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Jonathan Hyde
Born · May 21, 1948 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Australia
Bio
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Hyde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Brutalist
Leslie
8.8
2024
Sebastian
Nicholas
6.5
2024
Hamlet
Claudius
7.8
2024
Doctor Jekyll
5.0
2023
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Strickler (voice)
7.5
2021
A Very English Scandal
David Napley · (3 episodes)
7.1
2018
Breathe
Dr. Entwistle
7.4
2017
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Mr. Strickler (voice) · (52 episodes)
8.4
2016
Tokyo Trial
President Sir William Webb · (4 episodes)
6.5
2016
The Crown
Duke of Norfolk · (1 episode)
8.2
2016
First Born
Alistair
5.3
2016
Crimson Peak
Ogilvie
6.7
2015
The Strain
Eldritch Palmer · (46 episodes)
7.5
2014
Endeavour
Sir Edmund Sloan · (1 episode)
8.1
2013
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
6.0
2013
Honest Trailers
Bruce Ismay (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.4
2012
King Lear
Earl of Kent
6.7
2008
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Morgan Sinclair · (2 episodes)
4.0
2006
Land of the Blind
Smith
5.9
2006
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Morgan Sinclair
5.2
2006
The Contract
Turner
5.7
2006
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
George Pentney
6.4
2004
Dinotopia 6: The Exit
Mayor Waldo
6.1
2003
Dinotopia 5: The Virus
Mayor Waldo
6.2
2003
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
Mayor Waldo
6.2
2003
Stealing Bess
Edwin Snipe
5.3
2003
Dinotopia 3: The Election
Mayor waldo
6.3
2002
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
Mayor waldo
6.3
2002
Dinotopia
(0 episode)
5.0
2002
Dinotopia
Mayor Waldo · (13 episodes)
5.0
2002
Spooks
Ilya Gavrik · (6 episodes)
7.6
2002
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Dussan · (2 episodes)
6.8
2001
The Tailor of Panama
Cavendish
6.0
2001
Princess of Thieves
Prince John
6.1
2001
Attila
Felix · (2 episodes)
6.3
2001
The Prince and the Pauper
Lord Hertford
6.2
2000
Eisenstein
Meyerhold
5.5
2000
Joan of Arc
The Duke of Bedford · (2 episodes)
6.5
1999
The Mummy
Allen Chamberlain
6.9
1999
Beyond Titanic
Self
8.0
1998
Titanic
Bruce Ismay
7.9
1997
Anaconda
Warren Westridge
5.2
1997
Midsomer Murders
Frank Webster · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Jumanji
Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt
7.2
1995
Bliss
Dr. Oliver Pleasance
0.0
1995
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Herbert Cadbury
5.9
1994
Cadfael
Godfrid Piccard · (1 episode)
7.3
1994
Being Human
Francisco
5.0
1994
Deadly Advice
George Joseph Smith
4.6
1994
I Spy Returns
Cesar Baroodi
4.0
1994
Peak Practice
Dr. Stuart Mosely · (1 episode)
5.9
1993
A Touch of Frost
(1 episode)
7.5
1992
HBO First Look
Self · (1 episode)
4.9
1992
Children of the North
Colonel Shrapnell
7.0
1991
The War That Never Ends
Corinthian Representative
0.0
1991
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
6.0
1990
Fellow Traveller
'Sheriff of Nottingham'
4.0
1989
Sitting Targets
Vincent Stott
0.0
1989
Shadow of the Noose
Edward Marshall Hall · (8 episodes)
0.0
1989
The Death of the Heart
St. Quentin Miller
0.0
1987
Caravaggio
Baglione
6.2
1986
Lovejoy
Jonathan Wilsher · (1 episode)
7.3
1986
An Indecent Obsession
Neil Parkinson
4.5
1985
A.D.
Tigellinus · (1 episode)
4.9
1985
Poppyland
Wilson Barrett
0.0
1985
Sherlock Holmes
Culverton Smith · (1 episode)
8.1
1984
Lace
Paul · (2 episodes)
6.9
1984
Hamlet
Rosencrantz
6.1
1980
Phoelix
Napier
0.0
1979
BBC Television Shakespeare
(1 episode)
5.2
1978
The Professionals
Tommy · (1 episode)
7.4
1977