Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan Hyde is one of those quietly brilliant character actors who can steal a scene without anyone quite realizing it happened. What I love most about him is the Jumanji double act — playing the prim, fussy Samuel Parrish and then the scenery-chewing big-game hunter Van Pelt in the same film, completely convincing in both. That's a real range flex. He also brought genuine warmth to Cadbury the butler in Richie Rich, which could have been a throwaway role but wasn't. Hyde is the kind of performer that blockbusters quietly depend on: trained on stage, comfortable with both comedy and menace, and utterly professional. He's never been a household name, and I suspect he prefers it that way — just working, always interesting, never phoning it in.

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Name (English)

Jonathan Hyde

Name (Japanese)

ジョナサン・ハイド

Reading

じょなさん・はいど

Born

May 21, 1948 (age 78)

Origin

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

• Official sitehttps://www.jonathanhyde.net/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Hyde
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435468

Tags

• Queensland
• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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