry Brown
2024The Real History of CommunismTV showas الراوي · 2 episodes
2024Douglas Is CancelledTV showas Douglas · 4 episodes2024The GentlemenTV showas Lord Hawthorne · 3 episodes
2024OZI: Voice of the ForestMovieas The Narrator (voice)
2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick TurpinTV showas Jonathan Wilde · 3 episodes
2023Peter Sellers: Genius at WorkMovieas Narrator
2023The Coronation ConcertMovieas Self- Presenter
2023The Wonders of EuropeTV showas Narrator · 12 episodes
2023Bank of DaveMovieas Sir Charles
2023The GoldTV showas DCI Brian Boyce · 12 episodes
2023Dead Cat FilmMovieas Clio
2023MummiesMovieas Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)
2022The Amazing MauriceMovieas The Mayor (voice)
2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergTV showas Self · 1 episodes2022I Came ByMovieas Hector Blake
2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A CelebrationMovieas Self - Narrator2022Downton Abbey: A New EraMovieas Robert Crawley
2022Secrets of the Royal GardensTV showas Narrator · 4 episodes
2022The Secret Life of Our PetsTV showas Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes
2021Madame Tussauds: The Full WaxMovieas Narrator
2021The Crown's Ancient ForestMovieas Narrator
2021Secret Life of the ForestTV showas Narrator (Voice) · 4 episodes
2021Inside the Forest Seasons of WonderTV showas Vypravěč · 4 episodes
2021Silent HoursMovieas Commander William Calthorpe
2021The Vicar of Dibley: Inside OutMovieas Self
2021To OliviaMovieas Roald Dahl
2021Dancing NationTV showas Narrator ("States of Mind") · 1 episodes
2021Wild Tales from the FarmTV showas Narrateur · 4 episodes
2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasMovieas Self
2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas JourneyMovieas Mr. Delacroix
2020StagedTV showas Hugh · 1 episodes
2020SandylandsTV showas One-eyed man · 6 episodes
2020Miranda: My Such Fun CelebrationMovieas Self
2019Paddington: The Man Behind the BearMovieas Himself - Presenter
2019DNA JourneyTV show1 episodes
2019Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand EventMovieas Self
2019A Little Late with Lilly SinghTV showas Self · 1 episodes2019Downton AbbeyMovieas Robert Crawley
2019Downton Abbey Live!Movieas Self
2019AmphibiaTV showas Wigbert (voice) · 1 episodes
2019Her Majesty's CavalryTV showas Narrator - Self · 1 episodes
2019The CorruptedMovieas Hammond
2019Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble!Movieas Merlin (voice)
2019Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)Movieas The Narrator
2018A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh BonnevilleMovieas Self
2018Sofia the First: Forever RoyalMovieas Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
2018Countdown to CalvaryMovieas Self
2018Wild BritainTV showas Narrator · 8 episodes
2018Wild Great BritainTV showas Narrator · 4 episodes2017Paddington 2Movieas Henry Brown2017BreatheMovieas Teddy Hall
2017Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond SodorMovieas Merlin (voice)
2017DuckTalesTV showas Santa Claus (voice) · 1 episodes
2017Sofia the First: The Mystic IslesMovieas Narrator (voice)
2017Viceroy's HouseMovieas Lord Mountbatten
2017Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the WorldMovieas Narrator (voice)
2017A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and LegacyMovieas Narrator
2017Silent HoursTV showas Commander William Calthorpe · 3 episodes2016The Grand TourTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2016Our Ex-WifeTV showas Narrator · 1 episodes
2016Sofia the First: The Secret LibraryMovieas Book Narrator (voice)
2015Stick ManMovieas Santa (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2015The Secret World of LEGOMovieas Narration
2015Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the MauritshuisMovie
2015GalavantTV showas Pirate King · 2 episodes
2014A Life on ScreenTV showas Self · 1 episodes2014PaddingtonMovieas Henry Brown
2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)TV showas Narrator · 5 episodes
2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi DramaMovieas Self2014Last Week Tonight with John OliverTV showas Narrator (voice) · as Self - Guest Star · 1 episodes2014Muppets Most WantedMovieas Irish Journalist
2014W1ATV showas Ian Fletcher · 14 episodes
2014TB: Return of the PlagueMovieas Himself
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes2014The Monuments MenMovieas 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
2014The Dinner PartyMovieas The Host
2014Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night FeastTV showas Himself · 1 episodes
2013The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2Movieas Self2013Da Vinci's DemonsTV show1 episodes
2013Sofia the FirstTV showas Book Narrator (voice) · as Secret Library (voice) · 3 episodes
2012Mr. StinkMovieas Mr. Stink
2012The Hollow CrownTV showas Gloucester · 1 episodes
2012Just a MinuteTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2011World's Most Dangerous RoadsTV show1 episodes
