Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Bonneville
Downton Abbey (Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham)
Note: This doodle is drawn on an 8.2" x 5.7" VICEROY'S HOUSE call sheet, crinkled along edges.
Hugh Bonneville launched his acting career with London's National Youth Theatre, while simultaneously studying theology at Cambridge University. He also trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. A veteran Masterpiece actor, he has appeared in MISS AUSTEN REGRETS, MANSFIELD PARK, DANIEL DERONDA, MADAME BOVARY, and THE CAZALETS among others. He may also be recognized for his appearance opposite Kate Winslet in IRIS.
Bonneville's frequent costar in Downton Abbey was "Pharaoh" the estate family dog, and Bonneville developed quite a bond with the yellow Labrador, Roly. "During filming I kept finding bits of sausage in my pockets, reminders of various days when I'd tried to lure Roly into pretending to be my constant, devoted companion," Bonneville said.
Bonneville calls writer/director Julian Fellowes, "the most humane of writers..." And he speaks of the characters in Downton Abbey as being three-dimensional. "They aren't goodies, or baddies; they are like all of us — flawed."
In 2016, he'll be seen in the role of Lord Louis Mountbatten in Gurinder Chadha's VICEROY'S HOUSE alongside Gillian Anderson as Edwina Mountbatten.
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