Hugh Bonneville
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Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams, known professionally as Hugh Bonneville (born 10 November 1963), is an English stage, film, television and radio actor.
, and educated at Sherborne School
, an independent school
in the market town
of Sherborne
, Dorset
, followed by Corpus Christi College
at the University of Cambridge
, where he read Theology, and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
in London. Bonneville is also an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre
.
. 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
.
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
. He is currently appearing in popular ITV period drama Downton Abbey
, as Robert, Earl of Grantham. He is also slated to appear in Hippie Hippie Shake, alongside Cilian Murphy and Sienna Miller.
at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre
in Kentish Town. Shortly thereafter he became Giant Olive's first Patron.
, and of the medical relief charity Medical Emergency Relief International.
Education
Bonneville was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and educated at Sherborne School
Sherborne School
Sherborne School is a British independent school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
, an independent school
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
in the market town
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
of Sherborne
Sherborne
Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 . 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, followed by Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, where he read Theology, and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, formerly the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, was a drama school, and originally a singing school, in London. It was one of the leading drama schools in Britain, and offered comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a...
in London. Bonneville is also an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre
National Youth Theatre
The National Youth Theatre is a registered charity in London, Great Britain, committed to creative, personal and social development of young people through the medium of creative arts....
.
Acting career
Bonneville's first professional stage appearance was at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's ParkRegent's Park
Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...
. In 1987 he joined the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
where he appeared in several plays, then the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
in 1991, where he played Laertes to Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from...
's Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
(1992–1993). He was also Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and tropes with which he would later deal in more...
, Bergetto in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
'Tis Pity She's a Whore is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was likely first performed between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. The play was first published in 1633, in a quarto printed by Nicholas Okes for the bookseller Richard Collins...
, Kastril and later Surly in The Alchemist
The Alchemist (play)
The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature...
.
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
Notting Hill (film)
Notting Hill is a 1999 British romantic comedy film set in Notting Hill, London, released on 21 May 1999. The screenplay was by Richard Curtis, who had written Four Weddings and a Funeral. It was produced by Duncan Kenworthy and directed by Roger Michell...
(1999) and Mr. Rushworth in Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park (film)
Mansfield Park is a 1999 British romantic comedy-drama film loosely based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema. The film differs sharply from the original novel in many respects. For example, the life of Jane Austen is incorporated into the film and the...
(1999). In the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
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
Daniel Deronda (TV serial)
Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 24 November to 7 December 2002...
(2002) and the psychopathic killer James Lampton in The Commander
The Commander (television series)
The Commander is a crime television series, starring Amanda Burton. The series began in 2003, and continued until 2008 on ITV.The series focuses on Commander Clare Blake as a member of the detective murder squad in London...
(2003). In Love Again, he played the poet Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century...
. 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
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...
, 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
Burke and Hare (film)
Burke and Hare is a British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders. Directed by John Landis, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively. It was Landis's first feature film release in twelve years, the last being 1998's Susan's...
. He is currently appearing in popular ITV period drama Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series, produced by NBC Universal-owned British media company Carnival Films for the ITV network. The series is set during the late Edwardian era and the First World War on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in Yorkshire, and features an...
, as Robert, Earl of Grantham. He is also slated to appear in Hippie Hippie Shake, alongside Cilian Murphy and Sienna Miller.
Patronage
In 2009, Bonneville played the voice of Justice Fosse in Joseph Crilly's UK premiere of Kitty and Damnation for the Giant Olive Theatre CompanyGiant Olive Theatre Company
Giant Olive Theatre Company was founded in the summer of 2008 by George Sallis and Andrea Hooymans. The Company's inaugural piece was 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme', by Molière, which received critical acclaim...
at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Giant Olive Theatre Company
Giant Olive Theatre Company was founded in the summer of 2008 by George Sallis and Andrea Hooymans. The Company's inaugural piece was 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme', by Molière, which received critical acclaim...
in Kentish Town. Shortly thereafter he became Giant Olive's first Patron.
Charity
He is a patron of the London children's charity Scene & HeardScene & Heard
Scene & Heard, is a British registered charity which operates as a mentoring project for inner-city children in Somers Town, London.Much of the charity's work involves teaming children with a volunteer theatre professional to write short plays, which are performed by professional actors in front of...
