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Jonathan Hyde

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Jonathan Hyde
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
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present
Spouse
(m. 1980)
Children2; including Georgia King

Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), better known as Jonathan Hyde, is an Australian-born British actor. He has lived in the United Kingdom since 1969. He is known for roles such as Herbert Cadbury in Richie Rich (1994), Sam Parrish and Van Pelt in Jumanji (1995), J. Bruce Ismay in Titanic (1997) and Warren Westridge in Anaconda (1997). His TV credits include roles such as Culverton Smith in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and Eldritch Palmer in The Strain.

King was born in Brisbane, Queensland.[1] He moved to London in 1969. He married Scottish soprano Isobel Buchanan in 1980. The couple have two daughters, including actress Georgia King.

References

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  1. "Falling into an actor's life". The Age. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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