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Jonathan Hyde
Actor
Born May 21, 1948 (74 years)
Jonathan Hyde (born 21 May 1948) is an Australian-born English actor, well known for his roles as J. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the White Star Line in Titanic, Egyptologist Allen Chamberlain in The Mummy and Sam Parrish/Van Pelt, the hunter in Jumanji. He is married to the Scottish soprano Isobel Buchanan. They have two daughters, one of which is the actress Georgia King.
Hyde was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Among other roles, he played Ferdinand in a 1985 production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is an Associate Member there. He was also an original cast member of Not the Nine O'Clock News, the first series of which was pulled from broadcast because of the General Election of 1979. Hyde has been in numerous films including The Contract, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, Land of the Blind, The Tailor of Panama, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, Eisenstein, Anaconda and Richie Rich.
He appeared in the 1989 BBC miniseries Shadow of the Noose in which he played the famous barrister Edward Marshall Hall. He has also appeared in several television mysteries, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett, and Midsomer Murders.
In 2007, Hyde played Dr. Dorn in Chekhov's The Seagull and the Earl of Kent in King Lear for the RSC in a repertory company that included Ian McKellen, Frances Barber, Romola Garai, William Gaunt and Sylvester McCoy. Both plays toured together internationally, before taking up residence in the New London Theatre. The final performance was on 12 January 2008. He reprised his role of Kent in the 2008 television film of King Lear.
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Filmography
| 2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans · as Unknown |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal (TV Series) · as David Napley |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Mr. Strickler |
| 2017 | Tokyo Trial · as President Sir William Webb |
| 2017 | Breathe · as Dr. Entwistle |
| 2016 | FirstBorn · as Alistair |
| 2016 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Mr. Strickler (voice) |
| 2016 | Tokyo Trial (TV Series) · as President Sir William Webb |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak · as Ogilvie |
| 2014 | The Strain (TV Series) · as Eldritch Palmer |
| 2012 | Endeavour (TV Series) · as Sir Edmund Sloan |
| 2009 | The Queen (TV Series) · as Martin Charteris |
| 2009 | The Academy · as Jerry |
| 2008 | King Lear · as Earl of Kent |
| 2006 | The Contract · as Turner |
| 2006 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb · as Morgan Sinclair |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind · as Smith |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (TV Series) · as Hanan |
| 2006 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (TV Series) · as Morgan Sinclair |
| 2004 | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking · as George Pentney |
| 2004 | The Brief (TV Series) · as Meredith Tallis QC |
| 2003 | Dinotopia 4 New Horizons · as Mayor Waldo |
| 2003 | Dinotopia 5 The Virus · as Mayor Waldo |
| 2003 | Dinotopia 6 The Exit · as Mayor Waldo |
| 2002 | Dinotopia 1 The Outsiders · as Mayor Waldo |
| 2002 | Dinotopia 3 The Election · as Mayor waldo |
| 2002 | Dinotopia 2: The Temptation · as Mayor waldo |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Ilya Gavrik |
| 2002 | Dinotopia (TV Series) · as Mayor Waldo |
| 2002 | Foyle's War (TV Series) · as Colonel Galt |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama · as Cavendish |
| 2001 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (TV Series) · as Dussan - Jack's Butler |
| 2001 | Attila (TV Series) · as Felix |
| 2001 | Princess of Thieves · as Prince John |
| 2001 | The Perfect Fit · as Cavendish |
| 2000 | The Prince and the Pauper · as Lord Hertford |
| 1999 | The Mummy · as Dr. Allen Chamberlain |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc (TV Series) · as The Duke of Bedford |
| 1997 | Anaconda · as Warren Westridge |
| 1997 | Titanic · as Bruce Ismay |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Frank Webster |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) · as Prince John |
| 1995 | Jumanji · as Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt |
| 1995 | Bliss · as Dr. Oliver Pleasance |
| 1994 | Richie Rich · as Herbert Cadbury |
| 1994 | Being Human · as Francisco |
| 1994 | I Spy Returns · as Cesar Baroodi |
| 1994 | Deadly Advice · as George Joseph Smith |
| 1994 | Cadfael (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Culverton Smith |
| 1993 | Peak Practice (TV Series) · as Dr. Stuart Mosely |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | The War That Never Ends · as Corinthian Representative |
| 1991 | The Great Air Race (TV Series) · as Jim Mollison |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Prof. Joseph Goebbels |
| 1990 | Chancer (TV Series) · as Paisley |
| 1989 | Fellow Traveller · as 'Sheriff of Nottingham' |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose (TV Series) · as Edward Marshall Hall |
| 1987 | The Death of the Heart · as St. Quentin Miller |
| 1986 | Caravaggio · as Baglione |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | An Indecent Obsession · as Neil Parkinson |
| 1985 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood cast) |
| 1985 | A.D. - Anno Domini (TV Series) · as Tigellinus |
| 1984 | Lace (TV Series) · as Paul |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as Culverton Smith |
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1980 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark · as Rosencrantz |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1979 | Agony (TV Series) · as Rudy |
| 1979 | Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) · as Charles |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Tommy |
| 1977 | The Supernatural (1977) (TV Series) · as Amadeus |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Earl of Kent |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |