Toby Jones
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
156
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-09-07 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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
Midsomer Murders
Doctor Who
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Graham Norton Show
MobLand
Horizon
Hijack
Sherlock
Great Performances
What If...?
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Red Lights
Wayward Pines
Wayward Pines
Natural World
Marvel's Agent Carter
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Normandy Nude
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Anthropoid
The Pale Blue Eye
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Mercy Road
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Hunger Games
The Mist
Virginia
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Nightwatching
Infamous
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Atomic Blonde
Mr. Burton
Scoop
Cadfael
The English
Creation
The Actor
The Adventures of Tintin
Marvellous
Danny Boy
The Girl
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Zoo
The Long Shadow
Berberian Sound Studio
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Love or Money
Dad's Army
The Old Curiosity Shop
Lovejoy
The Witness for the Prosecution
Infinite
Detectorists
By the Gun
Hotel Splendide
Christopher and His Kind
Snow White and the Huntsman
Out of Blue
Ladies in Lavender
In Love and War
St Trinian's
Kaleidoscope
Naked
EverAfter
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Cousin Bette
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Instigators
The Snowman
Tale of Tales
Uncle Vanya
Tetris
Muppets Most Wanted
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Christopher Robin
The Hack
City of Ember
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
Happy End
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Archive
The Secret Agent
Capital
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Finding Neverland
Les Misérables
Elizabeth I
The Rite
Simon Magus
Don't Forget the Driver
The Painted Veil
The Wonder
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Morgan
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Your Highness
10 Days to War
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Canterville Ghost
Titanic
My Week with Marilyn
W.
Journey's End
First Cow
The Last Thing He Wanted
Orlando
Empire of Light
Frost/Nixon
Serena
A Boy Called Christmas
Amazing Grace
Wild Tokyo
Flavia de Luce
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
Coming Up
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
15 Storeys High
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Wander to Wonder
The Last Days Of...
My Grandparents' War
Mo
The Entertainer
A Sprinkle of History
A Few Miles South
The Sanctuary Sparrow
A Wild Year
Looking for Rembrandt
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Death of a Salesman
The Sickie
Murder on the Victorian Railway
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Othello
By Our Selves
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
A Harlot's Progress
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
The Edge
The Cask of Amontillado
A Moral Man
Britain's Viking Graveyard
Leave to Remain
The Dark
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
Inside Alton Towers
