Jonathan Hyde
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Hyde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
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Birthday 1948-05-21
Place of Birth Brisbane, Australia
Also Known As Jonathan van Hyde, جاناتان هاید,
The Mummy
1999

The Mummy

The Contract
2006

The Contract

Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Caravaggio
1986

Caravaggio

Princess of Thieves
2001

Princess of Thieves

Jumanji
1995

Jumanji

Anaconda
1997

Anaconda

The Prince and the Pauper
2000

The Prince and the Pauper

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

King Lear
2008

King Lear

The Brutalist
2024

The Brutalist

Dinotopia 3: The Election
2002

Dinotopia 3: The Election

Dinotopia 6: The Exit
2003

Dinotopia 6: The Exit

Dinotopia 4: New Horizons
2003

Dinotopia 4: New Horizons

Dinotopia 2: The Temptation
2002

Dinotopia 2: The Temptation

Dinotopia 5: The Virus
2003

Dinotopia 5: The Virus

The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Sitting Targets
1989

Sitting Targets

I Spy Returns
1994

I Spy Returns

An Indecent Obsession
1985

An Indecent Obsession

Hamlet
2024

Hamlet

Sebastian
2024

Sebastian

Land of the Blind
2006

Land of the Blind

Isaac Newton: The Last Magician
2013

Isaac Newton: The Last Magician

Doctor Jekyll
2023

Doctor Jekyll

Stealing Bess
2003

Stealing Bess

The War That Never Ends
1991

The War That Never Ends

Crimson Peak
2015

Crimson Peak

Being Human
1994

Being Human

First Born
2016

First Born

The Tailor of Panama
2001

The Tailor of Panama

Eisenstein
2000

Eisenstein

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
2006

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Breathe
2017

Breathe

Deadly Advice
1994

Deadly Advice

Hamlet
1980

Hamlet

Poppyland
1985

Poppyland

Children of the North
1991

Children of the North

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

The Death of the Heart
1987

The Death of the Heart

Fellow Traveller
1989

Fellow Traveller

Phoelix
1979

Phoelix

Bliss
1995

Bliss

Beyond Titanic
1998

Beyond Titanic

Titanic
1997

Titanic