Hugh Bonneville appeared in the ITV period drama "Downton Abbey", as Robert, Earl of Grantham. In early 2010, he appeared in the comedy film "Burke and Hare". In 2011 and 2012, he starred as Ian Fletcher in the award-winning BBC comedy series "Twenty Twelve", and reprised the role in the 2014 BBC comedy series "W1A". In December 2012, he appeared on BBC Two with co-star Jessica Hynes in "World's Most Dangerous Roads", travelling through Georgia. He also appeared in the much-delayed film "Hippie Hippie Shake" with Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller. From 2011 until 2014, Bonneville was the narrator of the Channel
Hugh Bonneville London children's charity Scene & Heard and an ambassador for WaterAid. Hugh Bonneville Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. He is best known for playing Robert Crawley in the television series "Downton Abbey" (2010–2015), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Bonneville was born in Paddington, in west London, to a mother who was a nurse and a father who was a urological surgeon. He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School and at Sherborne School, an independent school in