Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan Hyde, is an Australian actor. He portrayed Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy film Richie Rich, Samuel Parrish and Van Pelt in the fantasy adventure film Jumanji (1995), J. Bruce Ismay in the epic romantic film Titanic (1997), Culverton Smith in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Warren Westridge in creature feature film Anaconda (1997), Dr. Allen Chamberlain in the adventure horror film The Mummy (1999), and Eldritch Palmer in the FX TV series The Strain. Although an Australian citizen, he has mostly lived in the United Kingdom since 1969, having left Australia to pursue an acting career.

Early life Hyde was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Stephen Geoffrey King, solicitor, and Adele Seranette Cameron Donaldson. Hyde's interest in law took him to university to study the subject but his passion for performing and the theatre led him to pursue a career in acting. Leaving for London in 1969, In a 2007 interview with The Age, Hyde said he did not make a conscious decision to lose his Australian accent after moving to Britain, and that it still "comes and goes."

Career Hyde 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 was 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. The 1990s produced many of Hyde's best known film roles such as Cadbury, the loyal butler in Richie Rich, Sam Parrish/Van Pelt, the hunter in Jumanji, J. Bruce Ismay, the arrogant managing director of the White Star Line in Titanic, and Egyptologist Allen Chamberlain in The Mummy. He 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 and Anaconda.

He starred in the 1989 BBC drama series Shadow of the Noose in which he played the lead barrister Edward Marshall Hall. Incidentally, Isobel Buchanan sang the theme song for the series He has also appeared in several television mysteries, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett in which Hyde played Culverton Smith and Midsomer Murders as Frank Smythe-Webster.

In 2007, Hyde played Dr. Dorn in Chekhov's The Seagull and the Earl of Kent in King Lear for the Royal Shakespeare Company 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.

In the final series of BBC's popular series Spooks, Hyde played Ilya Gavrik, a Russian Minister.

Hyde appeared as Lionel Logue, the King's speech therapist in the West End production of The King's Speech at Wyndham's Theatre.

From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Eldritch Palmer in the FX TV series The Strain.

In 2019, he starred as Beau in Gently Down The Stream at London's Park Theatre, and himself earned an Olivier Award Nomination: Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre - Jonathan Hyde.

Personal life Hyde married the Scottish operatic soprano Isobel Buchanan in 1980. The other is actress Willa King who now lives in Sydney, Australia.

Filmography Film Year Title Role NotesRef. 1986 Caravaggio Baglione1993 Being Human Francisco Deadly Advice George Joseph Smith 1994 Richie Rich Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury 1995 Jumanji Samuel Parrish / Van Pelt1997 Anaconda Warren Westridge Titanic J. Bruce Ismay 1999 The Mummy Dr. Allen Chamberlain 2000 Eisenstein Vsevolod Meyerhold 2001 The Tailor of Panama Cavendish 2006 The Contract Turner Land of the Blind Smith 2015 Crimson Peak Ogilvie 2017 Breathe Dr. Entwistle 2021 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Walt Strickler (voice) 2023 Doctor Jekyll Henry Jekyll 2024SebastianNicholas Hamlet Claudius The BrutalistLesley Woodrow

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1978 The Professionals Tommy 1 episode 1985 Screen Two Wilson Barrett A.D. Tigellinus Miniseries, 1 episode Honour, Profit and Pleasure Aaron Hill Television film 1989 Shadow of the Noose Edward Marshall Hall 8 episodes 1993 Lovejoy Jonathan Wilsher 1 episode 1994 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Culverton Smith 1 episode: The Dying Detective Cadfael Lord Godfrid Picard 1 episode 1995 Bliss Dr. Oliver Pleasance Television film 1996 A Touch of Frost Dr. Keith Michaelson 1 episode 1999 Joan of Arc Duke of Bedford Miniseries, 2 episodes 2000 The Prince and the PauperLord Hertford Television film 2001 Attila Flavius Felix Miniseries, 2 episodes Princess of Thieves Prince John Television film 2002 Midsomer Murders Frank Smythe-Webster 1 episode: A Tale of Two Hamlets Dinotopia Mayor Waldo Main role, 8 episodes 2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking George Pentney Television film 2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Morgan Sinclair 2008 King Lear Kent 2011 Spooks Ilya Gavrik Recurring role, 6 episodes 2013 Foyle's War Colonel Galt 1 episode Endeavour Sir Edmund Sloan 2014–2017 The Strain Eldritch Palmer / The Master Main role, 46 episodes 2016 Tokyo Trial William Webb Miniseries, 4 episodes 2016–2018 Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Walt Strickler (voice) Main role, 42 episodes 2018 3Below: Tales of Arcadia 1 episode 2023 The Crown Duke of Norfolk 2025 All Creatures Great and Small General Beauvoir 2 episodes

