Jonathan Hyde is a popular Australian actor. Representative of the British School of Motion Picture Arts and Theater. He gained great fame thanks to roles in such well-known and large-scale feature films as "Titanic", "The Mummy", "Jumanji". He played in the rating television projects “Purely English Murder”, “Jack and the Beanstalk: A True Story”, “Young Morse”, “Joan of Arc.”
Films with Jonathan Hyde belong to the following movie genres: drama, crime, comedy, adventure. The first cinematic experience was received in 1965, when he portrayed the reader in the family multi-part fantasy genre project “Gekanori”. On set, he collaborated with actors Julian Wadham, Jonathan Coy, Christopher Fulford, Anton Lesser, Tom Georgeson and others. In 1998, he was among the nominees for the Actor Guild Award in the category "Best Cast" for his work in the movie "Titanic". The most successful year in his career was 2012, when he appeared in the Young Morse project.
Jonathan Hyde was born under the sign of Gemini. His height is 180 cm. He is the wife of actress Isobel Buchanan. The father of two children. One of Hyde's daughters, Georgia King, followed in the footsteps of her parents and today is a fairly recognizable person.
Biography
He was born in the Australian city of Brisbane in a wealthy family. The father of the future actor was successfully engaged in advocacy. In his youth, Jonathan Hyde was interested in legislation, which he continued to study after entering university. However, the creative beginning of the young man nevertheless led him a little later to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, later he was recognized as an honorary member of this educational institution.
Theatrical roles
Today, Jonathan Hyde is an actor in the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2007, appeared in the guise of Dr. Dorn in the production of Chekhov's The Seagull. He breathed life into Count Kent - the character of the play "King Lear". The above theater productions have been shown not only in the UK, but also in other countries.
Favorite books and writers
Jonathan Hyde says that he appreciates the work of Honore de Balzac and calls his work "Cousin Betta" one of those that he read with great interest. According to the Australian, Balzac is the antipode of Dickens, who seeks to find solutions in difficult life situations in his books. The famous actor calls Cousin Bett a wild story about an evil, malicious woman. One of his favorite works, the actor calls "Life and Fate" by Russian and Soviet writer Vasily Grossman. In his opinion, this is a brilliant novel, which shows how the Stalinist regime destroyed the noble ideas of the Russian revolution.
It is worth saying that many of the fans of the talent of this actor mistakenly considered him the author of the psychology book “Hypotheses of happiness”. Jonathan Hyde has nothing to do with this work - it is a creation of a philosopher and psychologist named Hydet.
Movie roles
In 1971, the Australian actor played one of the secondary roles in the American musical melodrama of the serial format “Great Performances”. In 1977, he portrayed Amadeus in the mini-series Supernatural, filmed in the horror genre. In the comedy action movie of the serial format "Professionals", his character is Tommy. In the project "Agony" develops the image of Rudy. In a television production of Hamlet, created by BBC in 1980, he played Rosencrantz.
Big roles
In 1995 he appeared in the Jumanji project, where he appeared in the image of a ruthless hunter. In 1997, contributed to the tremendous success of the film "Titanic", playing the role of the English businessman Joseph Bruce Ismay - the passenger of this legendary ship. Two years later, he portrayed a scientist and specialist in Ancient Egypt in an adventure film with fantasy elements “The Mummy”. In the project "Richie Rich" it is not difficult to recognize him in the butler Herbert.