Hugh Skinner first joined the English Touring Theatre in 2007, when he landed his first role in the play “French Without Tears.” Similarly, he appeared in several more plays, including “Senora Carrar’s Rifles,” which was staged at the Young Vic, and “The Enchantment,” which was performed at the National Theatre.
After a few theater roles, he made his television debut as Felix Clare in “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” in 2008. He portrayed D in the play “Angry Young Man” in 2008, and he appeared in numerous plays in 2009, including “The Great Game” and “2 May 1997.”
He remained busy on the stage until 2015, playing Giovanni in “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” in 2010, Tony in “You Can’t Take It With You” (2011-2012), Luis in “American Psycho” (2013-2014), and a double part in “The Trial” in 2015.
Also he portrayed Barnes in the 2013 television film “The Wipers Times.” He appeared in four episodes of the 2014 miniseries “Our Zoo” as Dr. Barnaby Ford. And he was cast as Will Humphries in the TV comedy series “W1A” (2014–2017), and in 2015, he played John in the humorous crime film “Kill Your Friends,” which starred Nicholas Hoult, Thomas Conroy, and James Corden.
From 2016 to 2020, he starred in the comedy series “The Windsors” as Wills. Similarly, from 2017 to 2018, he appeared in the period drama series “Harlots” as Sir George Howard in series 1 and as a guest performer in series 2.
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In addition, he appeared as Young Harry in several blockbuster films, including the sequel to “Mamma Mia!,” “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” (2018). He starred as Sunnyy in the 2019 film “Steven Berkoff’s Tell-Tale Heart.”
Later, he appeared in six episodes of the 2020 television series “Little Birds” as Hugo Cavendish-Smyth. The following year, he performed the voice of Zog in the television feature “Zog and the Flying Doctors.”
In December 2019, it was confirmed that he would co-star in the 2021 film “Falling for Figaro” with Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley.
He participated in the Radiohead music video for ‘If You Say The Word’ in September 2021. In 2022, he portrayed Oliver Alexander in the horror thriller film “The Invitation.”
In series 3, he was seen as Prince Radovid in the fantasy drama series “The Witcher.” He is currently working on the films “Wicked Little Letters” and “Real Love (Yes, It’s Real Love!).”
