Toby Jones

Biography

Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones OBE (born September 7, 1966) is an English actor. Jones made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama Orlando in 1992. He appeared in minor roles in films such as Naked (1993), Les Misérables (1998), Ever After (1998), Finding Neverland (2005), and Mrs Henderson Presents (2005). He won critical acclaim for his leading role as Truman Capote in the biopic Infamous (2006). Since then, he has worked as a character actor in films such as Michael Apted's biographical drama Amazing Grace (2006), John Curran's drama The Painted Veil (2006), Oliver Stone's political satire W. (2008), Ron Howard's political drama Frost/Nixon (2008), the Cold War spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn (2011), the psychological drama Berberian Sound Studio (2012), the war comedy Dad's Army (2016), and the war drama Journey's End (2017). He is also known for his vocal performances as Dobby the House elf in the Harry Potter films (2002–2011), Aristides Silk in The Adventures of Tintin (2011) and Owl in Disney's Christopher Robin (2018). He is also known for his performances in blockbuster franchises such as Claudius Templesmith in The Hunger Games (2012) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), Arnim Zola in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), also voicing the character in the Disney+ television series What If...? (2021), and as Mr. Eversoll in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). Jones's television credits include Doctor Who (2010), Julian Fellowes's Titanic miniseries (2012), the MCU's Agent Carter (2015), and Wayward Pines (2015–2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in the HBO television film The Girl (2012) and won a Best Male Comedy BAFTA for his role in Detectorists (2018). In 2017, he portrayed Culverton Smith in "The Lying Detective", an episode of the BBC crime drama Sherlock. Jones is also known for his work in the theatre. He made his stage debut in 2001 in the comedy play The Play What I Wrote which played in the West End and on Broadway, earning him a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2020 he was nominated for his second Olivier Award, for Best Actor for his performance in a revival of Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya. Description above from the Wikipedia article Toby Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Smee

Finding Neverland

Ted

A Few Miles South

Karl Rove

W.

Dr. Arnim Zola

Captain America: The First Avenger

Schatzmeister

St Trinian's

Gerard Dou

Nightwatching

Ollie Weeks

The Mist

Thomas Henry Huxley

Creation

Swifty Lazar

Frost/Nixon

Dobby (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Truman Capote

Infamous

Stanley

Death of a Salesman

Barton Snode

City of Ember

Daniel Qulip

The Old Curiosity Shop

Mr. Waddington

The Painted Veil

Narrator

Britain's Viking Graveyard

Dr. Daniel Marquis

The Pale Blue Eye

Gerald Hamilton

Christopher and His Kind

Duke of Clarence

Amazing Grace

Phil

Love or Money

Philip

A Moral Man

Civil servant

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz

Norman

Empire of Light

Julie

Your Highness

Paul Limp

The Entertainer

Self - Narrator (voice)

Wild Tokyo

Silk (voice)

The Adventures of Tintin

Father Matthew

The Rite

Self

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Percy Alleline

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed

Flavia de Luce

Paul Shackleton

Red Lights

Arthur Jacobs

My Week with Marilyn

Coll

Snow White and the Huntsman

Dr. Arnim Zola

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Claudius Templesmith

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Max

Virginia

The Associate

Mercy Road

Gilderoy

Berberian Sound Studio

Alfred Hitchcock

The Girl

William Hogarth

A Harlot's Progress

Fumbleton (voice)

Wander to Wonder

Sheriff McDowell

Serena

Self

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Bolo

In Love and War

Narrator

Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem

Douglas Knott

The Sickie

Nigel

Leave to Remain

Jerry

By the Gun

Montresor

The Cask of Amontillado

The Reverend Chasuble (voice)

The Canterville Ghost

Royal Page

EverAfter

Neil Baldwin

Marvellous

Hedley

Ladies in Lavender

Prado Museum Guard #2

Muppets Most Wanted

Self - Narrator (voice)

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story

King of Highhills

Il racconto dei racconti

Philip Burton

Mr. Burton

Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold

The Actor

Self

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

John Clare

By Our Selves

Captain Mainwaring

Dad's Army

Jan Zelenka

Anthropoid

Littlewood

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Man at Tea Bar

Naked

Claudius Templesmith

The Hunger Games

Second Valet

Orlando

Attorney Alan Flynn

The Instigators

Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)

Scoop

Dr. Mark Glaser

Mo

Eric Gray

Atomic Blonde

Himself - Narrator

Murder on the Victorian Railway

Dr. Simon Ziegler

Morgan

Digital Theatre: Parlour Song

Carl

Kaleidoscope

控方证人

DC Svenson

The Snowman

Hargreaves

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Mr. Eversoll

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Gordon

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Mason

Journey's End

Bursar

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

Dobby (voice)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Lawrence Bradshaw

Happy End

Security Guard Charlie

Zoo

Prof. Ian Strammi

Out of Blue

Newman

Normandie Nue

Kitchen boy

Hotel Splendide

Doorkeeper

Les Misérables

Dad

The Dark

Owl (voice)

Christopher Robin

Paul Schuster

The Last Thing He Wanted

Buchholz

Simon Magus

Vincent Sinclair

Archive

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

Father Topo

A Boy Called Christmas

Sir William Ingram

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes

Cousin Bette

Narrator (voice)

The Edge

Chief Factor

First Cow

Porter

Infinite

Self

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

English Judge

Joan of Arc

Narrator

Inside Alton Towers

Vanya

Uncle Vanya

Phil Shiner

Danny Boy

Robert Stein

Tetris

Basil Shaw

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Self - Narrator (voice)

Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes

Dr. McBrearty

The Wonder

Self- Narrator

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact

Walter Anderson

A Sprinkle of History

Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me

Detectorists

Narrator (UK version) (voice)

The Man Inside Dame Edna

Bennett

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

118

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-09-07

Place of Birth

Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Тоби Джонс