Jonathan Hyde
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- ComedyRi¢hie Ri¢h
- DramaThe Strain
- AnimationTrollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
- AdventureThe Prince and the Pauper
- DramaAn Indecent Obsession
- AdventureJumanji
- MusicKing Lear
- ActionThe Mummy
- DramaCrimson Peak
- DramaTitanic
- ComedyThe Tailor of Panama
- CrimeSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
- DramaCaravaggio
- ComedyBeing Human
- DramaHamlet
- DramaBreathe
- HistoryIsaac Newton: The Last Magician
- DramaHamlet
- HorrorFirst Born
- AdventureDinotopia 1: The Outsiders
- AdventureDinotopia 2: The Temptation
- AdventureDinotopia 3: The Election
- AdventureDinotopia 4: New Horizons
- AdventureDinotopia 6: The Exit
- AdventureDinotopia 5: The Virus
- DramaTokyo Trial
- DramaSebastian
- AdventureThe Curse of King Tut's Tomb
- Action & AdventureThe Curse of King Tut's Tomb
- DramaEisenstein
- ComedyA Very English Scandal
- ActionPrincess of Thieves
- HorrorDoctor Jekyll
- ComedyStealing Bess
- ActionThe Contract
- moviePhoelix
- AdventureI Spy Returns
- DramaFellow Traveller
- DramaPoppyland
- ComedyDeadly Advice
- ThrillerChildren of the North
- DramaSitting Targets
- ActionAttila
- DramaJoan of Arc
- AdventureJack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
- Sci-Fi & FantasyDinotopia
- DramaA.D.
- DramaLace
- movieThe Death of the Heart
- DramaLand of the Blind
- AnimationTrollhunters: Rise of the Titans
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Jonathan Hyde
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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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- Brisbane, Australia
- Known Credits
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- Website
- http://jonathanhyde.net/