, and of the medical relief charity Medical Emergency Relief International.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Chancer Chancer Chancer is a British television serial produced by Central Television for ITV. It tells the story of a likable conman and rogue at the end of the yuppie eighties... |
Jas | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1991 | Dodgem | Rick Bayne | TV series (5 episode) |
| 1993 | Paul Merton: The Series Paul Merton: The Series Paul Merton: The Series is a British sketch show that aired on Channel 4 from 1991 to 1993. The main star was Paul Merton, who co-wrote it along with John Irwin. It is not currently available on DVD but every episode is available for viewing free via Channel 4 service 4od and YouTube in the UK.... |
Captain | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.6") |
| Stalag Luft | Barton | TV movie | |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Victor Savage | TV series (1 episode: "The Dying Detective") |
| Peak Practice Peak Practice Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time... |
Dominic Kent | TV series (1 episode: "Perfect Love") | |
| Cadfael | Daniel Aurifaber | TV series (1 episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow") | |
| Frankenstein | Schiller | ||
| Between the Lines | Henry Oakes | TV series (1 episode: "Close Protection") | |
| 1995 | The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.5") | |
| The Vet | Alan Sinclair | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Eastenders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... |
Headmaster | TV series (1 episode: "14 December 1995") | |
| 1996 | Married for Life | Steve Hollingsworth | TV series (7 episodes) |
| Bugs Bugs (TV series) Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers... |
Nathan Pym | TV series (1 episode: "Bugged Wheat") | |
| 1997 | Breakout | Peter Schneider | TV movie |
| See You Friday | Daniel | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1") | |
| The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous | Ferdinand Fitzgerald | TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.1") | |
| Get Well Soon Get Well Soon (TV series) Get Well Soon was a short-lived 1997 BBC television comedy series starring Matthew Cottle and Eddie Marsan. Lasting only 6 episodes, it was about the everyday lives of a group of patients, doctors, nurses and other staff at a National Health Service hospital during the post-World War II period. The... |
Norman Tucker | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Tomorrow Never Dies Tomorrow Never Dies Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering... |
Air Warfare Officer – HMS Bedford | ||
| 1998 | Heat of the Sun Heat of the Sun Heat of the Sun is a police drama set in 1930s Kenya produced by Carlton Productions. Starring Trevor Eve as Superintendent Albert Tyburn, a Scotland Yard officer sent to Nairobi after a shooting, the show focuses on the seedier side of the expatriate community in Kenya... |
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 movie | |
| Holding the Baby Holding the Baby Holding the Baby was a 1997 UK sitcom television series produced by Granada Television. It lasted for two seasons. The series' average audience in 1997 was 6.85 million viewers, making it the 16th-highest rated British sitcom that year.... |
Gordon Muir | TV series (Series 2) | |
| 1999 | Murder Most Horrid Murder Most Horrid Murder Most Horrid is a BBC dark comedy anthology series starring comedian Dawn French. It ran for four series runs, in 1991, 1994, 1996 and 1999.... |
Inspector Dawson | TV series (1 episode: "Confessions of a Murderer") |
| Notting Hill Notting Hill (film) Notting Hill is a 1999 British romantic comedy film set in Notting Hill, London, released on 21 May 1999. The screenplay was by Richard Curtis, who had written Four Weddings and a Funeral. It was produced by Duncan Kenworthy and directed by Roger Michell... |
Bernie | ||
| Mansfield Park Mansfield Park (film) Mansfield Park is a 1999 British romantic comedy-drama film loosely based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema. The film differs sharply from the original novel in many respects. For example, the life of Jane Austen is incorporated into the film and the... |
Mr. Rushworth | ||
| 2000 | Thursday the 12th | Brin Hopper | TV movie |
| Madame Bovary | Charles Bovary | TV movie | |
| Take a Girl Like You Take a Girl Like You (TV series) Take a Girl Like You is a 2000 British television comedy series adapted by Andrew Davies from the 1960 novel Take a Girl Like You by Kingsley Amis. It starred Sienna Guillory, Rupert Graves, Hugh Bonneville, Robert Daws, Leslie Phillips, Emma Chambers, Ian Driver and Deborah Cornelius. It was... |
Julian Ormerod | TV series | |
| 2001 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale is a 2001 semi-biographical television miniseries that fictionalizes the young life of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was directed by Philip Saville and starred Kieran Bew as the title character... |
Publisher | TV movie |
| Blow Dry Blow Dry Blow Dry is a 2001 comedy film directed by Paddy Breathnach, written by Simon Beaufoy and starring Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson and Josh Hartnett.-Plot:... |
Louis | ||
| High Heels and Low Lifes High Heels and Low Lifes High Heels and Low Lifes is a 2001 action comedy-drama film starring Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer and Michael Gambon. It was directed by Mel Smith and written by Kim Fuller and Georgia Pritchett... |
Farmer | ||
| The Cazalets The Cazalets The Cazalets is a 2001 five-episode television drama series about a large privileged family set at the time of World War II, set between 1937 and 1947. It was based on the novels of Elizabeth Jane Howard, adapted by the screenwriter Douglas Livingstone. The series was originally produced by Cinema... |
