Hugh Skinner
Birthday: Born in 1985-01-06 in London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Hugh William Skinner (born 6 January 1985) is a British actor. He is best known for starring in television shows W1A (2014–2017), The Windsors (2016–present) and The Witcher (2023), and his appearances in musical films Les Misérables (2012) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018).
TV Credits
W1A
Character: Will Humphries
The follow-up to 'Twenty Twelve' as Ian Fletcher takes up the position of 'Head of Values' at the BBC. His task is to clarify, define, or re-define the core purpose of the BBC across all its functions and to position it confidently for the future, in particular for Licence Fee Renegotiation and Charter Renewal in 2016 and 2017 respectively....
The Witcher
Character: Prince Radovid
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts....
The Windsors
Character: Prince "Wills" William
Comedy soap opera re-imagining the lives of the British Royal Family as you have never seen them before....
Bonkers
Character: Daniel
Bonkers is a British comedy series written by Sally Wainwright and starring Liza Tarbuck as a school teacher who discovers her husband is having an affair. It was transmitted on ITV during 2007. It was also released on DVD. This series is available on DVD, distributed by Acorn Media UK....
Fleabag
Character: Harry
A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights....
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Character: Felix Clare
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections....
Any Human Heart
Character: Lionel Mounstuart
Logan Mountstuart, writer and adventurer, narrates his life, from the Paris of the twenties to the eighties in London, passing through the New York of the fifties....
Law & Order: UK
Character: Ian Naylor
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system....
Our Zoo
Character: Dr. Barnaby Ford
The story of George, who being frustrated by memories of fighting in the great war and living with his extended family, wants to bring more beauty into the world. When he comes across a camel and monkey that are about to be abandoned, he embarks on a plan to set up a zoo....
Ellie & Natasia
Character:
Surreal sketch show from triple threats Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou. Expect bizarre characters, excellent guest stars and a song about snakes....
The Romanoffs
Character: Simon Burrows
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family....
Poldark
Character: Unwin Trevaunance
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape....
Little Birds
Character: Hugo Cavendish-Smyth
We arrive with New York heiress Lucy Savage fresh off the transatlantic steamer and ready for love and marriage in exotic climes. But when her husband Hugo does not receive her in the way she expected, she spins off into the surprising, diverse and degenerate world of Tangier in 1955....
Harlots
Character: Sir George Howard
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century....
Movie Credits
ABBA Forever: A Celebration
Character: Narrator [UK version] (voice)
This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic performance clips, provides an inside look into how Swedish pop group ABBA's music was made, as the former members and various colleagues tell their story from pre-ABBA days onward....
The Invitation
Character: Oliver Alexander
After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history....
ABBA: In Their Own Words
Character: Narrator
Original interviews, rare archive footage and a lot of music, retelling the story of one of the most successful pop groups of all time....
Les Misérables
Character: Joly
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France....
Wicked Little Letters
Character: Constable Papperwick
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate....
Marcello Mio
Character: Colin
Pressured from all sides by the figure of her father, Chiara Mastroianni decides to bring him back to life through her own self. She goes by the name of Marcello, dresses like him and asks to now be considered an actor, not an actress. The people around her believe this to be a temporary joke, but Chiara is determined not to give up her new identity…...
The Wipers Times
Character: Barnes
When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spiri...
Partygate
Character: Josh Fitzmaurice
Karaoke, suitcases of wine, ambushing cake... this factual drama tells the story of Covid from inside 10 Downing Street as staff kicked back at lockdown-breaching parties...
The Roof
Character: And Finially One More Fan
A brief comedy about a visit from a legendary theatre maker and his legion of fans....
Kill Your Friends
Character: John
In the late 1990s, a drug-addled nihilist resorts to murder to climb the ladder of the London music industry....
Eric & Ernie's Home Movies
Character: Narrator
Morecambe & Wise are arguably the most popular and loved double acts ever to have been on television, but off it they built up quite an archive too - largely unseen until now - which reveals what Eric and Ernie were really like in the company of family and friends. Both Eric and Ernie were avid home movie makers, chronicling their rise to fame and recording key moments in their private and family lives, at home and abroad. Now for the first time, with access to Morecambe & Wise's entire home mov...
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Character: Young Harry Bright
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father....
Hampstead
Character: Erik
Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to hi...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Character: Holdo's First Officer
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order....
A bloody muddle
Character: Carl
Carl and Katie are the kind of people that never normally meet, but they're also the kind of people that retreat to the toilets when they need to sort themselves out. But some muddles need more than a big mirror and the smell of cleanliness, sometimes they need a nose bleed....
Zog
Character: Zog (voice)
Zog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to be helped by a kind young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises....
Fishboy
Character: Fish Boy (voice)
Fishboy lives in darkness, his guilt about the past slowly consuming him. His girlfriend Laura is a light of hope in his dark world. But despite his efforts, his past continues to chase him, eventually putting them both in danger....
Falling for Figaro
Character: Max Thistlewaite
A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands....
Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Character: Sunny
Steven Berkoff's own feature length interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's original short story about a servant who plots to murder his master because of his 'vulture' eye....
Zog and the Flying Doctors
Character: Zog (voice)
Pearl and Gadabout are now a flying doctor trio, caring for creatures including a mermaid, a unicorn and a sneezy lion. However when bad weather forces them to land at the palace, Pearl is locked up by her uncle, the king....
Please Care!
Character: Max
After losing his wife in a tragic fire, a secondary school teacher takes it upon himself to make a spectacle of his suffering - by writing and directing a play about his life for his students to perform....
National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Character: Jack Worthing
Being sensible can be excessively boring. At least Jack thinks so. While assuming the role of dutiful guardian in the country, he lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy takes on a similar facade. Unfortunately, living a double life has its drawbacks, especially when it comes to love. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate....