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'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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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.
Known for
The Brutalist
Sebastian
Hamlet
Doctor Jekyll
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
A Very English Scandal
Breathe
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Tokyo Trial
The Crown
First Born
Crimson Peak
The Strain
Endeavour
Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
Honest Trailers
King Lear
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Land of the Blind
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
The Contract
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Dinotopia 6: The Exit
Dinotopia 5: The Virus
Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
Stealing Bess
Dinotopia 3: The Election
Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
Dinotopia
Spooks
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
The Tailor of Panama
Princess of Thieves
Attila
The Prince and the Pauper
Eisenstein
Joan of Arc
The Mummy
Titanic
Anaconda
Midsomer Murders
Jumanji
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Cadfael
Being Human
Deadly Advice
I Spy Returns
Peak Practice
A Touch of Frost
HBO First Look
Children of the North
The War That Never Ends
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Fellow Traveller
Sitting Targets
The Death of the Heart
Caravaggio
Lovejoy
An Indecent Obsession
A.D.
Sherlock Holmes
Lace
Hamlet
Phoelix
BBC Television Shakespeare
The Professionals