Biography
Hugh Fraser (born 23 October 1945) is an English actor, theatre director and author. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
His first major television role was as Anthony Eden in the 1978 series Edward & Mrs. Simpson. He is best known for playing Captain Arthur Hastings opposite David Suchet in Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013) and the Duke of Wellington in the Sharpe series. Film credits include Mr Talmann in The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), alongside roles in The Duellists (1977), Firefox (1982), Patriot Games (1992) and 101 Dalmatians (1996).
Fraser has also written crime fiction and narrated audiobooks of Agatha Christie novels. He has been married to actress Belinda Lang since 1988.
