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      • Kenneth Branagh and Hugh Bonneville had worked together in the Royal Shakespeare Company, and when the former learned his co-star hadn't been on a set before he offered him a role.
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  2. Jun 28, 2024 · Kenneth Branagh and Hugh Bonneville first worked together at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Branagh then gave Bonneville his first film role in 1994's Mary Shelley's...

  3. Bonneville, in turn, has proved equally adept at adopting roles. As a young theology graduate from Cambridge, he moved through the National Youth Theatre into the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he made the acquaintance of one Kenneth Branagh.

    • Early Career
    • Hugh Bonneville's Recent Work
    • His Time on Downton Abbey

    After studying at school, Hugh went on to study theology at Cambridge and then went on to study acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Following his education, Hugh joined the National Youth Theatre in the late eighties and began landing roles in the theatre in productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including opposi...

    Following his success on the big and small screen, Hugh continued to land multiple roles in TV and film and soon became a household name. The actor appeared in titles such as Agatha Christie's Poirot, Love Again, in which he played famed poet Philip Larkin, The Vicar of Dibley, Lost in Austen and The Robinsons. In 2010, he first appeared as Robert ...

    Hugh has been a staple in Julian Fellowes' period drama since it began in 2010 and has also appeared in the two movies that followed. While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, the TV star revealed his eternal gratitude for Downton Abbey, as he reflected on the franchise's huge success. "It was very very peculiar and wonderful at the same time,” he...

  4. Jun 27, 2024 · Kenneth Branagh and Hugh Bonneville had worked together in the Royal Shakespeare Company, and when the former learned his co-star hadn't been on a set before he offered him a role....

  5. Jun 27, 2024 · The actor began his career on the stage, working with the National Theatre and then the Royal Shakespeare Company where he acted opposite Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet. It was in 1994 that his film and TV career began thanks to Branagh who cast him in a small role in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and the rest, as they say, is history.

  6. Oct 18, 2022 · MORE: Hugh Bonneville then vs now: a look back at the star's impressive career. In 1994, he starred in the film adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein alongside Robert De Niro and Kenneth...

  7. Nov 9, 2022 · He joined the Royal National Theatre in 1987 and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1991, where his roles included Laertes, opposite Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet. He is perhaps best known for playing Mr Brown in the Paddington movies and Robert Crawley in the ITV/PBS series Downton Abbey .