Nov 10, 1963 - Paddington, London, England, UK
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.
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| Movie | 2002 | Right Under My Eyes | James | |
| Movie | 2005 | Man to Man | Fraser McBride | |
| Movie | 1999 | Mansfield Park | Mr. Rushworth | |
| Movie | 2021 | Silent Hours | Commander William Calthorpe | |
| Movie | 2005 | Asylum | Max Raphael | |
| Movie | 2001 | Iris | Young John Bayley | |
| Movie | 2004 | Stage Beauty | Samuel Pepys | |
| Movie | 2006 | Beau Brummell: This Charming Man | Prince Regent | |
| Movie | 2009 | Knife Edge | Charles Pollock | |
| Movie | 2009 | Glorious 39 | Gilbert | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Ivo Pettifer | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Crown's Ancient Forest | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2008 | One of Those Days | Mr. Burrell | |
| Movie | 2007 | Four Last Songs | Sebastian Burrows | |
| Movie | 2014 | Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | Blow Dry | Louis | |
| Movie | 2008 | French Film | Jed | |
| Movie | 2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Gerry | |
| Movie | 2008 | Miss Austen Regrets | Rev Brook Bridges | |
| Movie | 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | ||
| Movie | 2010 | Burke & Hare | Lord Harrington | |
| Movie | 2023 | The Coronation Concert | Self- Presenter | |
| Movie | 2015 | All Change at Longleat | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | Fr. Jack Dowling | |
| Movie | 2010 | Third Star | Beachcomber | |
| Movie | 2013 | The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2 | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | Paddington in Peru | Henry Brown | |
| Movie | 2008 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Sir Hugh Carleton Greene | |
| Movie | 2012 | Mr. Stink | Mr. Stink | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Monuments Men | 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries | |
| Movie | 2014 | Paddington | Henry Brown | |
| Movie | 1993 | Stalag Luft | Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville) | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Diary of a Nobody | Pooter | |
| Movie | 2023 | Peter Sellers: Genius at Work | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2017 | Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor - The Movie | Merlin (voice) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Madame Bovary | Charles Bovary | |
| Movie | 2011 | Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel | Captain Henry Avery | |
| Movie | 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Irish Journalist | |
| Movie | 2018 | A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville | Self | |
| Movie | 1999 | Notting Hill | Bernie | |
| Movie | 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer | |
| Movie | 1997 | Breakout | Peter Schneider | |
| Movie | N/A | Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Secret World of LEGO | Narration | |
| Movie | 1994 | Fair Game | Gerry (as Richard Bonneville) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Paddington 2 | Henry Brown | |
| Movie | 2015 | Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis | ||
| Movie | 2010 | Shanghai | Ben Sanger | |
| Movie | 2023 | Bank of Dave | Sir Charles | |
| Movie | 2015 | Stick Man | Santa (voice) | |
| Movie | 2009 | From Time to Time | Captain Oldknow | |
| Movie | 2025 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | Robert Crawley | |
| Movie | 2003 | Hear the Silence | Dr. Andrew Wakefield | |
| Movie | 2025 | Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger | Sir Charles | |
| Movie | N/A | Go Away! | ||
| Movie | 2017 | Breathe | Teddy Hall | |
| Movie | 2025 | Christmas Karma | ||
| Movie | 2013 | The Magnificent Lion Boy | Leonard Orlov | |
| Movie | 2017 | Viceroy's House | Lord Mountbatten | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Scold's Bridle | Tim Duggan | |
| Movie | 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Schiller | |
| Movie | 1998 | Mosley | Bob Boothby | |
| Movie | 2017 | Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Lord Wisbeach | |
| Movie | 2010 | Critical Eye | Brian | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Corrupted | Hammond | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Bertrand | |
| Movie | 2019 | Downton Abbey | Robert Crawley | |
| Movie | 2017 | A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2018 | Countdown to Calvary | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Underclassman | Headmaster Felix Powers | |
| Movie | 2014 | TB: Return of the Plague | Himself | |
| Movie | 2003 | Love Again | Philip Larkin | |
| Movie | 2003 | Thursday the 12th | Brin Hopper | |
| Movie | 2019 | Downton Abbey Live! | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Mr. Delacroix | |
| Movie | 2021 | To Olivia | Roald Dahl | |
| Movie | 2019 | Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear | Himself - Presenter | |
| Movie | 2020 | Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Dinner Party | The Host | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Biographer | Eric | |
| Movie | 2001 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Farmer | |
| Movie | 2022 | The Amazing Maurice | The Mayor (voice) | |
| Movie | 2020 | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out | Self | |
| Movie | 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Robert Crawley | |
| Movie | 2022 | I Came By | Hector Blake | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2023 | Dead Cat Film | Clio | |
| Movie | 2019 | Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams) | The Narrator | |
| Movie | 2018 | Sofia the First: Forever Royal | Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice) | |
| Movie | 2024 | Alpine Train at Christmas | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2022 | The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration | Self - Narrator | |
| Movie | 2024 | Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Robert Crawley (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2021 | Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax | Narrator | |
| Movie | N/A | Set Tour: The Browns' House | Self | |
