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