Jonathan Hyde
Born
May 21, 1948 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Brisbane, Australia
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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2024
Sebastian
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2024
Hamlet
Claudius
2024
Doctor Jekyll
2023
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
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2021
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2018
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2017
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2016
Tokyo Trial
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2016
The Crown
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2016
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2016
Crimson Peak
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2015
The Strain
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Endeavour
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2013
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
2013
Honest Trailers
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2012
King Lear
Earl of Kent
2008
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Hanan · (1 episode)
2006
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Morgan Sinclair · (2 episodes)
2006
Land of the Blind
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2006
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Morgan Sinclair
2006
The Contract
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2006
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
George Pentney
2004
Dinotopia 6: The Exit
Mayor Waldo
2003
Dinotopia 5: The Virus
Mayor Waldo
2003
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
Mayor Waldo
2003
Stealing Bess
Edwin Snipe
2003
Dinotopia 3: The Election
Mayor waldo
2002
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
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2002
Dinotopia
(0 episode)
2002
Dinotopia
Mayor Waldo · (13 episodes)
2002
Foyle's War
Colonel Galt · (1 episode)
2002
Spooks
Ilya Gavrik · (6 episodes)
2002
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Dussan · (2 episodes)
2001
The Tailor of Panama
Cavendish
2001
Princess of Thieves
Prince John
2001
Attila
Felix · (2 episodes)
2001
The Prince and the Pauper
Lord Hertford
2000
Eisenstein
Meyerhold
2000
Joan of Arc
The Duke of Bedford · (2 episodes)
1999
The Mummy
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1999
Beyond Titanic
Self
1998
Heart of the Ocean: The Making of Titanic
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1997
Titanic
Bruce Ismay
1997
Anaconda
Warren Westridge
1997
Midsomer Murders
Frank Webster · (1 episode)
1997
Jumanji
Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt
1995
Bliss
Dr. Oliver Pleasance
1995
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Herbert Cadbury
1994
Cadfael
Godfrid Piccard · (1 episode)
1994
Being Human
Francisco
1994
Deadly Advice
George Joseph Smith
1994
I Spy Returns
Cesar Baroodi
1994
Peak Practice
Dr. Stuart Mosely · (1 episode)
1993
A Touch of Frost
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1992
HBO First Look
Self · (1 episode)
1992
Children of the North
Colonel Shrapnell
1991
The War That Never Ends
Corinthian Representative
1991
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
1990
Fellow Traveller
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1989
Sitting Targets
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1989
Shadow of the Noose
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1989
The Death of the Heart
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1987
Caravaggio
Baglione
1986
Lovejoy
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1986
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1985
A.D.
Tigellinus · (1 episode)
1985
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1985
Sherlock Holmes
Culverton Smith · (1 episode)
1984
Lace
Paul · (2 episodes)
1984
Hamlet
Rosencrantz
1980
Phoelix
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1979
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Rosencrantz · (1 episode)
1978
The Professionals
Tommy · (1 episode)
1977