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 Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978... Nominated—BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Actor -1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-External links:*... |
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| 2002 | Impact | Phil Epson | TV movie |
| The Gathering Storm The Gathering Storm (2002 film) The Gathering Storm is a BBC–HBO co-produced television biographical film about Winston Churchill in the years just prior to World War II... |
Ivo Pettifer | TV movie | |
| Right Under My Eyes | James | TV movie | |
| The Biographer | Eric | TV movie | |
| Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Hugh Barton | TV series (1 episode: "Ring Out Your Dead") | |
| Tipping the Velvet | Ralph Banner | TV series | |
| Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago (TV serial) Doctor Zhivago is a 2002 British television serial directed by Giacomo Campiotti and starring Keira Knightley and Sam Neill. The teleplay by Andrew Davies is based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Boris Pasternak.... |
Andrey Zhivago | TV movie | |
| Daniel Deronda Daniel Deronda (TV serial) Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. The serial was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 24 November to 7 December 2002... |
Henleigh Grandcourt | TV movie | |
| 2003 | The Commander | James Lampton | TV movie |
| Conspiracy of Silence Conspiracy of Silence (film) Conspiracy of Silence is a drama film set in Ireland and inspired by real events. The film challenges celibacy and its implication for the Catholic Church in the 21st century.... |
Fr. Jack Dowling | ||
| Love Again | Philip Larkin Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century... |
TV movie | |
| Hear the Silence | Dr. Andrew Wakefield | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Lord Wisbeach | |
| Wren: The Man Who Built Britain | Christopher Wren Christopher Wren Sir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710... |
TV documentary | |
| Stage Beauty Stage Beauty Stage Beauty is a 2004 British-American-German romantic period drama directed by Richard Eyre. The screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher is based on his play Compleat Female Stage Beauty, which was inspired by references to 17th century actor Edward Kynaston made in the detailed private diary kept by... |
Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man... |
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| 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 The Robinsons The Robinsons is a British comedy television series that debuted on BBC Two on May 5, 2005. The show's central character is a divorced reinsurance actuary, Ed Robinson , who realises that reinsurance is not his passion and decides to rethink his life. The series is written and directed by Mark... |
George Robinson | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Underclassman Underclassman Underclassman is a 2005 action comedy film directed by Marcos Siega, and stars Nick Cannon, Shawn Ashmore, Roselyn Sánchez, Kelly Hu, Hugh Bonneville, and Cheech Marin... |
Headmaster Felix Powers | ||
| 2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man Beau Brummell: This Charming Man Beau Brummell: This Charming Man was a 2006 BBC Television drama in based on the biography of Beau Brummell by Ian Kelly.-Production:The film was commissioned by BBC Four for broadcast as part of its 2006 The Century That Made Us season.-Reception:... |
Prince Regent George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... |
TV movie |
| Courting Alex Courting Alex Courting Alex is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from January 23, 2006 to March 29, 2006, and was a vehicle for Jenna Elfman of Dharma & Greg fame.... |
Julian/Charles Carter | TV series (10 episodes) | |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature Scenes of a Sexual Nature Scenes of a Sexual Nature is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Ed Blum. It stars Ewan McGregor, among others.-Plot:The film is mostly based on a series of seven loosely related stories of couples on Hampstead Heath in north London, featuring an ensemble cast... |
Gerry | ||
| Tsunami: The Aftermath | Tony Whittaker | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Four Last Songs Four Last Songs (film) Four Last Songs is a 2007 British comedy drama film starring Stanley Tucci, Rhys Ifans and Hugh Bonneville, and written and directed by Francesca Joseph.... |
Sebastian Burrows | |
| The Diary of a Nobody | Pooter | TV movie | |
| The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. It aired from 1994 to 2007... |
Jeremy Ogilvy | TV series (1 episode: "The Vicar in White") | |
| Five Days Five Days Five Days is a British dramatic television series produced by the BBC in association with Home Box Office . The first series was first broadcast on BBC One from 23 January to 1 February 2007, and repeated on BBC Four from 9 April to 13 April 2007.... |
DSI Iain Barclay | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Miss Austen Regrets Miss Austen Regrets Miss Austen Regrets is a BBC-produced drama film. The film is based on the last few years of Jane Austen's life as she looks back on her life and loves and helps her favorite niece, Fanny, find a husband... |
Rev. Brook Bridges | TV movie | |
| Hola to the World | Painter | short | |
| The Replacements | Voice | TV series (1 episode: "London Calling") | |
| Freezing Freezing (TV series) Freezing is a BBC comedy series starring Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern about an otherwise successful couple in their forties who find themselves out of work... |
Matt | TV series (3 episodes: 2007–2008) | |
| 2008 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story is a 2008 BBC Television docudrama written by Amanda Coe, telling the life story of the British morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse... |
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene Hugh Greene Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE was a British journalist and television executive. He was the Director-General of the BBC from 1960―1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955.-Early life and work:Hugh was born... |
TV movie |
| Bonekickers Bonekickers Bonekickers was a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It debuted on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series.... |
Gregory Parton | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Lost in Austen Lost in Austen Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen... |
Mr. Bennett | TV mini-series (4 episodes) | |
| One of Those Days | Mr. Burrell | short | |
| French Film French Film French Film is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Jackie Oudney and starring Anne-Marie Duff, Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall and Eric Cantona. The film was shot in Spring 2007 at various locations around London including Waterloo station and the BFI Southbank.-Plot:Two... |
Jed | Jury Prize – Best Actor | |
| Country House Rescue Country House Rescue Country House Rescue is an observational documentary series which airs on British terrestrial television channel, Channel 4. The series has also aired on BBC Canada, ABC1 in Australia and Living in New Zealand.... (Series 1) |
Narrator | TV series (6 episodes: 2008–2009) | |
| 2009 | Knife Edge Knife Edge Knife Edge is a 2009 British thriller film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Nathalie Press, Hugh Bonneville and Tamsin Egerton.-Plot:... |
Charles Pollock | |
| Hunter | DSI Iain Barclay | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| Glorious 39 | Gilbert | ||
| From Time to Time From Time to Time (film) From Time to Time is a 2009 British adventure film directed by Julian Fellowes and starring Maggie Smith, Carice van Houten, Alex Etel, Eliza Bennett, Elisabeth Dermot-Walsh, Dominic West, Hugh Bonneville, Kwayedza Kureya and Pauline Collins. It was adapted from the children's novel The Chimneys of... |
Captain Oldknow | ||
| Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue | Narrator | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Country House Rescue Revisited Country House Rescue Country House Rescue is an observational documentary series which airs on British terrestrial television channel, Channel 4. The series has also aired on BBC Canada, ABC1 in Australia and Living in New Zealand.... |
Narrator | TV series (3 episodes: 2009) | |
| 2010 | Legally Mad Legally Mad Legally Mad is a proposed American television series. It takes place in a Chicago law firm. On May 4, 2009, NBC announced it would be picking up the show and was expected to debut in spring 2010... |
Gordon Hamm | TV movie |
| Critical Eye | Brian | ||
| Ben Hur Ben Hur (TV miniseries) Ben Hur is a TV miniseries that first aired in 2010. Based on Lew Wallace's1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the series was produced by Alchemy Television Group in association with Drimtim Entertainment and Muse Entertainment in Montreal... |
Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilatus , known in the English-speaking world as Pontius Pilate , was the fifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, from AD 26–36. He is best known as the judge at Jesus' trial and the man who authorized the crucifixion of Jesus... |
TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| Shanghai | Ben Sanger | ||
| Third Star | Beachcomber | ||
| Agatha Christie: Poirot | Edward Masterman | TV series (1 episode: "Murder on the Orient Express") | |
| The Silence | Chris | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Rev. Rev. (TV series) Rev. is a British television sitcom produced by Big Talk Productions. The show premiered on BBC Two on 28 June 2010. The show's working titles were The City Vicar and Handle With Prayer... |
Roland Wise | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4") | |
| Burke and Hare Burke and Hare (film) Burke and Hare is a British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders. Directed by John Landis, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively. It was Landis's first feature film release in twelve years, the last being 1998's Susan's... |
Lord Harrington Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington PC, PC , styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British soldier. Stanhope is sometimes confused with an exact contemporary of his, the 3rd Earl Stanhope.... |
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| Downton Abbey Downton Abbey Downton Abbey is a British television period drama series, produced by NBC Universal-owned British media company Carnival Films for the ITV network. The series is set during the late Edwardian era and the First World War on the fictional estate of Downton Abbey in Yorkshire, and features an... |
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham | TV series (7 episodes: 2010) | |
| As Time goes by (movie) | |||
| Hippie Hippie Shake | John Mortimer | completed | |
| Country House Rescue Country House Rescue Country House Rescue is an observational documentary series which airs on British terrestrial television channel, Channel 4. The series has also aired on BBC Canada, ABC1 in Australia and Living in New Zealand.... (Series 2) |
Narrator | TV series (8 episodes: 2010) | |
| 2011 | Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Inspector Hewitt | TV movie |
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Ian Fletcher | TV series | |
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Further reading
- Trowbridge, Simon. The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oxford: Editions Albert Creed, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3.