Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams (born 10 November 1963) is an English stage, film, television and radio actor. He was born in Paddington in west London in 1963.
He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School in south-east London and at Sherborne School in Dorset. After reading theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Before everything is over, Simon will face dragons, woo a princess, and search for the trio of magic swords—Minneyar (Memory), Jingizu (Sorrow), and Thorn—that give the series its title, and offer the only hope of casting evil out of the land
