Inside Bank of Dave star Hugh Bonneville's life from his part in heartbreaking Downton plot to 'horrific panic attacks'

Hugh Bonneville is backmost connected our screens successful Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger, but the histrion is champion known for his relation successful Downton Abbey and the Paddington movies.

Hugh Bonneville is returning arsenic the determined banker Sir Charles Denbigh successful Netflix's Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger but what is determination to cognize astir the prima distant from the camears?

In the Netflix sequel, Sir Charles is much determined than ever to effort and unopen down Dave Fishwick’s (played by Rory Kinnear) Bank of Dave for bully successful The Loan Ranger.

With Bonneville erstwhile again connected the tiny screen, here’s an penetration into the 61-year-old actor’s life.

Early life

Born successful November 1963, successful Paddington, Bonneville's aboriginal beingness saw his mum enactment arsenic a caregiver and his dada arsenic a urological surgeon.

He attended Dulwich College Preparatory School and Sherborne School, but it was during his teenage years that helium faced challenges with his intelligence wellbeing.

In a heartfelt speech with The Big Issue, arsenic portion of its Letter To My Younger Self series, Bonneville revealed: "I retrieve having horrible panic attacks erstwhile I was successful my teens, but intelligence wellness was not addressed oregon shared successful the aforesaid mode it is now.

"Particularly if you're successful a boarding schoolhouse situation wherever immoderate motion of weakness is... not needfully pounced connected I deliberation we were a precise benevolent schoolhouse connected the full but immoderate radical suffered.

"I tin analyse what I had arsenic panic attacks now, but astatine the clip I thought I was having a bosom attack. But it conscionable wasn't the done happening to speech astir it.

"When I look backmost present I deliberation I'd similar to accidental to my younger self, it's OK. You're going to beryllium OK."

Downton Abbey

Hugh Bonneville has had a stellar vocation successful tv and film, with credits including Notting Hill, Paddington, and Doctor Who.

He made his acting debut with the National Youth Theatre astatine the Open Air Theatre successful 1986, wherever helium reportedly played the cymbals for A Midsummer Night's Dream and was an understudy for Ralph Fiennes.

Bonneville is possibly astir celebrated for his relation arsenic the Earl of Grantham successful the award-winning play play Downton Abbey, which ran for six seasons and has spawned 2 movies with a 3rd successful production.

Despite his success, Bonneville played a portion successful 1 of Downton Abbey's much tragic storylinesthe decease of the Earl of Grantham's beloved canine Isis.

Speaking astatine the Oxford Union, Bonneville explained the decision: "We ever effort to fudge clip successful Downton due to the fact that if you analyse it excessively intimately you'd spell nuts.

"They'd worked retired by the clip we got to bid six the canine should beryllium dead.

"So I said, 'Wouldn't it beryllium amusive to termination the dog? ' because, let's look it, astir British men astatine this clip are much attached to their canine than their children. It would get the canine lovers astatine location weeping."

Paddington doubts

Hugh Bonneville, the beloved histrion from the Paddington films, has opened up astir his archetypal doubts regarding the sequel to the deed 2014 movie. Despite the archetypal film's occurrence and captious acclaim, Bonneville was sceptical astir a follow-up.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, helium admitted, "I perfectly recognise that it's [the Paddington sequel] a masterpiece, but I honestly didn't deliberation it was going to be. I retrieve saying to Paul [King, director], this isn't going to work.

"How incorrect I was and... it's astir the champion movie ever made.

"But it was a pugnacious gig, due to the fact that Paul worries distant astatine each scene.

"We reshot respective scenes due to the fact that helium wasn't satisfied, and luckily helium had a shaper with the genius of David Heyman to say, ok, we'll bash that.

"So the crushed it is arsenic superb arsenic it is is due to the fact that of Paul King. And evidently the astonishing animations and collaborators arsenic well, but really, if he'd settled for 2nd best, it would beryllium a 2nd champion film.

"But helium truly cared and really, truly worked, and his imaginativeness ne'er stopped."

Girlfriend

In his idiosyncratic life, Bonneville, who was joined to Lucinda Williams since 1998 and shared an big lad Felix with her, faced a alteration successful circumstances. Reports emerged successful October 2023 that the mates had separated.

Since July 2024, Bonneville has been romantically linked with vegan influencer Heidi Kadlecova, who was antecedently joined to lawyer Richard Coglon and lived successful Vancouver with their girl Gabriella.

Heidi has lent her skills to non-governmental organisations crossed Uganda, Indonesia, and Nepal.

Her Instagram bio champions a beingness led ethically and with kindness, proclaiming herself arsenic a "world traveller" and "animal advocate".

Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger is disposable to ticker connected Netflix.