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Hugh Bonneville

Actor

Hugh Bonneville

  • Born: 10 November 1963, Westminster, London, England
  • Estimated net worth: $8 million

Hugh Bonneville is a British actor known for his work in television and film. He is best recognized for his roles in 'Downton Abbey' and 'Paddington.' With a career spanning over three decades, he is praised for his versatility and ability to portray both…

About Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville is a British actor known for his work in television and film. He is best recognized for his roles in 'Downton Abbey' and 'Paddington.' With a career spanning over three decades, he is praised for his versatility and ability to portray both comedic and dramatic characters. Bonneville's warm voice and charismatic presence make him a beloved figure in the entertainment industry.

Born
10 November 1963, Westminster, London, England
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Spouses
Louise Bonneville (1998-present)
Children
1 child, Felix Bonneville
Parents
Peter Bonneville, Barbara Bonneville
Estimated net worth
$8 million

Fun facts about Hugh Bonneville

  • Hugh Bonneville studied at the University of Cambridge, where he was a member of the prestigious Footlights drama club.
  • He once appeared in a documentary series about the history of British television, showcasing his passion for the medium.

Famous Hugh Bonneville quotes

“I can't help feeling that I have a duty to do my best.”
Downton Abbey, 2019
“A bear? A bear? In London?”
Paddington, 2014
“I have the privilege of being a part of something that's very special.”
Downton Abbey, 2019

