Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville | |
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Bonneville at the 2011 Minghella Film Festival | |
Born |
Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams 10 November 1963 Blackheath, London, UK |
Education | Sherborne School |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse(s) | Lulu Williams (m. 1998)[1] |
Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville,[2] is an English stage, film, television and radio actor, who is best known for playing Robert Crawley in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey from 2010 until 2015.
Early life and education
Bonneville was born in Blackheath, London, to a nurse mother and a urological surgeon father.[3] He was educated at Sherborne School,[4] an independent school in the market town of Sherborne, Dorset.
Following secondary education, Bonneville read Theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,[5] and studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[6] He left Cambridge with a 2:2 in theology and has since said that he tended to do more acting than academic work.[7]
Bonneville is also an alumnus of the National Youth Theatre.[4]
Acting
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 played Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bergetto in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Kastril and later Surly in The Alchemist.[8]
In 1991, Bonneville made his television debut, 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) series. In Love Again, he played the poet Philip Larkin.
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 2004, Bonneville played Sir Christopher Wren in the docudrama Wren – The Man Who Built Britain. Bonneville also works extensively in radio. He played the role of Jerry Westerby in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel The Honourable Schoolboy, first broadcast in January 2010.[9] Earlier, he appeared in the surreal parallel universe comedy Married.
From 2010 until 2015, he appeared in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey, as Robert, Earl of Grantham.
In early 2010, he appeared in the comedy film Burke and Hare.[10] In 2011 and 2012, he starred as Ian Fletcher in the award-winning BBC comedy series Twenty Twelve, and reprised the role in the 2014 BBC comedy series W1A. In December 2012, he appeared on BBC Two with co-star Jessica Hynes in World's Most Dangerous Roads, travelling through Georgia. He will also appear in the much-delayed film Hippie Hippie Shake with Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller.
Since 2011, Bonneville has been the narrator of the Channel 4 show The Hotel.
In 2014, Bonneville played Mr. Brown in the film Paddington.
Personal life
Bonneville married Lulu Evans in 1998. The couple have a son, Felix, and live in West Sussex.
In 2009, Bonneville was 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.[11] Shortly thereafter he became Giant Olive's first Patron.[12] Bonneville is also a patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard and of the medical relief charity Medical Emergency Relief International.[13]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Stalag Luft | Barton | Television movie |
1994 | Frankenstein | Schiller | |
1997 | Breakout | Peter Schneider | Television movie |
1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Air Warfare Officer – HMS Bedford | |
1998 | The Scold's Bridle | Tim Duggan | Television movie |
1999 | Notting Hill | Bernie | |
1999 | Mansfield Park | Mr. Rushworth | |
2000 | Thursday the 12th | Brin Hopper | Television movie |
2000 | Madame Bovary | Charles Bovary | Television movie |
2001 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale | Publisher | Television movie |
2001 | Blow Dry | Louis | |
2001 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Farmer | |
2001 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Bertrand | |
2001 | Iris | Young John Bayley | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actor |
2002 | Impact | Phil Epson | Television movie |
2002 | The Gathering Storm | Ivo Pettifer | Television movie |
2002 | Right Under My Eyes | James | Television movie |
2002 | The Biographer | Eric | Television movie |
2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Andrey Zhivago | Television movie |
2003 | The Commander | James Lampton | Television movie |
2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | Fr. Jack Dowling | |
2003 | Love Again | Philip Larkin | Television movie |
2003 | Hear the Silence | Dr. Andrew Wakefield | Television movie |
2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Lord Wisbeach | |
2004 | Wren: The Man Who Built Britain | Christopher Wren | TV documentary |
2004 | Stage Beauty | Samuel Pepys | |
2005 | The Commander: Virus | James Lampton | Uncredited |
2005 | The Commander: Blackout | James Lampton | Uncredited |
2005 | Man to Man | Fraser McBride | |
2005 | Asylum | Max Raphael | |
2005 | Underclassman | Headmaster Felix Powers | |
2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Prince Regent | Television movie |
2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Gerry | |
2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Tony Whittaker | Television movie Nominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries |
2007 | Four Last Songs | Sebastian Burrows | |
2007 | The Diary of a Nobody | Pooter | Television movie |
