My Take
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.
Overview
Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan "Nash" Hyde, is an Australian-British actor. He portrayed Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy film Richie Rich (1994), Samuel Parrish and Van Pelt in the fantasy adventure film Jumanji (1995), J.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rat
- Origin
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
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7. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.