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.
Man to Man
Fraser McBride
Mansfield Park
Mr. Rushworth
Silent Hours
Commander William Calthorpe
Asylum
Max Raphael
Iris
Young John Bayley
Stage Beauty
Samuel Pepys
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Prince Regent
Knife Edge
Charles Pollock
Glorious 39
Gilbert
The Gathering Storm
Ivo Pettifer
The Crown's Ancient Forest
Narrator
One of Those Days
Mr. Burrell
Four Last Songs
Sebastian Burrows
Nordic Noir - The Rise of Scandi Drama
Self
Blow Dry
Louis
French Film
Jed
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Gerry
Miss Austen Regrets
Rev Brook Bridges
Burke & Hare
Lord Harrington
The Coronation Concert
Self- Presenter
Conspiracy of Silence
Fr. Jack Dowling
Third Star
Beachcomber
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Self
Paddington in Peru
Henry Brown
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
Mr. Stink
Mr. Stink
The Monuments Men
2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
Paddington
Henry Brown
Stalag Luft
Sqdn. Ldr. Barton (as Richard Bonneville)
The Diary of a Nobody
Pooter
Peter Sellers: Genius at Work
Narrator
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor
Merlin (voice)
Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot Prequel
Captain Henry Avery
Muppets Most Wanted
Irish Journalist
A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville
Self
Notting Hill
Bernie
Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Bedford Air Warfare Officer
Breakout
Peter Schneider
Restoring Genius: The Art of Agnolo Bronzino
Narrator
The Secret World of LEGO
Narration
Fair Game
Gerry (as Richard Bonneville)
Paddington 2
Henry Brown
Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
Shanghai
Ben Sanger
Bank of Dave
Sir Charles
Stick Man
Santa (voice)
From Time to Time
Captain Oldknow
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Robert Crawley
Hear the Silence
Dr. Andrew Wakefield
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
Sir Charles
Breathe
Teddy Hall
Christmas Karma
Jacob Marley
Viceroy's House
Lord Mountbatten
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Schiller
Mosley
Bob Boothby
Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
Narrator (voice)
Piccadilly Jim
Lord Wisbeach
Critical Eye
Brian
The Corrupted
Hammond
The Emperor's New Clothes
Bertrand
Downton Abbey
Robert Crawley
A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy
Narrator
Countdown to Calvary
Self
Underclassman
Headmaster Felix Powers
TB: Return of the Plague
Himself
Love Again
Philip Larkin
Thursday the 12th
Brin Hopper
Downton Abbey Live!
Self
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
Self
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Mr. Delacroix
To Olivia
Roald Dahl
Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear
Himself - Presenter
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Self
The Dinner Party
The Host
The Biographer
Eric
High Heels and Low Lifes
Farmer
The Amazing Maurice
The Mayor (voice)
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Self
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Robert Crawley
I Came By
Hector Blake
Dead Cat Film
Clio
Odilo Fabian or (the Possibility of Impossible Dreams)
The Narrator
Sofia the First: Forever Royal
Voice of the Library/The First Storykeeper (voice)
Alpine Train at Christmas
Narrator
The Marvellous Maggie Smith: A Celebration
Self - Narrator
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Robert Crawley (archive footage)
Madame Tussauds: The Full Wax
Narrator
A Sisyphean Task
The Headmaster
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Self
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Daniel Aurifaber
From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026
Himself - Host