Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams, known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is a British stage, television and film actor. He is best known for playing Robert Grantham in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey from 2010 until 2015, and has been nominated for BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe awards...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth10 November 1963
CityLondon, England
years careers people
It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to have a cast together for six years. Crews come and go, and a few of them have been there throughout, but not many. It's rare, in my experience, after 26 years, to have had a proper company in a show that enjoys each other's company, and who is such a fine bunch of people and actors. To have struck a chord with people, and to have had that combination, is extremely rare.
two done goes-on
We were all expecting to finish [Downton Abbey] after Series 1, actually. And then, it got extended to Series 3, and that's when two of our much loved and much missed friends left. And then, it was going to be done with Series 5, but Julian Fellowes said, "I'd like to do one more." So it's been a series of extensions, rather than wondering how much longer we can go on for.
acceptance thinking political
I think any film that asks its audience a degree of tolerance and acceptance of those less fortunate than themselves isn't a bad thing from whatever culture you're in or from whatever part of any political spectrum.
want pleasure britain
In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure.
opportunity white house
To go to the White House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In fact, the building is not that big.
oysters typical
A typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas.
want way stories
Certain stories that you want to see resolve in certain ways are, and some aren't, but that's life.
compass excellent internals
I have an excellent internal compass.
home genius lines
At home I have a Tibetan terrier. I'm still not sure if he's a genius or very thick. It's a fine line.
eye storm whiplash
When you are in the eye of the storm, you are often not aware of the whiplash around you.
reading needs lasts
For the last episode [of Downton Abbey], you'll need some handkerchiefs. I needed handkerchiefs reading it. It wasn't because it necessarily moved me while reading it, but it was the experience of reading it when I realized it was the last time I was ever going to be reading one of those scripts. That was quite terminal.
media people young
Young people are so often dissed by the media.
running country house
I certainly couldn't run a big country house, nor could I organize the greatest show on earth.
war world estates
After World War II, the major estates really did collapse.