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Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan Hyde

Actor · Born May 21, 1948 (78) · Brisbane, Australia

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 21, 1948 (78)
From
Brisbane, Australia
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 15% in 30 days

What are Jonathan Hyde's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
26%
Morality
25%
Self
21%
Survival
14%
Power
8%
Society
4%
Ideas
1%
Family bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 4 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 6 of 15 analyzed roles.

Mentor
6 of 15
Shadow
5 of 15
Ally
2 of 15
Shapeshifter
1 of 15
Trickster
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
12
Contemplative
8
Thrilling
7
Dread
5
Other
17

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jonathan Hyde's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jonathan Hyde's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

78 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ink(2026)

    as Sir Alick McKay

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford(2026)

    as Sir Douglas Weatherford (voice)

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Sophia(2025)

    as Anthony

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Brutalist(2024)

    as Leslie Woodrow

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Sebastian(2024)

    as Nicholas

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Hamlet(2024)

    as Claudius

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Jekyll(2023)

    as Henry Jekyll

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans(2021)

    as Strickler (voice)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • All Creatures Great & Small(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as General Beauvoir

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • A Very English Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as David Napley

  • Breathe(2017)

    as Dr. Entwistle

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Tokyo Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as President Sir William Webb

  • Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia(2016)

    Show 42 episodes · as Mr. Strickler (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Tokyo Trial(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · as President Sir William Webb

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Duke of Norfolk

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • FirstBorn(2016)

    as Alistair

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Crimson Peak(2015)

    as Ogilvie

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Strain(2014)

    Show 46 episodes · as Eldritch Palmer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Endeavour(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Edmund Sloan

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Isaac Newton: The Last Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • King Lear(2008)

    as Earl of Kent

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Hanan

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Morgan Sinclair

  • Land of the Blind(2006)

    as Smith

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Morgan Sinclair

  • The Contract(2006)

    as Turner

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking(2004)

    as George Pentney

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Dinotopia 6: The Exit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Mayor Waldo

  • Dinotopia 5: The Virus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Mayor Waldo

  • Dinotopia 4: New Horizons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Mayor Waldo

  • Stealing Bess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Edwin Snipe

  • Dinotopia 3: The Election (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Mayor waldo

  • Dinotopia 2: The Temptation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Mayor waldo

  • Dinotopia(2002)

    Show 13 episodes · as Mayor Waldo

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Foyle's War(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel Galt

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ilya Gavrik

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dussan

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Princess of Thieves(2001)

    as Prince John

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Tailor of Panama(2001)

    as Cavendish

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Attila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Felix

  • The Prince and the Pauper(2000)

    as Lord Hertford

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Eisenstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Meyerhold

  • Joan of Arc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as The Duke of Bedford

  • The Mummy(1999)

    as Allen Chamberlain

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Titanic(1997)

    as Bruce Ismay

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Anaconda(1997)

    as Warren Westridge

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Frank Webster

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Jumanji(1995)

    as Van Pelt / Sam Parrish

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Bliss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Dr. Oliver Pleasance

  • Richie Rich(1994)

    as Cadbury

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Leper of St. Giles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • Mystery!: Cadfael(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Godfrid Piccard

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Being Human(1994)

    as Francisco

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Deadly Advice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as George Joseph Smith

  • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Culverton Smith

  • I Spy Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Cesar Baroodi

  • Peak Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Stuart Mosely

  • A Touch of Frost(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr Keith Michaelson

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Children of the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Colonel Shrapnell

  • The Great Air Race (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jim Mollison

  • The War That Never Ends(1991)

    as Corinthian Representative

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Plot to Kill Hitler(1990)

    as Joseph Goebbels

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Fellow Traveller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as 'Sheriff of Nottingham'

  • Sitting Targets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Vincent Stott

  • Shadow of the Noose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 8 episodes · as Sir Edward Marshall Hall

  • The Death of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as St. Quentin Miller

  • Caravaggio(1986)

    as Baglione

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Lovejoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Jonathan Wilsher

  • An Indecent Obsession(1985)

    as Neil Parkinson

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • A.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Tigellinus

  • Poppyland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Wilson Barrett

  • Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Culverton Smith

  • Lace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · as Paul

  • Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Rosencrantz

  • Phoelix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Napier

  • Thomas & Sarah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · as Charles

  • The Professionals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Tommy

  • Supernatural (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Amadeus

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles, 77 of them dated from 1977 to 2026; peak year 1996.

Biggest box office

The Mummy (1999)

$418M worldwide

Highest rated

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

The Strain (2014)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
19772026

Peak 1996 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting78 of 78: 78 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

By decade

1970s4 · acting1980s12 · acting1990s20 · acting2000s22 · acting2010s11 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 21 roles
869606

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1998, Outstanding Performance by a Cast.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jonathan Hyde's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up17
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Ink (2026)

87th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)

Midcredits 98th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jonathan Hyde's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles35–93 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles10–60 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity9 titles25–57 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles26–44 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles28–84 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jonathan Hyde work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jonathan Hyde's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Guillermo del Toro shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers