Hugh Bonneville

Hugh Bonneville, born on November 10, 1963, in Paddington, west London, is a versatile British actor whose career spans stage, film, television, and radio. Educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School and Sherborne School, he later studied theology at Cambridge’s Corpus Christi College before turning to acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. His nuanced performances have made him a staple in British television, notably as the perpetually exasperated Earl of Grantham in "Downton Abbey.