Jonathan Hyde
Known for Acting · 77 credits
- Born
- 1948-05-21 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Brisbane, Australia
- Also known as
- Jonathan van Hyde · جاناتان هاید · Jonathan Stephen Gehring Hyde
Biography
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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Known For
TV Shows (29)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Frank Webster
The Crown
2016
as Duke of Norfolk
The Strain
2014
as Eldritch Palmer
Peak Practice
1993
as Dr. Stuart Mosely
Spooks
2002
as Ilya Gavrik
Endeavour
2013
as Sir Edmund Sloan
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Dr Keith Michaelson
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Culverton Smith
The Professionals
1977
as Tommy
Foyle's War
2002
as Colonel Galt
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
as General Beauvoir
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
2016
as Mr. Strickler (voice)
Lovejoy
1986
as Jonathan Wilsher
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Cadfael
1994
as Godfrid Piccard
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Hanan
A.D.
1985
as Tigellinus
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
as Dussan
Attila
2001
as Felix
Lace
1984
as Paul
Joan of Arc
1999
as The Duke of Bedford
A Very English Scandal
2018
as David Napley
Tokyo Trial
2016
as President Sir William Webb
Supernatural
1977
as Amadeus
Shadow of the Noose
1989
as Sir Edward Marshall Hall
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
2006
as Morgan Sinclair
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Culverton Smith
The Great Air Race
1991
as Jim Mollison
Dinotopia
2002
as Mayor Waldo
Movies (48)
Titanic
1997
as Bruce Ismay
The Mummy
1999
as Allen Chamberlain
Anaconda
1997
as Warren Westridge
The Brutalist
2024
as Leslie Woodrow
Crimson Peak
2015
as Ogilvie
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
as Herbert Cadbury
Jumanji
1995
as Samuel Alan Parrish / Van Pelt
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
as Strickler (voice)
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Cavendish
The Contract
2006
as Turner
Sebastian
2024
as Nicholas
Breathe
2017
as Dr. Entwistle
Being Human
1994
as Francisco
Caravaggio
1986
as Baglione
Hamlet
2024
as Claudius
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
2006
as Morgan Sinclair
First Born
2016
as Alistair
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
as George Pentney
Princess of Thieves
2001
as Prince John
Land of the Blind
2006
as Smith
The Prince and the Pauper
2000
as Lord Hertford
Fellow Traveller
1989
as 'Sheriff of Nottingham'
King Lear
2008
as Earl of Kent
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
2002
as Mayor waldo
Doctor Jekyll
2023
as Henry Jekyll
Sophia
2025
Hamlet
1980
as Rosencrantz
The War That Never Ends
1991
as Corinthian Representative
Dinotopia 6: The Exit
2003
as Mayor Waldo
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
as Joseph Goebbels
Eisenstein
2000
as Meyerhold
An Indecent Obsession
1985
as Neil Parkinson
Deadly Advice
1994
as George Joseph Smith
I Spy Returns
1994
as Cesar Baroodi
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
2003
as Mayor Waldo
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
2013
Stealing Bess
2003
as Edwin Snipe
Phoelix
1979
as Napier
Bliss
1995
as Dr. Oliver Pleasance
Dinotopia 3: The Election
2002
as Mayor waldo
Beyond Titanic
1998
as Self
Dinotopia 5: The Virus
2003
as Mayor Waldo
Children of the North
1991
as Colonel Shrapnell
Poppyland
1985
as Wilson Barrett
Sitting Targets
1989
as Vincent Stott
The Death of the Heart
1987
as St. Quentin Miller
The Leper of St. Giles
1994
Tokyo Trial
2017
as President Sir William Webb
About Jonathan Hyde
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… With 77 credits spanning from 1977 to 2025, Jonathan Hyde has appeared in 48 films and 29 TV shows.
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- Titanic (1997) — as Bruce Ismay
- The Mummy (1999) — as Allen Chamberlain
- Anaconda (1997) — as Warren Westridge
- The Brutalist (2024) — as Leslie Woodrow
- Crimson Peak (2015) — as Ogilvie
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