2007 | Miss Austen Regrets | Rev. Brook Bridges | Television movie |
2007 | Hola to the World | Painter | Short film |
2008 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Sir Hugh Carleton Greene | Television movie |
2008 | One of Those Days | Mr. Burrell | Short film |
2008 | French Film | Jed | |
2009 | Knife Edge | Charles Pollock | |
2009 | Glorious 39 | Gilbert | |
2009 | From Time to Time | Captain Oldknow | |
2010 | Legally Mad | Gordon Hamm | Television movie |
2010 | Critical Eye | Brian | |
2010 | Shanghai | Ben Sanger | |
2010 | Third Star | Beachcomber | |
2010 | Burke & Hare | Lord Harrington | |
2010 | As Time Goes By | N/A | |
2010 | Hippie Hippie Shake | John Mortimer | Unreleased[14] |
2011 | Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Inspector Hewitt | Television movie |
2011 | Third Star | Beachcomber | |
2012 | Mr Stink | Mr Stink | Television movie |
2014 | The Monuments Men | Lieutenant Donald Jeffries | |
2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Irish Journalist | |
2014 | Paddington | Mr. Brown | |
Television
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Chancer | Jas | 2 episodes |
1991 | Dodgem | Rick Bayne | 5 episodes |
1993 | Paul Merton: The Series | Captain | Episode: #2.6" |
1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Victor Savage | Episode: "The Dying Detective" |
1994 | Peak Practice | Dominic Kent | Episode: "Perfect Love" |
1994 | Cadfael | Daniel Aurifaber | Episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow" |
1994 | Between the Lines | Henry Oakes | Episode: "Close Protection" |
1995 | The Vet | Alan Sinclair | 6 episodes |
1995 | EastEnders | Headmaster | Episode: "14 December 1995" |
1996 | Married for Life | Steve Hollingsworth | 7 episodes |
1996 | Bugs | Nathan Pym | Episode: "Bugged Wheat" |
1997 | See You Friday | Daniel | Episode: "#1.1" |
1997 | The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous | Ferdinand Fitzgerald | Episode: #1.1" |
1997 | Get Well Soon | Norman Tucker | 4 episodes |
1998 | Heat of the Sun | Edward Herbert | Episode: "Hide in Plain Sight" |
1998 | Mosley | Bob Boothby | 4 episodes |
1998 | Holding the Baby | Gordon Muir | Unknown episodes |
1999 | Murder Most Horrid | Inspector Dawson | Episode: "Confessions of a Murderer" |
2000 | Take a Girl Like You | Julian Ormerod | 3 episodes |
2001 | The Cazalets | Hugh Cazalet | 6 episodes |
2001 | Armadillo | Torquil Helvoir Jayne | TV film |
2002 | Midsomer Murders | Hugh Barton | Episode: "Ring Out Your Dead" |
2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Ralph Banner | Episode: "#1.3" |
2002 | Daniel Deronda | Henleigh Grandcourt | 3 episodes |
2005 | The Rotter's Club | Voice of Adult Ben | 2 episodes |
2005 | The Robinsons | George Robinson | 6 episodes |
2006 | Courting Alex | Julian/Charles Carter | 10 episodes |
2007 | The Vicar of Dibley | Jeremy Ogilvy | Episode: "The Vicar in White" |
2007 | Five Days | DSI Iain Barclay | 4 episodes |
2007 | The Replacements | Voice | Episode: "London Calling" |
2007–2008 | Freezing | Matt | 3 episodes |
2008 | Bonekickers | Gregory Parton | 6 episodes |
2008 | Lost in Austen | Mr. Bennet | 4 episodes |
2008–2011 | Country House Rescue | Narrator | 24 episodes |
2009 | Hunter | DSI Iain Barclay | 2 episodes |
2009 | Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue | Narrator | 6 episodes |
2010–2015 | Downton Abbey | Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham |
43 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2013, 2015) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (2011, 2013) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2012–13) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |
2010 | Ben Hur | Pontius Pilate | 2 episodes |
2010 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Edward Masterman | Episode: "Murder on the Orient Express" |
2010 | The Silence | Chris | 4 episodes |
2010–2014 | Rev. | Roland Wise | 3 episodes |
2011 | Doctor Who | Captain Avery | 2 episodes |
2011–2012 | Twenty Twelve | Ian Fletcher | 13 episodes Nominated—BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme (2012–13) Nominated—British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor (2011–12) |
2011–2014 | The Hotel | Narrator | 33 episodes |
2012 | Turn Back Time: The Family | Narrator | 5 episodes |
2012 | Getting On | Philip Moore | Episode: "#3.6" |
2012 | World's Most Dangerous Roads | N/A | Episode: "#3.2" |
2013 | Da Vinci's Demons | Duke of Milan | Episode: "The Hanged Man" |
2014 | Top Gear | Himself | Episode: "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" |
2014 | W1A | Ian Fletcher | 4 episodes Pending – BAFTA TV Award for Best Male Comedy Performance (2015) |
2015 | Galavant | Peter the Pillager | Episode: "Comedy Gold" |
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.
References
- ↑ "Biography for Hugh Bonneville". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ "Interview: Hugh Bonneville star of Downton Abbey". The Cambridge Student. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 2: The Honourable Schoolboy". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ↑ "Burke and Hare Teaser Art Debuts at Cannes". Dread Central. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "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 19 June 2010.
- ↑ Meacham, Steve; Maddox, Garry (14 February 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.'
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