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.

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Jonathan Hyde ausztrál születésű, angol színész, 1948. május 21-én született Bisbane-ben, Ausztráliában. Felesége, Isobel Buchanan, skót énekesnő. Két lányuk van, közülük az egyik színésznő.

Hyde tagja a Royal Shakespeare Company-nek. A Royal Academy of Dramatic Art-on végzett. Számos filmben és sorozatban szerepelt. Játszott a Midsomer gyilkosságok és a Sherlock Holmes krimisorozatok egy-egy epizódjában is. 1994-ben szerepelt a Richie Rich-Rosszcsont beforr (Richie Rich) c. vígjátékban, majd 1995-ben a Jumanji c. kalandfilmben, ahol ő alakította a vadászt. 1997-ben a James Cameron által rendezett Titanic c. drámában is szerepelt, Bruce Ismay-t alakította. 1999-ben A múmia (The Mummy) c. kalandfilmben is játszott, az egyik egyiptológust formálta meg. Később 2001-ben A tolvajok hercegnője (Princess of Thieves) c. kalandfilmben tűnt fel, János herceg szerepébe bújva. Szintén 2001-ben szerepelt az Attila, isten ostora (Attila) c. történelmi filmben. 2006-ban A fáraó bosszúja (The Curse of King Tut's Tomb) c. kalandfilmben játszott.

Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (nascido em 21 de maio de 1948), conhecido profissionalmente como Jonathan "Nash" Hyde, é um ator australiano-inglês. Hyde é talvez mais conhecido por papéis como Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury no filme de comédia de 1994 Richie Rich, Samuel Parrish e Van Pelt no filme de aventura de fantasia de 1995 Jumanji, J. Bruce Ismay no filme romântico épico de 1997 Titanic, Culverton Smith em As Memórias de Sherlock Holmes, Warren Westridge no filme Anaconda, Dr. Allen Chamberlain no filme de terror de aventura de 1999 A Múmia, e Eldritch Palmer na série de TV do FX The Strain.