| Intro | British actor | ||
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Actor Stage actor Film actor |
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| From | United Kingdom | ||
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 23 September 1969, Colchester, United Kingdom | ||
| Age: | 50 years | ||
| Star sign | Libra | ||
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Crispin Daniel Bonham-Carter (born 23 September 1969 in Colchester, Essex) is an English former actor and theatre director, and a member of the Bonham Carter family.
Career
Bonham-Carter starred alongside Ewan McGregor in the 1993 BBC period drama Scarlet and Black, playing Rachel Weisz’s suitor. He starred in the TV sitcom Honey for Tea in 1994. He appeared as Mr Bingley in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, alongside Colin Firth.
He played a small role in Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2001. That same year, he appeared on Season 4 of Absolutely Fabulous as a gardener named Jago Balfour, who was commissioned to redesign the back garden.
Personal life
Bonham-Carter is the son of Peter Bonham-Carter and Clodagh Greenwood, and the grandson of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Bonham-Carter. He is a third cousin once removed of actress Helena Bonham Carter and her brother, Edward.
Bonham-Carter is married to Katherine Julian Dawnay. They have four sons.
He was educated at Stancliffe Hall prep school in Derbyshire then Glenalmond College, and graduated in 1992 from the University of St Andrews with a degree in Classics. In 2011, he represented his former university in a special series of University Challenge. From 2015 to 2019, Bonham-Carter worked as an English and Classics teacher at Alexandra Park School, a comprehensive school in north London. As of 2019, he is working as an Assistant Head at Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet.