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