| TV Show | 1995 | Bugs | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Hugh Barton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Inspector Dawson | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | 2 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Staged | Hugh | 1 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Dancing Nation | Narrator ("States of Mind") | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Between the Lines | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Victor Savage | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Five Days | DSI Iain Barclay | 10 |
| TV Show | 2017 | DuckTales | Santa Claus (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | The Commander | 3 | |
| TV Show | 2008 | Bonekickers | Gregory Parton | 6 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Great Performances | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Yevgraf Zhivago | 3 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Get Well Soon | Norman Tucker | 6 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Hunter | DSI Iain Barclay | 2 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Robinsons | 6 | |
| TV Show | N/A | Legally Mad | Gordan Hamm | 1 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Freezing | 3 | |
| TV Show | 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | See You Friday | Daniel | 6 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Take a Girl Like You | Julian Ormerod | 3 |
| TV Show | 1993 | GMTV | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous | Ferdinand Fitzgerald | 3 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Married for Life | Steve Hollingsworth | 7 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Cadfael | Daniel Aurifaber | 1 |
| TV Show | 2010 | The Silence | 4 | |
| TV Show | 2010 | Downton Abbey | Robert Crawley | 47 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Doctor Who | Henry Avery | 2 |
| TV Show | 2001 | The Cazalets | Hugh Cazalet | 6 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Twenty Twelve | Ian Fletcher | 13 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Daniel Deronda | Henleigh Grandcourt | 4 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Ben Hur | Pilate | 2 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Tony Whittaker | 2 |
| TV Show | 2008 | Lost in Austen | Mr. Bennet | 4 |
| TV Show | 2011 | The Hotel | Himself - Narrator | 25 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Galavant | Pirate King | 2 |
| TV Show | 2014 | W1A | Ian Fletcher | 14 |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Wonders of Europe | Narrator | 12 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Inspector Hewitt | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | DNA Journey | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2021 | Secret Life of the Forest | Narrator (Voice) | 4 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Chancer | Jas | 2 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Getting On | Philip Moore | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Peak Practice | Dominic Kent | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Paul Merton: The Series | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2013 | Da Vinci's Demons | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2016 | Our Ex-Wife | Narrator | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Mosley | Bob Boothby | 4 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Just a Minute | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Dodgem | Rick Bayne | 5 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Rotters' Club | Voice of Adult Ben | 2 |
| TV Show | 2016 | The Grand Tour | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale | 2 | |
| TV Show | 2024 | Douglas Is Cancelled | Douglas | 4 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Turn Back Time | Narrator (voice) | 11 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Wild Great Britain | Narrator | 4 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Wild Britain | Narrator | 8 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Sofia the First | Book Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2011 | World's Most Dangerous Roads | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Ralph Banner | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Her Majesty's Cavalry | Narrator - Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast | Himself | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Top Gear | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | A Life on Screen | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Himself | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | The Secret Life of Our Pets | Narrator (voice) | 4 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Inside the Forest Seasons of Wonder | Vypravěč | 4 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Gloucester | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | Sofia the First | Secret Library (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Rachael Ray | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2021 | Wild Tales from the Farm | Narrateur | 4 |
| TV Show | 2024 | The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | Jonathan Wilde | 3 |
| TV Show | 2019 | A Little Late with Lilly Singh | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Gold | DCI Brian Boyce | 12 |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 5 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | Secrets of the Royal Gardens | Narrator | 4 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Sandylands | One-eyed man | 6 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Self - Guest Star | 1 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Amphibia | Wigbert (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Narrator | 5 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Dispatches | Self - Narrator | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Edward Masterman | 1 |
| TV Show | 2024 | The Secret Lives of Animals | Self - Narrator (voice) | 10 |
| TV Show | 2024 | The Agency: Central Intelligence | James Richardson | 4 |
| TV Show | 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1 |
| TV Show | 2025 | JAMES & Co | Self - Video message | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Holding The Baby | Gordon Muir | 5 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The One Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2024 | The Real History of Communism | الراوي | 2 |
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