Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams 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.
Known For
Notting Hill
(1999)
Bernie
Paddington 2
(2017)
Henry Brown
Tomorrow Never Dies
(1997)
Air Warfare Officer - HMS Bedford
Downton Abbey
(2019)
Robert Crawley
Paddington
(2014)
Henry Brown
Muppets Most Wanted
(2014)
Irish Journalist
Downton Abbey: A New Era
(2022)
Robert Crawley
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(1994)
Schiller
Breathe
(2017)
Teddy Hall
The Amazing Maurice
(2022)
The Mayor (voice)
I Came By
(2022)
Hector Blake
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
(2020)
Mr. Delacroix
The Monuments Men
(2014)
2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
Asylum
(2005)
Max Raphael
Mansfield Park
(1999)
Mr. Rushworth
Burke & Hare
(2010)
Lord Harrington
Full Filmography
Acting
Stalag Luft
(1993)
Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
Fair Game
(1994)
Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(1994)
Schiller
Tomorrow Never Dies
(1997)
Air Warfare Officer - HMS Bedford
Breakout
(1997)
Peter Schneider
The Scold's Bridle
(1998)
Tim Duggan
Mosley
(1998)
Bob Boothby
Notting Hill
(1999)
Bernie
Mansfield Park
(1999)
Mr. Rushworth
Madame Bovary
(2000)
Charles Bovary
Take a Girl Like You
(2000)
Julian Ormerod
High Heels and Low Lifes
(2001)
Farmer
Blow Dry
(2001)
Louis
The Emperor's New Clothes
(2001)
Bertrand
Iris
(2001)
Young John Bayley
The Gathering Storm
(2002)
Ivo Pettifer
The Biographer
(2002)
Eric
Right Under My Eyes
(2002)
James
Hear the Silence
(2003)
Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Love Again
(2003)
Philip Larkin
Thursday the 12th
(2003)
Brin Hopper
Conspiracy of Silence
(2003)
Fr. Jack Dowling
Stage Beauty
(2004)
Samuel Pepys
Piccadilly Jim
(2004)
Lord Wisbeach
Underclassman
(2005)
Headmaster Felix Powers
Asylum
(2005)
Max Raphael
Man to Man
(2005)
Fraser McBride
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
(2006)
Prince Regent
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
(2006)
Gerry
The Diary of a Nobody
(2007)
Pooter
Four Last Songs
(2007)
Sebastian Burrows
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
(2008)
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
French Film
(2008)
Jed
Miss Austen Regrets
(2008)
Rev Brook Bridges
One of Those Days
(2008)
Mr. Burrell
Knife Edge
(2009)
Charles Pollock
Glorious 39
(2009)
Gilbert
Shanghai
(2010)
Ben Sanger
From Time to Time
(2010)
Captain Oldknow
Critical Eye
(2010)
Brian
Burke & Hare
(2010)
Lord Harrington
Third Star
(2010)
Beachcomber
Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel
(2011)
Captain Henry Avery
Mr. Stink
(2012)
Mr. Stink
The Magnificent Lion Boy
(2013)
Leonard Orlov
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
(2013)
Self
The Dinner Party
(2014)
The Host
Muppets Most Wanted
(2014)
Irish Journalist
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
(2014)
Self
TB: Return of the Plague
(2014)
Himself
The Monuments Men
(2014)
2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
Paddington
(2014)
Henry Brown
Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
(2015)
Stick Man
(2015)
Santa (voice)
The Secret World of LEGO
(2015)
Narration
All Change at Longleat
(2015)
Narrator
Breathe
(2017)
Teddy Hall
Viceroy's House
(2017)
Lord Mountbatten
Paddington 2
(2017)
Henry Brown
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor - The Movie
(2017)
Merlin (voice)
Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
(2017)
Narrator (voice)
Les six derniers jours du Christ
(2018)
A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville
(2018)
Self
Jesus: Countdown to Calvary
(2018)
Himself
Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear
(2019)
Himself - Presenter
Downton Abbey Live!
(2019)
Self
Downton Abbey
(2019)
Robert Crawley
The Corrupted
(2019)
Hammond
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
(2019)
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
(2020)
Self
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
(2020)
Self
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
(2020)
Mr. Delacroix
The Life and Times of Captain Sir Tom
(2020)
Self - Narrator (voice)
To Olivia
(2021)
Roald Dahl
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
(2021)
Self
The Crown's Ancient Forest
(2021)
Narrator
Silent Hours
(2021)
Commander William Calthorpe
The Amazing Maurice
(2022)
The Mayor (voice)
Downton Abbey: A New Era
(2022)
Robert Crawley
I Came By
(2022)
Hector Blake
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
(2023)
Narrator
The Coronation Concert
(2023)
Self- Presenter
Bank of Dave
(2023)
Sir Charles Denby
Paddington in Peru
(2024)
Henry Brown