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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Sophia
Character:
Release Date:02/12/2025
The Brutalist
Character:Leslie Woodrow
Release Date:20/12/2024
Sebastian
Character:Nicholas
Release Date:02/08/2024
Hamlet
Character:Claudius
Release Date:27/02/2024
Doctor Jekyll
Character:Henry Jekyll
Release Date:27/10/2023
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Character:Strickler (voice)
Release Date:21/07/2021
Breathe
Character:Dr. Entwistle
Release Date:13/10/2017
First Born
Character:Alistair
Release Date:19/06/2016
Crimson Peak
Character:Ogilvie
Release Date:13/10/2015
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
Character:
Release Date:12/04/2013
King Lear
Character:Earl of Kent
Release Date:06/08/2008
Land of the Blind
Character:Smith
Release Date:01/05/2006
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Character:Morgan Sinclair
Release Date:11/04/2006
The Contract
Character:Turner
Release Date:05/04/2006
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Character:George Pentney
Release Date:26/12/2004
Dinotopia 6: The Exit
Character:Mayor Waldo
Release Date:07/08/2003
Dinotopia 5: The Virus
Character:Mayor Waldo
Release Date:24/07/2003
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
Character:Mayor Waldo
Release Date:03/07/2003
Stealing Bess
Character:Edwin Snipe
Release Date:01/01/2003
Dinotopia 3: The Election
Character:Mayor waldo
Release Date:19/12/2002
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
Character:Mayor waldo
Release Date:05/12/2002
Princess of Thieves
Character:Prince John
Release Date:11/03/2001
The Tailor of Panama
Character:Cavendish
Release Date:11/02/2001
The Prince and the Pauper
Character:Lord Hertford
Release Date:01/12/2000
Eisenstein
Character:Meyerhold
Release Date:08/09/2000
The Mummy
Character:Allen Chamberlain
Release Date:16/04/1999
Beyond Titanic
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/1998
Titanic
Character:Bruce Ismay
Release Date:18/12/1997
Anaconda
Character:Warren Westridge
Release Date:11/04/1997
Jumanji
Character:Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt
Release Date:15/12/1995
Bliss
Character:Dr. Oliver Pleasance
Release Date:11/10/1995
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Character:Herbert Cadbury
Release Date:19/12/1994
The Leper of St. Giles
Character:
Release Date:12/06/1994
Being Human
Character:Francisco
Release Date:06/05/1994
Deadly Advice
Character:George Joseph Smith
Release Date:29/04/1994
I Spy Returns
Character:Cesar Baroodi
Release Date:03/02/1994
Children of the North
Character:Colonel Shrapnell
Release Date:30/10/1991
The War That Never Ends
Character:Corinthian Representative
Release Date:28/03/1991
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Character:Joseph Goebbels
Release Date:30/01/1990
Fellow Traveller
Character:'Sheriff of Nottingham'
Release Date:29/09/1989
Sitting Targets
Character:Vincent Stott
Release Date:19/03/1989
The Death of the Heart
Character:St. Quentin Miller
Release Date:03/05/1987
Caravaggio
Character:Baglione
Release Date:29/08/1986
An Indecent Obsession
Character:Neil Parkinson
Release Date:23/05/1985
Poppyland
Character:Wilson Barrett
Release Date:13/01/1985
Hamlet
Character:Rosencrantz
Release Date:25/05/1980
Phoelix
Character:Napier
Release Date:01/08/1979
Television Appearances
All Creatures Great & Small
Character:General Beauvoir
A Very English Scandal
Character:David Napley
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Character:Mr. Strickler (voice)
Tokyo Trial
Character:President Sir William Webb
The Crown
Character:Duke of Norfolk
The Strain
Character:Eldritch Palmer
Endeavour
Character:Sir Edmund Sloan
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Character:Hanan
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Character:Morgan Sinclair
Dinotopia
Character:
Dinotopia
Character:Mayor Waldo
Foyle's War
Character:Colonel Galt
Spooks
Character:Ilya Gavrik
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Character:Dussan
Attila
Character:Felix
Joan of Arc
Character:The Duke of Bedford
Midsomer Murders
Character:Frank Webster
Cadfael
Character:Godfrid Piccard
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Culverton Smith
Peak Practice
Character:Dr. Stuart Mosely
A Touch of Frost
Character:
HBO First Look
Character:Self
The Great Air Race
Character:Jim Mollison
Shadow of the Noose
Character:Edward Marshall Hall
Lovejoy
Character:Jonathan Wilsher
A.D.
Character:Tigellinus
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Culverton Smith
Lace
Character:Paul
The Professionals
Character:Tommy
Supernatural
Character:Amadeus
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