Toby Jones
Acting
- Born:
- 1966-09-07
- Place of birth:
- Hammersmith, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Toby Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
A Sprinkle of History
Flavia
Othello
The Hack
Mr. Burton
MobLand
The Actor
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
The Sinking of a Superyacht: How Safe is Your Voyage?
Wander to Wonder
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
The Instigators
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
A Moral Man
Mercy Road
The Long Shadow
The Canterville Ghost
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Hijack
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
Tetris
The Pale Blue Eye
Empire of Light
The English
The Wonder
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
A Boy Called Christmas
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
A Few Miles South
Infinite
What If...?
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
Danny Boy
Wild Tokyo
Uncle Vanya
Archive
A Wild Year
First Cow
The Last Thing He Wanted
My Grandparents' War
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Edge
Britain's Viking Graveyard
Looking for Rembrandt
Don't Forget the Driver
Out of Blue
Inside Alton Towers
Christopher Robin
Zoo
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
Normandy Nude
Journey's End
Kaleidoscope
The Snowman
Atomic Blonde
The Entertainer
Happy End
The Witness for the Prosecution
Morgan
Anthropoid
The Secret Agent
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Dad's Army
Capital
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
By Our Selves
Tale of Tales
Wayward Pines
The Last Days Of...
Marvel's Agent Carter
Serena
Detectorists
By the Gun
Marvellous
The Cask of Amontillado
The Dark
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Muppets Most Wanted
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Leave to Remain
Murder on the Victorian Railway
The Girl
Berberian Sound Studio
Snow White and the Huntsman
Titanic
The Hunger Games
Red Lights
My Week with Marilyn
The Adventures of Tintin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Captain America: The First Avenger
Your Highness
Christopher and His Kind
The Rite
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Sherlock
Virginia
Mo
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
Creation
W.
Frost/Nixon
City of Ember
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist
10 Days to War
The Man Inside Dame Edna
The Old Curiosity Shop
St Trinian's
The Mist
Nightwatching
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Amazing Grace
The Graham Norton Show
The Painted Veil
A Harlot's Progress
The Sickie
Infamous
Scoop
Elizabeth I
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Doctor Who
Ladies in Lavender
Finding Neverland
Who Do You Think You Are?
Coming Up
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
15 Storeys High
In Love and War
The Way We Live Now
Love or Money
Hotel Splendide
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Simon Magus
EverAfter
Cousin Bette
Out of Hours
Les Misérables
Midsomer Murders
Death of a Salesman
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Cadfael
Naked
Orlando
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lovejoy
Natural World
Great Performances
Horizon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Untitled Roald Dahl Series