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Toby Jones

Toby Jones

Acting1966Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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.

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Acting History

Future
2026
Othello
as Iago
Hijack
TVas Peter Faber8 eps
2025
Mr. Burton
as Philip Burton
The Actor
as Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold
MobLand
TVas Colin Tattersall3 eps
The Hack
TVas Alan Rusbridger
2023
2022
The Wonder
as Dr. McBrearty
The Pale Blue Eye
as Dr. Daniel Marquis
The English
TVas Sebold Cusk1 eps
2021
Infinite
as Porter
Danny Boy
as Phil Shiner
Wild Tokyo
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Great Performances
TVas Vanya1 eps
What If...?
TVas Arnim Zola (voice)3 eps
2020
Archive
as Vincent Sinclair
The Last Thing He Wanted
as Paul Schuster
First Cow
as Chief Factor
Uncle Vanya
as Vanya
A Wild Year
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Out of Blue
as Prof. Ian Strammi
The Edge
as Narrator (voice)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TVas Librarian (voice)6 eps
Don't Forget the Driver
TVas Peter Green / Barry Green
Looking for Rembrandt
TVas Rembrandt
2018
Christopher Robin
as Owl (voice)
Normandy Nude
as Newman
Zoo
as Security Guard Charlie
2017
Atomic Blonde
as Eric Gray
The Entertainer
as Paul Limp
Happy End
as Lawrence Bradshaw
The Snowman
as DC Svenson
Sherlock
TVas Culverton Smith1 eps
2016
Morgan
as Dr. Simon Ziegler
Dad's Army
as Captain Mainwaring
Anthropoid
as Jan Zelenka
Wayward Pines
TVas David Pilcher5 eps
The Witness for the Prosecution
TVas John Mayhew2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self2 eps
The Secret Agent
TVas Verloc
2015
Tale of Tales
as King of Highhills
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
By Our Selves
as John Clare
Capital
TVas Roger
The Last Days Of...
TVas narrator
Marvel's Agent Carter
TVas Arnim Zola1 eps
2014
Serena
as Sheriff McDowell
Marvellous
as Neil Baldwin
Muppets Most Wanted
as Prado Museum Guard #2
By the Gun
as Jerry
The Dark
as Dad
Natural World
TVas Narrator1 eps
Detectorists
TVas Lance Stater18 eps
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Claudius Templesmith
Murder on the Victorian Railway
as Himself - Narrator
2012
Red Lights
as Paul Shackleton
The Hunger Games
as Claudius Templesmith
The Girl
as Alfred Hitchcock
Titanic
TVas John Batley
2011
Christopher and His Kind
as Gerald Hamilton
My Week with Marilyn
as Arthur Jacobs
The Rite
as Father Matthew
2010
Virginia
as Max
Mo
as Dr. Mark Glaser
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Samuel Ratchett1 eps
Doctor Who
TVas Dream Lord1 eps
2007
Nightwatching
as Gerard Dou
St Trinian's
as Schatzmeister
The Mist
as Ollie Weeks
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Daniel Qulip
2006
The Sickie
as Douglas Knott
A Harlot's Progress
as William Hogarth
Scoop
as Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
The Painted Veil
as Mr. Waddington
Amazing Grace
as Duke of Clarence
Infamous
as Truman Capote
2005
Elizabeth I
TVas Robert Cecil
2003
Coming Up
TVas Simon
2002
15 Storeys High
TVas Obsessive-compulsive man1 eps
2000
Hotel Splendide
as Kitchen boy
1999
Simon Magus
as Buchholz
Midsomer Murders
TVas Dan Peterson4 eps
1998
Cousin Bette
as Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes
Les Misérables
as Doorkeeper
EverAfter
as Royal Page
1996
1994
Cadfael
TVas Griffin1 eps
1993
Naked
as Man at Tea Bar
Lovejoy
TVas Sgt. Protheroe1 eps
1992
Orlando
as Second Valet
1964
Horizon
TVas Narrator

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/7/1966(59 years old)
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK