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Hyde at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King

(1948-05-21) 21 May 1948 (age 76)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Citizenship
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
Occupation Actor
Years active 1972–present
Spouse(s)
Isobel Buchanan
(m. 1980)
Children 2, including Georgia King

Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan "Nash" Hyde, is an Australian actor. Hyde is perhaps best known for roles as Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy film Richie Rich (1994), 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, after his family left Australia.

Early life

Hyde was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to a middle-class family. His father was Stephen Geoffrey King, a solicitor. 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, he was awarded a coveted place at RADA and won the Bancroft Gold Medal for excellence in his graduating year of 1972. 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. Hyde played J. Bruce Ismay, the arrogant 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 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 appeared in the 1989 BBC drama series Shadow of the Noose in which he played barrister Edward Marshall Hall. 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 Scottish operatic soprano Isobel Buchanan in 1980. They have two daughters, one of whom is actress Georgia King.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Being Human Francisco
Deadly Advice George Joseph Smith
1994 Richie Rich Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury
1995 Jumanji Samuel Parrish / Van Pelt
1997 Titanic J. Bruce Ismay
Anaconda Warren Westridge
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
2024 Sebastian Nicholas
Hamlet Claudius
The Brutalist Lesley Woodrow

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1978 The Professionals Tommy 1 episode
1985 Screen Two Wilson Barrett 1 episode
1985 A.D. Tigellinus Miniseries, 1 episode
1985 Honour, Profit and Pleasure Aaron Hill Television film
1986 Caravaggio Baglione 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
1994 Cadfael Lord Godfrid Picard 1 episode
1995 Bliss Dr. Oliver Pleasance Television film
1996 A Touch of Frost Dr. Keith Michaelson 1 episode
2000 The Prince and the Pauper Lord Hertford Television film
2001 Attila Flavius Felix Miniseries, 2 episodes
2001 Princess of Thieves Prince John Television film
2002 Midsomer Murders Frank Smythe-Webster 1 episode
2002 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 Television film
2008 King Lear Kent Television film
2011 Spooks Ilya Gavrik Recurring role, 6 episodes
2013 Foyle's War Colonel Galt 1 episode
2013 Endeavour Sir Edmund Sloan 1 episode
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 Walt Strickler (voice) 1 episode
2023 The Crown Duke of Norfolk 1 episode

Theatre work

With the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre

Year Title Role
1974 Camino Real Casanova
1974 Coriolanus Aufidius
1974 Indians Mr President
1974 Saint Joan of the Stockyards Slift
1975 The De Sade Show De Sade
1975 The Duchess of Malfi the Cardinal
1975 The Government Inspector the Superintendent of Schools
1975 Hamlet Polonius
1975 Romeo and Juliet Capulet
1976 Woyzeck the Doctor
1976 What the Butler Saw Rance
1976 Seven Deadly Sins the Mother
1976 Mirandolina Forlipopoli
1976 Masquerade Sprich
1977 Chinchilla Levka/Gabriel
1977 The Country Wife Dorilant
1977 Figaro Bartolo
1977 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

  • 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)

See also

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