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Toby Jones

Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn September 7, 1966 (59 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Rite
  • My Week with Marilyn
  • The Man Who Knew Infinity
  • W.
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Serena
  • Detectorists
  • First Cow
  • Creation
  • Ladies in Lavender
  • Journey's End
  • St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
  • Virginia
  • The Last Detective
  • The Canterville Ghost
  • Hotel Splendide
  • Rembrandt's J'Accuse
  • In Love and War

Known For

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • The Mist
  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • Atomic Blonde
  • Wayward Pines
  • The Pale Blue Eye
  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  • The Adventures of Tintin
  • The Painted Veil
  • The Man Who Knew Infinity
  • Detectorists
  • Infamous
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • Your Highness
  • Mr Bates vs The Post Office
  • The Rite
  • W.
  • Morgan
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Red Lights
  • Infinite

Featured Videos

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Toby Jones Filmography

2026
A Sprinkle of History · as Walter Anderson
2025
The Hack (TV Series) · as Alan Rusbridger
2025
The Actor · as Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold
2025
Mr Burton · as Philip Burton
2025
MobLand (TV Series) · as Colin Tattersall
2025
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (TV Series) · as John Bickford
2024
The Instigators · as Attorney Alan Flynn
2024
2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office (TV Series) · as Alan Bates
2023
Wander to Wonder · as Fumbleton (voice)
2023
The Long Shadow (TV Series) · as Dcs Dennis Hoban
2023
The Canterville Ghost · as The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
2023
Mercy Road · as The Associate
2023
2023
Hijack (TV Series) · as Cast
2023
Tetris · as Robert Stein
2022
A Moral Man · as Philip
2022
The Pale Blue Eye · as Dr. Daniel Marquis
2022
Empire of Light · as Norman
2022
The Wonder · as Dr. Mcbrearty
2022
The English (TV Series) · as Sebold Cusk
2021
A Boy Called Christmas · as Father Topo
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain · as Sir William Ingram
2021
What If…? (TV Series) · as Arnim Zola (voice)
2021
Infinite · as Porter
2021
Danny Boy · as Phil Shiner
2020
Archive · as Vincent Sinclair
2020
A Wild Year (TV Series)
2020
Uncle Vanya · as Vanya
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted · as Paul Schuster
2019
Worzel Gummidge (2019) (TV Series) · as The Village Committee
2019
First Cow · as Chief Factor
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (TV Series) · as Librarian (voice)
2019
The Edge · as Narrator (voice)
2019
Don't Forget the Driver (TV Series) · as Peter Green / Barry Green
2019
Looking for Rembrandt (TV Series) · as Rembrandt
2018
Inside Alton Towers · as Narrator
2018
Out of Blue · as Prof. Ian Strammi
2018
Christopher Robin · as Owl (voice)
2018
2018
2018
Naked Normandy · as Newman
2017
2017
Zoo · as Security Guard Charlie
2017
The Snowman · as Dc Svenson
2017
Happy End · as Lawrence Bradshaw
2017
Atomic Blonde · as Eric Gray
2016
Kaleidoscope · as Carl
2016
The Witness for the Prosecution (TV Series) · as John Mayhew
2016
Anthropoid · as Jan Zelenka
2016
Morgan · as Dr. Simon Ziegler
2016
The Secret Agent (TV Series) · as Verloc
2016
Dad's Army · as Captain Mainwaring
2015
Capital (2015) (TV Series) · as Roger
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 · as Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
2015
By Our Selves · as John Clare
2015
2015
Tale of Tales · as King Of Highhills
2015
Wayward Pines (TV Series) · as Dr. Jenkins
2015
Marvel's Agent Carter (TV Series) · as Arnim Zola
2014
Serena · as Sheriff Mcdowell
2014
By the Gun · as Jerry
2014
Marvellous · as Neil Baldwin
2014
2014
Muppets Most Wanted · as Prado Museum Guard #2
2014
Detectorists (TV Series) · as Lance Stater
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · as Claudius Templesmith
2013
Leave to Remain · as Nigel
2013
Words of Everest · as Jan Morris
2012
The Girl · as Alfred Hitchcock
2012
Berberian Sound Studio · as Gilderoy
2012
2012
The Hunger Games · as Claudius Templesmith
2012
Titanic (2012) (TV Series) · as John Batley
2012
Red Lights · as Paul Shackleton
2011
My Week with Marilyn · as Arthur Jacobs
2011
The Adventures of Tintin · as Silk (voice)
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · as Percy Alleline
2011
Best of the Companions · as Dream Lord
2011
Best of the Monsters · as Dream Lord
2011
2011
Your Highness · as Julie
2011
Christopher and His Kind · as Gerald Hamilton
2011
The Rite · as Father Matthew
2010
2010
2010
God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America (TV Series) · as George Whitefield
2010
Sherlock (TV Series) · as Culverton Smith
2010
2010
Mo · as Dr. Mark Glaser
2010
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll · as Hargreaves
2009
2009
2009
Creation · as Thomas Henry Huxley
2008
Frost/Nixon · as Swifty Lazar
2008
2008
W. · as Karl Rove
2008
City of Ember · as Barton Snode
2008
10 Days to War (TV Series) · as Francis Brooke
2007
The Old Curiosity Shop · as Daniel Qulip
2007
St. Trinian's · as Schatzmeister
2007
Nightwatching · as Gerard Dou
2007
The Mist · as Ollie Weeks
2006
The Painted Veil · as Mr. Waddington
2006
Infamous · as Truman Capote
2006
A Harlot's Progress · as William Hogarth
2006
Amazing Grace · as Duke Of Clarence
2006
Scoop · as Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
2006
2005
2005
Elizabeth I (TV Series) · as Robert Cecil
2005
Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Dream Lord
2004
2004
2003
Coming Up (TV Series) · as Simon
2003
The Last Detective (TV Series) · as Bennett
2002
2002
15 Storeys High (TV Series) · as Obsessive-Compulsive Man
2001
2001
The Way We Live Now (TV Series) · as Squercum
2001
Love or Money · as Phil
2001
Victoria & Albert (TV Series) · as Oxford
2000
Hotel Splendide · as Kitchen Boy
2000
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz · as Civil Servant
1999
1999
Aristocrats (TV Series) · as Ste Fox
1999
Simon Magus · as Buchholz
1998
1998
Cousin Bette · as Gentleman In Cafe Des Artistes
1998
Les Misérables · as Doorkeeper
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Dan Peterson
1996
Death of a Salesman · as Stanley
1994
Cadfael (TV Series) · as Griffin
1993
Naked · as Man At Tea Bar
1992
Orlando · as Second Valet
1991
Performance (TV Series) · as Wart
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Samuel Ratchett
1986
Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Sgt. Protheroe
1983
Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Vanya
1964
Horizon (TV Series) · as Narrator
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Bolo

2024
2024
Mr Bates vs the Post Office: The Real Story · as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
2023
2023
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (TV Series) · as Self
2022
2020
Wild Tokyo · as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
My Grandparents' War (TV Series) · as Self
2015
The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator
2013
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2013
Murder on the Victorian Railway · as Himself - Narrator
2013
70th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee
2010
Daybreak (TV Series) · as Self
2009
2007
The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self
2007
Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2006
The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Doctor Who Confidential (TV Series) · as Self
2000
BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1998
ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self

2025
Mr Burton · as Executive Producer

2019

2014
Detectorists (TV Series) · as Programme Associate

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