2011The Jonathan Ross ShowTV showas Self · 2 episodes
2011Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot PrequelMovieas Captain Henry Avery
2011The HotelTV showas Himself - Narrator · 25 episodes
2011Twenty TwelveTV showas Ian Fletcher · 13 episodes
2010Turn Back TimeTV showas Narrator (voice) · 11 episodes
2010Burke & HareMovieas Lord Harrington2010Downton AbbeyTV showas Robert Crawley · 47 episodes
2010The SilenceTV show4 episodes
2010ShanghaiMovieas Ben Sanger
2010Third StarMovieas Beachcomber
2010Ben HurTV showas Pilate · 2 episodes
2010Critical EyeMovieas Brian
2009Glorious 39Movieas Gilbert
2009Knife EdgeMovieas Charles Pollock
2009From Time to TimeMovieas Captain Oldknow
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2009Getting OnTV showas Philip Moore · 1 episodes
2009HunterTV showas DSI Iain Barclay · 2 episodes
2008French FilmMovieas Jed
2008Lost in AustenTV showas Mr Bennet · 4 episodes
2008BonekickersTV showas Gregory Parton · 6 episodes
2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse StoryMovieas Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
2008FreezingTV show3 episodes
2008Miss Austen RegretsMovieas Rev Brook Bridges
2008One of Those DaysMovieas Mr. Burrell
2007The Graham Norton ShowTV showas Self · 5 episodes
2007Five DaysTV showas DSI Iain Barclay · 10 episodes
2007Four Last SongsMovieas Sebastian Burrows
2007The Diary of a NobodyMovieas Pooter
2006Tsunami: The AftermathTV showas Tony Whittaker · 2 episodes
2006Scenes of a Sexual NatureMovieas Gerry
2006Rachael RayTV show1 episodes
2006The One ShowTV showas Self - Guest · as Self · 1 episodes
2006Beau Brummell: This Charming ManMovieas Prince Regent
2006Courting AlexTV showas Julian · 12 episodes
2005AsylumMovieas Max Raphael
2005UnderclassmanMovieas Headmaster Felix Powers
2005The RobinsonsTV showas George Robinson · 6 episodes
2005Man to ManMovieas Fraser McBride2005Doctor WhoTV showas Henry Avery · 2 episodes
2005The Rotters' ClubTV showas Adult Ben (voice) · 2 episodes
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleTV showas Inspector Hewitt · 1 episodes
2004Piccadilly JimMovieas Lord Wisbeach
2004Stage BeautyMovieas Samuel Pepys
2003Hear the SilenceMovieas Dr. Andrew Wakefield
2003Love AgainMovieas Philip Larkin
2003Conspiracy of SilenceMovieas Fr. Jack Dowling
2003Thursday the 12thMovieas Brin Hopper
2003The CommanderTV showas James Lampton (uncredited) · 3 episodes
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
2002Tipping the VelvetTV showas Ralph Banner · 1 episodes
2002Doctor ZhivagoTV showas Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago · 3 episodes
2002Daniel DerondaTV showas Henleigh Mallinger Grandcourt · 4 episodes2002Top GearTV showas Self · 1 episodes
2002Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a FairytaleTV show2 episodes
2002The BiographerMovieas Eric
2002The Gathering StormMovieas Ivo Pettifer
2001IrisMovieas Young John Bayley
2001The Emperor's New ClothesMovieas Bertrand
2001High Heels and Low LifesMovieas Farmer
2001The CazaletsTV showas Hugh Cazalet · 6 episodes
2001Blow DryMovieas Louis
2000Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle ChoirTV showas Himself · 1 episodes
2000Take a Girl Like YouTV showas Julian Ormerod · 3 episodes
2000Madame BovaryTV showas Charles Bovary · 2 episodes
1999Mansfield ParkMovieas Mr. Rushworth1999Notting HillMovieas Bernie
1998The Scold's BridleMovieas Tim Duggan
1998MosleyTV showas Bob Boothby · 4 episodes
1998MosleyMovieas Bob Boothby1997Tomorrow Never DiesMovieas HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
1997Get Well SoonTV showas Norman Tucker · 6 episodes
1997The ViewTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1997The Man Who Made Husbands JealousTV showas Ferdie Fitzgerald · 3 episodes
1997BreakoutMovieas Peter Schneider
1997Midsomer MurdersTV showas Hugh Barton · 1 episodes
1996Married for LifeTV showas Steve Hollingsworth · 7 episodes
1995BugsTV show1 episodes1994Mary Shelley's FrankensteinMovieas Schiller
1994Fair GameMovieas Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
1994The Sanctuary SparrowMovieas Daniel Aurifaber
1994CadfaelTV showas Daniel Aurifaber · 1 episodes
1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesTV showas Victor Savage · 1 episodes
1993Stalag LuftMovieas Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
1993Peak PracticeTV showas Dominic Kent · 1 episodes
1993GMTVTV showas Self · 2 episodes
1992Between the LinesTV show1 episodes
1991Murder Most HorridTV showas Inspector Dawson · 1 episodes
1991Paul Merton: The SeriesTV show1 episodes
1990ChancerTV showas Jas · 2 episodes1989Agatha Christie's PoirotTV showas Edward Masterman · 1 episodes
1987DispatchesTV showas Self - Narrator · 1 episodes
1984Sherlock HolmesTV showas Victor Savage · 1 episodes
1971Great PerformancesTV showas Self · 9 episodes
1944Golden Globe AwardsTV showas Self - Nominee · 1 episodes
—Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo BronzinoMovieas Narrator
—Cold War 1995Movieas Chris Hughes