Theatre work

With the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre Year Title Role Ref. 1974 Camino Real Casanova Coriolanus Aufidius Indians Mr President Saint Joan of the Stockyards Slift 1975 The De Sade Show De Sade The Duchess of Malfi the Cardinal The Government Inspector the Superintendent of Schools Hamlet Polonius Romeo and Juliet Capulet 1976 Woyzeck the Doctor What the Butler Saw Rance Seven Deadly Sins the Mother Mirandolina Forlipopoli Masquerade Sprich 1977 Chinchilla Levka/Gabriel The Country Wife Dorilant Figaro Bartolo The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell 1979 Good Humoured Ladies Silvestra

With the Royal Shakespeare Company First Season (1980/81) Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Ron Daniels, RST, Aldwych) Second Season (1982/83) Edgar in the Michael Gambon King Lear (Adrian Noble, RST, Barbican) Octavius in the Gambon/Helen Mirren Antony and Cleopatra (TOP, Pit) Oliver in As You Like It (Terry Hands, RST, 1980, Aldwych, 1981) Richmond in Richard III (Hands, RST, 1980, Aldwych, 1981) Aumerle in Richard II (Hands, RST, 1980, Aldwych, 1981) Tom Nightwork in The Swan Down Gloves (Ian Judge/Hands, RST, 1981, Aldwych, 1981–82) Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice (John Barton, RST, Aldwych, 1981) the Porter in Macbeth (Howard Davies, RST, 1982, Barbican, 1983) Laxton in The Roaring Girl (Barry Kyle, Barbican, 1983).

Return to Stratford as Associate Artist Vasques in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (David Leveaux, Swan, 1991) Face in The Alchemist (Sam Mendes, Swan) Brutus in Julius Caesar (Steven Pimlott, RST) Columbus in Richard Nelson's Columbus and the Discovery of Japan (John Caird, Barbican, 1992) Kent in King Lear and Dorn in The Seagull (Trevor Nunn, Courtyard and International Tour, 2007).

Other theatre work Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi (Philip Prowse, NT Lyttelton, 1985) Muldoon in The Real Inspector Hound (Tom Stoppard, NT Olivier, 1985) Mr Sneer in The Critic (Sheila Hancock, NT Olivier, 1985) Yasha in The Cherry Orchard (Mike Alfreds, NT Cottesloe, 1985) Valmont in Christopher Hampton's Les liaisons dangereuses (Davies, Ambassadors, 1987) the Doge of Venice in Howard Barker's Scenes from an Execution (Ian McDiarmid, Almeida, 1990) the Count in Anouilh's The Rehearsal (McDiarmid, Almeida, 1990) Charles in Hanif Kureishi's Sleep With Me (NT Cottesloe, 1999) Creon opposite Tara Fitzgerald in Sophocles's Antigone (Declan Donnellan, Old Vic, 1999) Archie in Stoppard's Jumpers (David Leveaux, NT Lyttelton, 2003). Captain Hook in Peter Pan (Three Sixty Entertainment) (Neverland Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, 2009). Isaac Newton (BBC Docu-Drama). Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar (Robert Hastie, Crucible Theatre, 2017) Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon (Kate Hewitt, Crucible Theatre, 2018) Beau in Gently Down The Stream (Park Theatre, 2019) Claudius in Hamlet (Sean Mathias, Theatre Royal Windsor, 2021)