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Hugh Bonneville

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Biography

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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Paddington 2

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Notting Hill

As Bernie

Paddington

As Henry Brown

Mummies

As Lord Sylvester Carnaby (voice)

Downton Abbey

As Robert Crawley

Born to Be Wild

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Muppets Most Wanted

As Irish Journalist

The Silence

Actor

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Open Doors: Cinema That Sees Everyone

From a deaf drummer to a queer romance in space, these eight films expand who gets to be a hero, a lover, a survivor. A journey through inclusive storytelling t...

8 films

The Long Goodbye to the Small Screen

A journey through the films that turned television's intimate glow into cinema's grand spectacle, and back again.

6 films

Pure-Hearted Heroes

Sixty years after Batman '66 taught us that heroism can be bright, sincere, and utterly without irony, this chain celebrates films whose protagonists believe, s...

7 films

Growing Pains: Sequels That Leap Through Time

From a Parisian afternoon to a boxing ring, these sequels skip years ahead and find their characters changed, challenged, and achingly familiar. A journey throu...

6 films

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