Jonathan Hyde
Biography
Jonathan Hyde is an Australian-born English actor who was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on May 21, 1948. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he is an Associate Member, and is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, having played Ferdinand in a 1985 production of The Duchess of Malfi. Hyde is well known for his film roles, including J. Bruce Ismay in Titanic, Egyptologist Allen Chamberlain in The Mummy, and Sam Parrish/Van Pelt the hunter in Jumanji. He is married to Scottish soprano Isobel Buchanan, and they have two daughters, including actress Georgia King. Within the provided records, Hyde has seventy-eight known acting credits.
Career overview
Jonathan Hyde is an Australian-born English actor who was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on May 21, 1948. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and holds the status of an Associate Member there. In addition to his screen work, he is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His stage credits include playing Ferdinand in a 1985 production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, and he was also an original cast member of a theatrical production.
Throughout his career, Hyde has appeared in a wide variety of screen projects, accumulating a total of 78 known acting credits according to archival data. He is well known for several prominent feature film roles. Among these, he portrayed J. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the White Star Line, in the film Titanic. He also played Egyptologist Allen Chamberlain in The Mummy, and took on the dual roles of Sam Parrish and the hunter Van Pelt in the film Jumanji.
In his personal life, Hyde is married to the Scottish soprano Isobel Buchanan. The couple has two daughters, one of whom is the actress Georgia King.
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- The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford (2026) as Sir Douglas Weatherford (voice)
- Sophia (2025)
- The Brutalist (2024) as Leslie Woodrow
- Hamlet (2024) as Claudius
- Sebastian (2024) as Nicholas
- Doctor Jekyll (2023) as Henry Jekyll
- Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021) as Strickler (voice)
- All Creatures Great & Small (2020) as General Beauvoir
- A Very English Scandal (2018) as David Napley
- Breathe (2017) as Dr. Entwistle
- Tokyo Trial (2017) as President Sir William Webb
- The Crown (2016) as Duke of Norfolk
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016) as Mr. Strickler (voice)
- Tokyo Trial (2016) as President Sir William Webb
- First Born (2016) as Alistair
- Crimson Peak (2015) as Ogilvie
- The Strain (2014) as Eldritch Palmer
- Endeavour (2013) as Sir Edmund Sloan
- Isaac Newton: The Last Magician (2013)
- King Lear (2008) as Earl of Kent
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) as Hanan
- The Contract (2006) as Turner
- Land of the Blind (2006) as Smith
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006) as Morgan Sinclair
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006) as Morgan Sinclair
- Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) as George Pentney
- Dinotopia 4: New Horizons (2003) as Mayor Waldo
- Dinotopia 5: The Virus (2003) as Mayor Waldo
- Dinotopia 6: The Exit (2003) as Mayor Waldo
- Stealing Bess (2003) as Edwin Snipe
- Spooks (2002) as Ilya Gavrik
- Foyle's War (2002) as Colonel Galt
- Dinotopia 2: The Temptation (2002) as Mayor waldo
- Dinotopia 3: The Election (2002) as Mayor waldo
- Dinotopia (2002)
- Dinotopia (2002) as Mayor Waldo
- The Tailor of Panama (2001) as Cavendish
- Attila (2001) as Felix
- Princess of Thieves (2001) as Prince John
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) as Dussan
- Eisenstein (2000) as Meyerhold
- The Prince and the Pauper (2000) as Lord Hertford
- The Mummy (1999) as Allen Chamberlain
- Joan of Arc (1999) as The Duke of Bedford
- Beyond Titanic (1998) as Self
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Frank Webster
- Titanic (1997) as Bruce Ismay
- Anaconda (1997) as Warren Westridge
- Jumanji (1995) as Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt
- Bliss (1995) as Dr. Oliver Pleasance
- Cadfael (1994) as Godfrid Piccard
- Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994) as Herbert Cadbury
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) as Culverton Smith
- Deadly Advice (1994) as George Joseph Smith
- Being Human (1994) as Francisco
- I Spy Returns (1994) as Cesar Baroodi
- The Leper of St. Giles (1994)
- Peak Practice (1993) as Dr. Stuart Mosely
- A Touch of Frost (1992) as Dr Keith Michaelson
- HBO First Look (1992) as Self
- Children of the North (1991) as Colonel Shrapnell
- The Great Air Race (1991) as Jim Mollison
- The War That Never Ends (1991) as Corinthian Representative
- The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) as Joseph Goebbels
- Fellow Traveller (1989) as 'Sheriff of Nottingham'
- Shadow of the Noose (1989) as Sir Edward Marshall Hall
- Sitting Targets (1989) as Vincent Stott
- The Death of the Heart (1987) as St. Quentin Miller
- Lovejoy (1986) as Jonathan Wilsher
- Caravaggio (1986) as Baglione
- A.D. (1985) as Tigellinus
- An Indecent Obsession (1985) as Neil Parkinson
- Poppyland (1985) as Wilson Barrett
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Culverton Smith
- Lace (1984) as Paul
- Hamlet (1980) as Rosencrantz
- Phoelix (1979) as Napier
- The Professionals (1977) as Tommy
- Supernatural (1977) as Amadeus