Toby Jones
Known for Acting · 157 credits
- Born
- 1966-09-07 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Тоби Джонс · 토비 존스 · Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones OBE · Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones · 托比·琼斯 · توبی جونز
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.
Known For
TV Shows (39)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Dan Peterson
Doctor Who
2005
as Dream Lord
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Samuel Ratchett
Horizon
1964
as Narrator
Great Performances
1971
as Vanya
Sherlock
2010
as Culverton Smith
What If...?
2021
as Arnim Zola (voice)
MobLand
2025
as Colin Tattersall
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Hijack
2023
as Peter Faber
Wayward Pines
2015
as Dr. Jenkins / David Pilcher
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
Marvel's Agent Carter
2015
as Arnim Zola
Lovejoy
1986
as Sgt. Protheroe
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
as Librarian (voice)
Cadfael
1994
as Griffin
The Hack
2025
as Alan Rusbridger
The Long Shadow
2023
as DCS Dennis Hoban
Detectorists
2014
as Lance Stater
The English
2022
as Sebold Cusk
Titanic
2012
as John Batley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bolo
Coming Up
2003
as Simon
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
2025
as John Bickford
The Witness for the Prosecution
2016
as John Mayhew
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as Alan Bates
Elizabeth I
2005
as Robert Cecil
10 Days to War
2008
as Francis Brooke
Capital
2015
as Roger
The Way We Live Now
2001
as Mr. Squercum
The Secret Agent
2016
as Verloc
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
2023
as Self - Narrator
My Grandparents' War
2019
as Self
15 Storeys High
2002
as Obsessive-compulsive man
Don't Forget the Driver
2019
as Peter Green / Barry Green
The Last Days Of...
2015
as narrator
Looking for Rembrandt
2019
as Rembrandt
A Wild Year
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movies (118)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Dobby (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Dobby (voice)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
as Mr. Eversoll
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Basil Shaw
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Claudius Templesmith
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
as Dr. Arnim Zola
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
as Silk (voice)
The Mist
2007
as Ollie Weeks
The Hunger Games
2012
as Claudius Templesmith
Infinite
2021
as Porter
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
as Dr. Arnim Zola
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Coll
Tetris
2023
as Robert Stein
Atomic Blonde
2017
as Eric Gray
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
as Self
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Percy Alleline
The Instigators
2024
as Attorney Alan Flynn
City of Ember
2008
as Barton Snode
EverAfter
1998
as Royal Page
The Snowman
2017
as DC Svenson
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
as English Judge
Archive
2020
as Vincent Sinclair
The Rite
2011
as Father Matthew
Morgan
2016
as Dr. Simon Ziegler
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
as Dr. Daniel Marquis
Red Lights
2012
as Paul Shackleton
The Painted Veil
2006
as Mr. Waddington
Finding Neverland
2004
as Smee
Tale of Tales
2015
as King of Highhills
Les Misérables
1998
as Doorkeeper
Scoop
2006
as Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Naked
1993
as Man at Tea Bar
Christopher Robin
2018
as Owl (voice)
Frost/Nixon
2008
as Swifty Lazar
St Trinian's
2007
as Schatzmeister
W.
2008
as Karl Rove
Anthropoid
2016
as Jan Zelenka
The Wonder
2022
as Dr. McBrearty
Your Highness
2011
as Julie
Serena
2014
as Sheriff McDowell
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Prado Museum Guard #2
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Sir William Ingram
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
as Littlewood
Amazing Grace
2006
as Duke of Clarence
Orlando
1992
as Second Valet
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Arthur Jacobs
Flavia
2026
as Inspector Hewitt
Dad's Army
2016
as Captain Mainwaring
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
as Father Topo
The Canterville Ghost
2023
as The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
Journey's End
2017
as Mason
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
as Bursar
The Last Thing He Wanted
2020
as Paul Schuster
Infamous
2006
as Truman Capote
First Cow
2020
as Chief Factor
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Gordon
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Hedley
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
as Self
Empire of Light
2022
as Norman
Creation
2009
as Thomas Henry Huxley
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Self
Zoo
2018
as Security Guard Charlie
Cousin Bette
1998
as Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010
as Hargreaves
The Actor
2025
as Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold
Nightwatching
2007
as Gerard Dou
The Girl
2012
as Alfred Hitchcock
Mr. Burton
2025
as Philip Burton
Marvellous
2014
as Neil Baldwin
By the Gun
2014
as Jerry
Othello
2026
as Iago
Out of Blue
2019
as Prof. Ian Strammi
Happy End
2017
as Lawrence Bradshaw
Hotel Splendide
2000
as Kitchen boy
Normandy Nude
2018
as Newman
Virginia
2010
as Max
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Daniel Qulip
Christopher and His Kind
2011
as Gerald Hamilton
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
as Self
Danny Boy
2021
as Phil Shiner
Uncle Vanya
2020
as Vanya
Berberian Sound Studio
2012
as Gilderoy
A Harlot's Progress
2006
as William Hogarth
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
2000
as Civil servant
In Love and War
2001
as Bolo
Mo
2010
as Dr. Mark Glaser
A Sprinkle of History
as Walter Anderson
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
2008
By Our Selves
2015
as John Clare
Simon Magus
1999
as Buchholz
Kaleidoscope
2017
as Carl
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
2018
The Sickie
2006
as Douglas Knott
Wander to Wonder
2024
as Fumbleton (voice)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Love or Money
2001
as Phil
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
2014
as Narrator
Murder on the Victorian Railway
2013
as Himself - Narrator
Death of a Salesman
1996
as Stanley
Mercy Road
2023
as The Associate
The Entertainer
2017
as Paul Limp
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
2009
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
2024
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
as Griffin
The Cask of Amontillado
2014
as Montresor
The Dark
2014
as Dad
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
2024
as Self- Narrator
The Edge
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Wild Tokyo
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
2007
as Bennett
A Moral Man
2023
as Philip
Leave to Remain
2013
as Nigel
A Few Miles South
2021
as Ted
Britain's Viking Graveyard
2019
as Narrator
Inside Alton Towers
2018
as Narrator
About Toby Jones
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… With 157 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Toby Jones has appeared in 118 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Toby Jones Movies
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — as Dobby (voice)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Dobby (voice)
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) — as Mr. Eversoll
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) — as Basil Shaw
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) — as Claudius Templesmith
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