Jonathan Hyde

Also known as Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King

Australian-born English actor

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Works: 4

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Confessions and Payback on a Volga Cruise
Understanding heart surgery
Big Fish
The Dragon Slayer

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Acting · Brisbane, Australia

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…

Known for

Sophia2025
The Brutalist — Leslie Woodrow2024
Hamlet — Claudius2024
Sebastian — Nicholas2024
Doctor Jekyll — Henry Jekyll2023
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans — Strickler (voice)2021
All Creatures Great & Small — General Beauvoir2020
A Very English Scandal — David Napley2018

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Article

Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan "Nash" Hyde, is an Australian-British actor. He portrayed 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