Hugh Bonneville filmography

Cast (217)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Cold War 1994 MovieChris Hughes6.5
2026Twenty Twenty Six TVIan Fletcher7.0
2026From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026 MovieHimself - Host
2025Nordic Train at Christmas MovieSelf - Narrator (voice)7.0
2025Born to Be Wild TVSelf - Narrator (voice)8.5
2025Christmas Karma MovieMarley5.3
2025Great British Train Journeys from Above TVSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale MovieRobert Crawley7.1
2025Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale MovieSelf2.5
2025A Sisyphean Task MovieThe Headmaster
Show 207 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2025The Simpson: Yellow Planet MovieNarrador
2025Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger MovieSir Charles6.7
2025JAMES & co TVSelf - Video message
2024Alpine Train at Christmas MovieNarrator
2024The Secret Lives of Animals TVSelf - Narrator (voice)8.0
2024Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration MovieRobert Crawley (archive footage)4.5
2024The Agency TVJames Richardson7.3
2024Paddington in Peru MovieHenry Brown6.8
2024The Real History of Communism TVالراوي6.0
2024Douglas Is Cancelled TVDouglas7.2
2024The Gentlemen TVLord Hawthorne7.9
2024OZI: Voice of the Forest MovieThe Narrator (voice)6.0
2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin TVJonathan Wilde6.4
2023Peter Sellers: Genius at Work MovieNarrator
2023The Coronation Concert MovieSelf- Presenter6.0
2023The Wonders of Europe TVNarrator10.0
2023Bank of Dave MovieSir Charles6.9
2023The Gold TVDCI Brian Boyce7.3
2023Dead Cat Film MovieClio
2023Mummies MovieLord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)6.9
2022The Amazing Maurice MovieThe Mayor (voice)6.7
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg TVSelf2.8
2022I Came By MovieHector Blake6.3
2022The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration MovieSelf - Narrator8.0
2022Downton Abbey: A New Era MovieRobert Crawley7.2
2022Secrets of the Royal Gardens TVNarrator
2022The Secret Life of Our Pets TVNarrator (voice)7.5
2021Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax MovieNarrator7.0
2021The Crown's Ancient Forest MovieNarrator
2021Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder TVVypravěč
2021Secret Life of the Forest TVNarrator (Voice)
2021Silent Hours MovieCommander William Calthorpe5.3
2021The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out MovieSelf
2021To Olivia MovieRoald Dahl6.9
2021Dancing Nation TVNarrator ("States of Mind")
2021Wild Tales from the Farm TVNarrateur
2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas MovieSelf6.3
2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey MovieMr. Delacroix6.5
2020The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom MovieSelf - Narrator (voice)
2020Staged TVHugh7.9
2020Sandylands TVOne-eyed man6.4
2020Men in Brown MovieSelf
2020Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration MovieSelf6.3
2019Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear MovieHimself - Presenter
2019DNA Journey TVUnknown character6.0
2019Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event MovieSelf7.2
2019A Little Late with Lilly Singh TVSelf3.4
2019Downton Abbey MovieRobert Crawley7.2
2019Downton Abbey Live! MovieSelf7.0
2019Amphibia TVWigbert (voice)8.6
2019Her Majesty's Cavalry TVNarrator - Self
2019The Corrupted MovieHammond6.1
2019Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble! MovieMerlin (voice)
2019Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams) MovieThe Narrator
2018A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville MovieSelf
2018Sofia the First: Forever Royal MovieVoice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)9.5
2018Countdown to Calvary MovieSelf8.0
2018Wild Britain TVNarrator10.0
2018Wild Great Britain TVNarrator10.0
2017Paddington 2 MovieHenry Brown7.5
2017Breathe MovieTeddy Hall7.4
2017Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor MovieMerlin (voice)7.3
2017DuckTales TVSanta Claus (voice)7.9
2017Sofia the First: The Mystic Isles MovieNarrator (voice)
2017Viceroy's House MovieLord Mountbatten6.7
2017Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World MovieNarrator (voice)6.9
2017A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy MovieNarrator10.0
2017Silent Hours TVCommander William Calthorpe
2016The Grand Tour TVSelf8.0
2016Our Ex-Wife TVNarrator6.8
2016Sofia the First: The Secret Library MovieBook Narrator (voice)10.0
2015Stick Man MovieSanta (voice)6.8
2015All Change at Longleat MovieNarrator
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TVSelf6.1
2015The Secret World of LEGO MovieNarration8.1
2015Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis MovieUnknown character7.8
2015Galavant TVPirate King7.3
2014A Life on Screen TVSelf8.0
2014Paddington MovieHenry Brown7.1
2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) TVNarrator2.0
2014Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama MovieSelf8.0
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TVNarrator (voice)7.8
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver TVSelf - Guest Star7.8
2014Muppets Most Wanted MovieIrish Journalist6.3
2014W1A TVIan Fletcher7.7
2014TB: Return of the Plague MovieHimself4.0
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf - Guest5.1
2014The Monuments Men Movie2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries6.1
2014The Dinner Party MovieThe Host
2014Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast TVHimself7.0
2013The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 MovieSelf
2013The Magnificent Lion Boy MovieLeonard Orlov
2013Da Vinci's Demons TVUnknown character7.6
2013Sofia the First TVSecret Library (voice)7.2
2013Sofia the First TVBook Narrator (voice)7.2
2012Mr. Stink MovieMr. Stink6.4
2012The Hollow Crown TVGloucester7.4
2012Just a Minute TVSelf9.5
2011World's Most Dangerous Roads TVUnknown character7.4
2011The Jonathan Ross Show TVSelf5.2
2011Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel MovieCaptain Henry Avery8.0
2011The Hotel TVHimself - Narrator8.0
2011Twenty Twelve TVIan Fletcher7.4
2010Turn Back Time TVNarrator (voice)8.5
2010Burke & Hare MovieLord Harrington6.1
2010Downton Abbey TVRobert Crawley8.1
2010The Silence TVUnknown character6.3
2010Shanghai MovieBen Sanger6.1
2010Third Star MovieBeachcomber7.0
2010Ben Hur TVPilate6.3
2010Critical Eye MovieBrian
2009Glorious 39 MovieGilbert6.0
2009Knife Edge MovieCharles Pollock4.5
2009From Time to Time MovieCaptain Oldknow6.3
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TVSelf - Guest4.9
2009Getting On TVPhilip Moore7.2
2009Hunter TVDSI Iain Barclay7.3
2008French Film MovieJed5.9
2008Lost in Austen TVMr Bennet7.1
2008Bonekickers TVGregory Parton5.6
2008Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story MovieSir Hugh Carleton Greene6.3
2008Freezing TVUnknown character5.7
2008Miss Austen Regrets MovieRev Brook Bridges6.1
2008One of Those Days MovieMr. Burrell7.3
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2007Five Days TVDSI Iain Barclay5.8
2007Four Last Songs MovieSebastian Burrows5.4
2007The Diary of a Nobody MoviePooter8.0
2006Tsunami: The Aftermath TVTony Whittaker6.1
2006Scenes of a Sexual Nature MovieGerry5.3
2006Rachael Ray TVUnknown character5.1
2006The One Show TVSelf4.3
2006The One Show TVSelf - Guest4.3
2006Beau Brummell: This Charming Man MoviePrince Regent5.2
2006Courting Alex TVJulian5.8
2005Asylum MovieMax Raphael6.1
2005Underclassman MovieHeadmaster Felix Powers4.9
2005The Robinsons TVGeorge Robinson6.4
2005Man to Man MovieFraser McBride6.3
2005Doctor Who TVHenry Avery7.6
2005The Rotters' Club TVAdult Ben (voice)8.0
2004Agatha Christie's Marple TVInspector Hewitt7.8
2004Piccadilly Jim MovieLord Wisbeach6.6
2004Stage Beauty MovieSamuel Pepys6.6
2003Hear the Silence MovieDr. Andrew Wakefield7.0
2003Impact MoviePhil Epson
2003Love Again MoviePhilip Larkin10.0
2003Conspiracy of Silence MovieFr. Jack Dowling4.8
2003Thursday the 12th MovieBrin Hopper9.0
2003The Commander TVJames Lampton (uncredited)6.4
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest5.3
2002Tipping the Velvet TVRalph Banner6.9
2002Doctor Zhivago TVYevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago6.7
2002Daniel Deronda TVHenleigh Mallinger Grandcourt7.7
2002Top Gear TVSelf7.6
2002Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale TVUnknown character7.1
2002The Biographer MovieEric9.0
2002Right Under My Eyes MovieJames4.5
2002The Gathering Storm MovieIvo Pettifer6.7
2001Iris MovieYoung John Bayley6.4
2001The Emperor's New Clothes MovieBertrand6.8
2001High Heels and Low Lifes MovieFarmer6.1
2001The Cazalets TVHugh Cazalet8.5
2001Blow Dry MovieLouis5.9
2000Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir TVHimself9.0
2000Take a Girl Like You TVJulian Ormerod5.5
2000Madame Bovary TVCharles Bovary6.0
1999Mansfield Park MovieMr. Rushworth6.7
1999Notting Hill MovieBernie7.3
1998The Scold's Bridle MovieTim Duggan6.4
1998Mosley TVBob Boothby4.5
1998Mosley MovieBob Boothby6.0
1997Tomorrow Never Dies MovieHMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer6.4
1997Get Well Soon TVNorman Tucker7.0
1997The View TVSelf4.3
1997The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous TVFerdie Fitzgerald3.7
1997See You Friday TVDaniel7.5
1997Breakout MoviePeter Schneider6.7
1997Midsomer Murders TVHugh Barton7.5
1997Holding The Baby TVGordon Muir7.0
1996Married for Life TVSteve Hollingsworth7.0
1995The Vet TVAlan Sinclair
1995Bugs TVUnknown character6.9
1994Mary Shelley's Frankenstein MovieSchiller6.4
1994Fair Game MovieGerry (as Richard Bonneville)5.0
1994The Sanctuary Sparrow MovieDaniel Aurifaber
1994Cadfael TVDaniel Aurifaber7.5
1994The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes TVVictor Savage8.5
1993Stalag Luft MovieSqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)6.6
1993Peak Practice TVDominic Kent6.5
1993GMTV TVSelf5.8
1992Between the Lines TVUnknown character5.5
1991Murder Most Horrid TVInspector Dawson6.9
1991Paul Merton: The Series TVUnknown character6.0
1991Dodgem TVRick Bayne9.0
1990Chancer TVJas6.3
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot TVEdward Masterman8.2
1987Dispatches TVUnknown character6.5
1987Dispatches TVSelf - Narrator6.5
1984Sherlock Holmes TVVictor Savage8.2
1971Great Performances TVSelf6.1
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0
TBALegally Mad TVGordan Hamm
TBACold War 1995 MovieChris Hughes
TBADog Person MovieUnknown character
TBARestoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino MovieNarrator
TBAGo Away! MovieUnknown character

