Toby Jones
Acting
Born: September 7, 1966 (age 59) · Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
The Hunger Games
2012
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
Atomic Blonde
2017
Sherlock
2010
The Mist
2007
Photos (6)
Movies (108)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dobby (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dobby (voice)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dr. Arnim Zola
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Mr. Eversoll
Captain America: The First Avenger
Dr. Arnim Zola
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Claudius Templesmith
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Basil Shaw
The Adventures of Tintin
Silk (voice)
The Mist
Ollie Weeks
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
The Hunger Games
Claudius Templesmith
Snow White and the Huntsman
Coll
Atomic Blonde
Eric Gray
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Percy Alleline
Infinite
Porter
City of Ember
Barton Snode
The Snowman
DC Svenson
Christopher Robin
Owl (voice)
The Instigators
Attorney Alan Flynn
Tetris
Robert Stein
Archive
Vincent Sinclair
The Pale Blue Eye
Dr. Daniel Marquis
EverAfter
Royal Page
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
English Judge
The Rite
Father Matthew
Anthropoid
Jan Zelenka
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Littlewood
Finding Neverland
Smee
Tale of Tales
King of Highhills
Frost/Nixon
Swifty Lazar
Red Lights
Paul Shackleton
The Painted Veil
Mr. Waddington
Muppets Most Wanted
Prado Museum Guard #2
My Week with Marilyn
Arthur Jacobs
The Last Thing He Wanted
Paul Schuster
Morgan
Dr. Simon Ziegler
Cousin Bette
Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes
A Boy Called Christmas
Father Topo
Your Highness
Julie
The Wonder
Dr. McBrearty
Empire of Light
Norman
Flavia
Inspector Hewitt
The Canterville Ghost
The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
Les Misérables
Doorkeeper
Naked
Man at Tea Bar
Scoop
Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Sir William Ingram
St Trinian's
Schatzmeister
Mr. Burton
Philip Burton
First Cow
Chief Factor
Dad's Army
Captain Mainwaring
Orlando
Second Valet
Ladies in Lavender
Hedley
W.
Karl Rove
Happy End
Lawrence Bradshaw
Journey's End
Mason
Othello
Iago
Nightwatching
Gerard Dou
Kaleidoscope
Carl
Infamous
Truman Capote
Serena
Sheriff McDowell
Christopher and His Kind
Gerald Hamilton
Amazing Grace
Duke of Clarence
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Gordon
Creation
Thomas Henry Huxley
Out of Blue
Prof. Ian Strammi
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Bursar
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Civil servant
Zoo
Security Guard Charlie
Uncle Vanya
Vanya
By the Gun
Jerry
The Girl
Alfred Hitchcock
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Hargreaves
Normandy Nude
Newman
The Actor
Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold
Marvellous
Neil Baldwin
Berberian Sound Studio
Gilderoy
Virginia
Max
Wander to Wonder
Fumbleton (voice)
The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Qulip
Simon Magus
Buchholz
The Dark
Dad
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
2018
Danny Boy
Phil Shiner
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
2008
The Entertainer
Paul Limp
Mercy Road
The Associate
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
2009
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Hotel Splendide
Kitchen boy
By Our Selves
John Clare
Love or Money
Phil
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Bennett
A Few Miles South
Ted
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Griffin
A Moral Man
Philip
In Love and War
Bolo
Mo
Dr. Mark Glaser
Death of a Salesman
Stanley
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
Narrator
The Sickie
Douglas Knott
The Edge
Narrator (voice)
Britain's Viking Graveyard
Narrator
The Cask of Amontillado
Montresor
Leave to Remain
Nigel
Inside Alton Towers
Narrator
A Harlot's Progress
William Hogarth
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
2024
TV Shows (35)
Midsomer Murders
Dan Peterson · 4 eps
Doctor Who
Dream Lord · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Samuel Ratchett · 1 eps
MobLand
Colin Tattersall · 13 eps
Horizon
Narrator · 1 eps
Great Performances
Vanya · 1 eps
What If...?
Arnim Zola (voice) · 3 eps
Sherlock
Culverton Smith · 1 eps
Natural World
Narrator · 1 eps
Hijack
Peter Faber · 7 eps
Marvel's Agent Carter
Arnim Zola · 1 eps
Wayward Pines
Dr. Jenkins · 10 eps
Wayward Pines
David Pilcher · 5 eps
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Librarian (voice) · 6 eps
Cadfael
Griffin · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Sgt. Protheroe · 1 eps
The English
Sebold Cusk · 1 eps
The Hack
Alan Rusbridger · 7 eps
The Long Shadow
DCS Dennis Hoban · 5 eps
Detectorists
Lance Stater · 18 eps
Titanic
John Batley · 4 eps
The Witness for the Prosecution
John Mayhew · 2 eps
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
John Bickford · 4 eps
Coming Up
Simon · 7 eps
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Alan Bates · 4 eps
Elizabeth I
Robert Cecil · 2 eps
The Secret Agent
Verloc · 3 eps
15 Storeys High
Obsessive-compulsive man · 1 eps
Capital
Roger · 3 eps
10 Days to War
Francis Brooke · 1 eps
The Way We Live Now
Mr. Squercum · 4 eps
Don't Forget the Driver
Peter Green / Barry Green · 6 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bolo · 1 eps
The Last Days Of...
narrator · 1 eps
Looking for Rembrandt
Rembrandt · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Self
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps
My Grandparents' War
Self · 1 eps
Wild Tokyo
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Self
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Wild Year
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Self
The Sinking of a Superyacht: How Safe is Your Voyage?
Self – Narrator (voice)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
Self- Narrator
Murder on the Victorian Railway
Himself - Narrator