Jonathan Hyde | |
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 Hyde at the 2015San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (1948-05-21)21 May 1948 (age 77) Brisbane,Queensland, Australia |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–present |
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| Children | 2, includingGeorgia King |
| Website | jonathanhyde |
Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King[1] (born 21 May 1948), known professionally asJonathan Hyde, is a British-Australian actor. He portrayed Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy filmRichie Rich (1994), Samuel Parrish and Van Pelt in the fantasy adventure filmJumanji (1995),J. Bruce Ismay in the epic romantic filmTitanic (1997), Culverton Smith inThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Warren Westridge in creature feature filmAnaconda (1997), Dr. Allen Chamberlain in the adventure horror filmThe Mummy (1999), and Eldritch Palmer in theFX TV seriesThe Strain. Although anAustralian citizen, he has mostly lived in theUnited Kingdom since 1969, after his family left Australia.
Hyde was born inBrisbane,Queensland, to Stephen Geoffrey King, solicitor, and Adele Feranette Cameron Donaldson. Hyde's interest in law took him to university to study the subject but his passion for performing and the theatre led him to pursue a career in acting. Leaving for London in 1969,[2] he was awarded a place at theRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and won the Bancroft Gold Medal for excellence in his graduating year of 1972.[2] In a 2007 interview withThe Age, Hyde said he did not make a conscious decision to lose his Australian accent after moving to Britain, and that it still "comes and goes."[3]
Hyde is a member of theRoyal Shakespeare Company. Among other roles, he played Ferdinand in a 1985 production ofJohn Webster'sThe Duchess of Malfi. He was an original cast member ofNot the Nine O'Clock News, the first series of which was pulled from broadcast because of theGeneral Election of 1979. The 1990s produced many of Hyde's best known film roles such as Cadbury, the loyal butler inRichie Rich, Sam Parrish/Van Pelt, the hunter inJumanji,J. Bruce Ismay, the arrogant managing director of theWhite Star Line inTitanic, andEgyptologist Allen Chamberlain inThe Mummy. He has been in numerous films includingThe 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 andAnaconda.
He appeared in the 1989 BBC drama seriesShadow of the Noose in which he played barristerEdward Marshall Hall. He has also appeared in several television mysteries, includingThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starringJeremy Brett in which Hyde played Culverton Smith andMidsomer Murders as Frank Smythe-Webster.
In 2007, Hyde played Dr. Dorn inChekhov'sThe Seagull and the Earl of Kent inKing Lear for theRoyal Shakespeare Company in a repertory company that includedIan McKellen,Frances Barber,Romola Garai,William Gaunt andSylvester McCoy. Both plays toured together internationally, before taking up residence in theNew London Theatre. The final performance was on 12 January 2008. He reprised his role of Kent in the 2008 television film ofKing Lear.
In the final series of BBC's popular seriesSpooks, Hyde played Ilya Gavrik, aRussian Minister.
Hyde appeared asLionel Logue, the King's speech therapist in the West End production ofThe King's Speech atWyndham's Theatre.
From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Eldritch Palmer in theFX TV seriesThe Strain.[4]
In 2019, he starred as Beau inGently Down The Stream at London's Park Theatre, and himself earned an Olivier Award Nomination: Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre - Jonathan Hyde.
Hyde married theScottish operatic sopranoIsobel Buchanan in 1980.[5] They have two daughters, one of whom is the Scottish actressGeorgia King.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1986 | Caravaggio | Baglione | ||
| 1993 | Being Human | Francisco | ||
| Deadly Advice | George Joseph Smith | |||
| 1994 | Richie Rich | Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury | ||
| 1995 | Jumanji | Samuel Parrish / Van Pelt | ||
| 1997 | Titanic | J. Bruce Ismay | ||
| Anaconda | Warren Westridge | |||
| 1999 | The Mummy | Dr. Allen Chamberlain | ||
| 2000 | Eisenstein | Vsevolod Meyerhold | ||
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Cavendish | ||
| 2006 | The Contract | Turner | ||
| Land of the Blind | Smith | |||
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Ogilvie | ||
| 2017 | Breathe | Dr. Entwistle | ||
| 2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Walt Strickler (voice) | ||
| 2023 | Doctor Jekyll | Henry Jekyll | ||
| 2024 | Sebastian | Nicholas | ||
| Hamlet | Claudius | |||
| The Brutalist | Lesley Woodrow |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1978 | The Professionals | Tommy | 1 episode | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Wilson Barrett | ||
| A.D. | Tigellinus | Miniseries, 1 episode | ||
| Honour, Profit and Pleasure | Aaron Hill | Television film | ||
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose | Edward Marshall Hall | 8 episodes | |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Jonathan Wilsher | 1 episode | |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Culverton Smith | 1 episode:The Dying Detective | |
| Cadfael | Lord Godfrid Picard | 1 episode | ||
| 1995 | Bliss | Dr. Oliver Pleasance | Television film | |
| 1996 | A Touch of Frost | Dr. Keith Michaelson | 1 episode | |
| 2000 | The Prince and the Pauper | Lord Hertford | Television film | |
| 2001 | Attila | Flavius Felix | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| Princess of Thieves | Prince John | Television film | ||
| 2002 | Midsomer Murders | Frank Smythe-Webster | 1 episode | |
| Dinotopia | Mayor Waldo | Main role, 8 episodes | ||
| 2004 | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking | George Pentney | Television film | |
| 2006 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Morgan Sinclair | ||
| 2008 | King Lear | Kent | ||
| 2011 | Spooks | Ilya Gavrik | Recurring role, 6 episodes | |
| 2013 | Foyle's War | Colonel Galt | 1 episode | |
| Endeavour | Sir Edmund Sloan | |||
| 2014–2017 | The Strain | Eldritch Palmer / The Master | Main role, 46 episodes | |
| 2016 | Tokyo Trial | William Webb | Miniseries, 4 episodes | |
| 2016–2018 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Walt Strickler (voice) | Main role, 42 episodes | |
| 2018 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | 1 episode | ||
| 2023 | The Crown | Duke of Norfolk |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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| 1974 | Camino Real | Casanova | |
| Coriolanus | Aufidius | ||
| Indians | Mr President | ||
| Saint Joan of the Stockyards | Slift | ||
| 1975 | The De Sade Show | De Sade | |
| The Duchess of Malfi | the Cardinal | ||
| The Government Inspector | the Superintendent of Schools | ||
| Hamlet | Polonius | ||
| Romeo and Juliet | Capulet | ||
| 1976 | Woyzeck | the Doctor | |
| What the Butler Saw | Rance | ||
| Seven Deadly Sins | the Mother | ||
| Mirandolina | Forlipopoli | ||
| Masquerade | Sprich | ||
| 1977 | Chinchilla | Levka/Gabriel | |
| The Country Wife | Dorilant | ||
| Figaro | Bartolo | ||
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | ||
| 1979 | Good Humoured Ladies | Silvestra |
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