Crew (1)

YearTitleRoleRating
2026Everybody to Kenmure Street MovieExecutive Producer · Production8.4

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Questions about Hugh Bonneville

What are Hugh Bonneville's most famous roles?

Hugh Bonneville is best known for his roles as Robert Crawley in 'Downton Abbey' and Mr. Brown in the 'Paddington' films. His performances have earned him a significant following and critical acclaim.

Has Hugh Bonneville won any awards?

Hugh Bonneville has received several awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Twenty Twelve.' He has also been nominated for multiple other awards throughout his career.

What was Hugh Bonneville's first film?

Hugh Bonneville's first film role was in 'The Man Who Knew Too Little' (1997), where he played a minor character. This marked the beginning of his film career.

What is Hugh Bonneville's estimated net worth?

Hugh Bonneville's estimated net worth is approximately $8 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television.

How many children does Hugh Bonneville have?

Hugh Bonneville has one child, a son named Felix Bonneville, with his wife Louise Bonneville.

What are some of Hugh Bonneville's notable television appearances?

In addition to 'Downton Abbey,' Hugh Bonneville has appeared in various television series, including 'W1A' and 'The Robinsons.' His television work has been well received by audiences.

What is Hugh Bonneville's background in theater?

Hugh Bonneville has a strong background in theater, having performed in numerous stage productions before transitioning to film and television. His theatrical training contributes to his acting prowess.

Is Hugh Bonneville involved in any charitable work?

Yes, Hugh Bonneville is known for his charity work, including supporting organizations like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and various arts charities.