Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 7, 1966
Place of Birth:
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Social Media
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mr. Burton | Philip Burton |
| 2025 | The Actor | Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold |
| 2025 | A Sprinkle Of History | Walter Anderson |
| 2024 | Wander to Wonder | Fumbleton (voice) |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2024 | The Instigators | Attorney Alan Flynn |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact | Self- Narrator |
| 2024 | Snow White | The Prince |
| 2024 | Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me | |
| 2023 | A Moral Man | Philip |
| 2023 | Mercy Road | The Associate |
| 2023 | The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Self |
| 2023 | The Canterville Ghost | The Reverend Chasuble (voice) |
| 2023 | Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford | Self |
| 2023 | Tetris | Robert Stein |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Basil Shaw |
| 2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Dr. Daniel Marquis |
| 2022 | Empire of Light | Norman |
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Self |
| 2022 | The Wonder | Dr. McBrearty |
| 2021 | A Few Miles South | Ted |
| 2021 | Wild Tokyo | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | A Boy Called Christmas | Father Topo |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Sir William Ingram |
| 2021 | Infinite | Porter |
| 2021 | Danny Boy | Phil Shiner |
| 2021 | Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | The Last Thing He Wanted | Paul Schuster |
| 2020 | Archive | Vincent Sinclair |
| 2020 | First Cow | Chief Factor |
| 2020 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya |
| 2019 | Britain's Viking Graveyard | Narrator |
| 2019 | Out of Blue | Prof. Ian Strammi |
| 2019 | The Edge | Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed | |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Mr. Eversoll |
| 2018 | Zoo | Security Guard Charlie |
| 2018 | Normandy Nude | Newman |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin | Owl (voice) |
| 2018 | Inside Alton Towers | Narrator |
| 2017 | The Entertainer | Paul Limp |
| 2017 | Atomic Blonde | Eric Gray |
| 2017 | Kaleidoscope | Carl |
| 2017 | The Snowman | DC Svenson |
| 2017 | Journey's End | Mason |
| 2017 | Happy End | Lawrence Bradshaw |
| 2016 | Dad's Army | Captain Mainwaring |
| 2016 | Anthropoid | Jan Zelenka |
| 2016 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Littlewood |
| 2016 | Morgan | Dr. Simon Ziegler |
| 2016 | The Witness for the Prosecution | |
| 2015 | Tale of Tales | King of Highhills |
| 2015 | By Our Selves | John Clare |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Claudius Templesmith (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Dr. Arnim Zola |
| 2014 | Serena | Sheriff McDowell |
| 2014 | Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem | Narrator |
| 2014 | By the Gun | Jerry |
| 2014 | The Cask of Amontillado | Montresor |
| 2014 | Marvellous | Neil Baldwin |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Prado Museum Guard #2 |
| 2014 | The Dark | Dad |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Claudius Templesmith |
| 2013 | Leave to Remain | Nigel |
| 2013 | Murder on the Victorian Railway | Himself - Narrator |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Paul Shackleton |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Coll |
| 2012 | Berberian Sound Studio | Gilderoy |
| 2012 | The Girl | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Claudius Templesmith |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Dr. Arnim Zola |
| 2011 | Christopher and His Kind | Gerald Hamilton |
| 2011 | Your Highness | Julie |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | Silk (voice) |
| 2011 | The Rite | Father Matthew |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Percy Alleline |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Arthur Jacobs |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Dobby (voice) |
| 2010 | Virginia | Max |
| 2010 | Mo | Dr. Mark Glaser |
| 2010 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Hargreaves |
| 2009 | Creation | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| 2009 | Digital Theatre: Parlour Song | |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Bursar |
| 2008 | W. | Karl Rove |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Swifty Lazar |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Barton Snode |
| 2008 | Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! | |
| 2008 | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Self |
| 2007 | St. Trinian's | Schatzmeister |
| 2007 | Nightwatching | Gerard Dou |
| 2007 | The Mist | Ollie Weeks |
| 2007 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Daniel Qulip |
| 2006 | Infamous | Truman Capote |
| 2006 | The Painted Veil | Mr. Waddington |
| 2006 | Amazing Grace | Duke of Clarence |
| 2006 | A Harlot's Progress | William Hogarth |
| 2006 | The Sickie | Douglas Knott |
| 2006 | Scoop | Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited) |
| 2005 | Mrs. Henderson Presents | Gordon |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | Smee |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Hedley |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Dobby (voice) |
| 2001 | Love or Money | Phil |
| 2001 | In Love and War | Bolo |
| 2000 | The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | Civil servant |
| 2000 | Hotel Splendide | Kitchen boy |
| 1999 | Simon Magus | Buchholz |
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | English Judge |
| 1998 | EverAfter | Royal Page |
| 1998 | Les Misérables | Doorkeeper |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette | Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes |
| 1996 | Death of a Salesman | Stanley |
| 1993 | Naked | Man at Tea Bar |
| 1992 | Orlando | Second Valet |
| Flavia de Luce | ||
| Detectorists |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story | John Bickford |
| 2025 | MobLand | Colin Tattersall |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Alan Bates |
| 2023 | The Long Shadow | DCS Dennis Hoban |
| 2022 | The English | Sebold Cusk |
| 2021 | What If...? | Arnim Zola (voice) |
| 2020 | A Wild Year | |
| 2019 | My Grandparents' War | Self |
| 2019 | Looking for Rembrandt | Rembrandt |
| 2019 | Don't Forget the Driver | Peter Green / Barry Green |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Librarian (voice) |
| 2016 | The Secret Agent | Verloc |
| 2016 | The Witness for the Prosecution | John Mayhew |
| 2015 | Wayward Pines | Dr. Jenkins |
| 2015 | Marvel's Agent Carter | Arnim Zola |
| 2015 | Capital | Roger |
| 2015 | The Last Days Of... | narrator |
| 2015 | Wayward Pines | David Pilcher |
| 2014 | Detectorists | Lance Stater |
| 2012 | Titanic | John Batley |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Armin Zola (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Culverton Smith |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | Francis Brooke |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Dream Lord |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I | Robert Cecil |
| 2003 | Coming Up | Simon |
| 2002 | 15 Storeys High | Obsessive-compulsive man |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Dan Peterson |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Griffin |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Samuel Ratchett |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Sgt. Protheroe |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Vanya |
| 1964 | Horizon | Narrator |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Bolo |
| The Hack |