Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville is the kind of British actor I instinctively trust. As Robert Crawley in Downton Abbey he balanced aristocratic dignity with real human warmth, a tightrope few performers walk so cleanly. The Cambridge education and grounding in stage work show in his discipline; he never overplays. What I value is his range across theatre, film, and television, the mark of someone with genuine craft rather than a single signature trick. Golden Globe and back-to-back Emmy nominations confirm what audiences already sensed. He is an actor who only deepens with age, and I find that maturing quality deeply satisfying to watch.

Name (English)

Hugh Bonneville

Name (Japanese)

ヒュー・ボネヴィル

Reading

ひゅー・ぼねゔぃる

Born

November 10, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

Origin

Blackheath, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor

University

Corpus Christi College

• Official sitehttp://www.hughbonneville.co.uk/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bonhughbon/
• Xhttps://x.com/hughbon
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Bonneville
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155775

Tags

• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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