Toby Jones
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
154
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
MobLand
The Graham Norton Show
Sherlock
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Horizon
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Great Performances
What If...?
Frost/Nixon
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Wayward Pines
Wayward Pines
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Natural World
Marvel's Agent Carter
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
The Hunger Games
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
The Mist
Archive
Captain America: The First Avenger
Atomic Blonde
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The English
Happy End
The Adventures of Tintin
Red Lights
Infinite
Lovejoy
A Boy Called Christmas
Cadfael
Les Misérables
Snow White and the Huntsman
Mr. Burton
Naked
The Hack
Normandy Nude
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Anthropoid
Zoo
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Pale Blue Eye
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Amazing Grace
Tetris
Mercy Road
Danny Boy
Virginia
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Detectorists
First Cow
Creation
Muppets Most Wanted
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Wonder
The Canterville Ghost
City of Ember
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Infamous
The Long Shadow
Christopher Robin
The Actor
Finding Neverland
Kaleidoscope
The Instigators
Cousin Bette
Simon Magus
EverAfter
The Snowman
Scoop
Titanic
The Rite
The Painted Veil
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
The Entertainer
The Girl
Orlando
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
Nightwatching
Elizabeth I
My Week with Marilyn
St Trinian's
Dad's Army
Marvellous
The Secret Agent
The Witness for the Prosecution
Journey's End
Coming Up
Your Highness
Morgan
Hotel Splendide
The Last Thing He Wanted
Empire of Light
Tale of Tales
A Harlot's Progress
Berberian Sound Studio
Christopher and His Kind
15 Storeys High
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Capital
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
The Sickie
Serena
Uncle Vanya
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
10 Days to War
Leave to Remain
Ladies in Lavender
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
In Love and War
By the Gun
The Old Curiosity Shop
Love or Money
W.
My Grandparents' War
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
Death of a Salesman
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
Don't Forget the Driver
Out of Blue
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Flavia de Luce
The Edge
Murder on the Victorian Railway
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
Wander to Wonder
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
The Cask of Amontillado
The Last Days Of...
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
A Sprinkle of History
Looking for Rembrandt
A Wild Year
Mo
A Few Miles South
The Man Inside Dame Edna
The Dark
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Wild Tokyo
A Moral Man
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
By Our Selves
Inside Alton Towers
Britain's Viking Graveyard
