Toby Jones
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-09-07 (58 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
The Actor
as Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold
(2025)
Mr. Burton
as Philip Burton
(2025)
A Sprinkle Of History
as Walter Anderson
(2024)
The Instigators
as Attorney Alan Flynn
(2024)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2024)
Snow White
as The Prince
(2024)
Wander to Wonder
as Fumbleton (voice)
(2024)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
as Self- Narrator
(2024)
(2023)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Basil Shaw
(2023)
Tetris
as Robert Stein
(2023)
The Canterville Ghost
as The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
(2023)
(2023)
Mercy Road
as The Associate
(2023)
(2023)
A Moral Man
as Philip
(2022)
(2022)
The Pale Blue Eye
as Dr. Daniel Marquis
(2022)
The Wonder
as Dr. McBrearty
(2022)
Empire of Light
as Norman
(2021)
Infinite
as Porter
(2021)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Sir William Ingram
(2021)
A Boy Called Christmas
as Father Topo
(2021)
Danny Boy
as Phil Shiner
(2021)
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Wild Tokyo
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021)
A Few Miles South
as Ted
(2020)
Archive
as Vincent Sinclair
(2020)
First Cow
as Chief Factor
(2020)
The Last Thing He Wanted
as Paul Schuster
(2020)
Uncle Vanya
as Vanya
(2019)
Out of Blue
as Prof. Ian Strammi
(2019)
The Edge
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Britain's Viking Graveyard
as Narrator
(2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
as Mr. Eversoll
(2018)
Christopher Robin
as Owl (voice)
(2018)
Zoo
as Security Guard Charlie
(2018)
Normandy Nude
as Newman
(2018)
(2018)
Inside Alton Towers
as Narrator
(2017)
Atomic Blonde
as Eric Gray
(2017)
The Snowman
as DC Svenson
(2017)
Journey's End
as Mason
(2017)
Happy End
as Lawrence Bradshaw
(2017)
Kaleidoscope
as Carl
(2017)
The Entertainer
as Paul Limp
(2016)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Littlewood
(2016)
Anthropoid
as Jan Zelenka
(2016)
Morgan
as Dr. Simon Ziegler
(2016)
Dad's Army
as Captain Mainwaring
(2016)
(2015)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
(2015)
Tale of Tales
as King of Highhills
(2015)
By Our Selves
as John Clare
(2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Dr. Arnim Zola
(2014)
Serena
as Sheriff McDowell
(2014)
Muppets Most Wanted
as Prado Museum Guard #2
(2014)
By the Gun
as Jerry
(2014)
Marvellous
as Neil Baldwin
(2014)
The Cask of Amontillado
as Montresor
(2014)
The Dark
as Dad
(2014)
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
as Narrator
(2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Claudius Templesmith
(2013)
Murder on the Victorian Railway
as Himself - Narrator
(2013)
Leave to Remain
as Nigel
(2012)
The Hunger Games
as Claudius Templesmith
(2012)
Snow White and the Huntsman
as Coll
(2012)
Red Lights
as Paul Shackleton
(2012)
The Girl
as Alfred Hitchcock
(2012)
Berberian Sound Studio
as Gilderoy
(2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Dr. Arnim Zola
(2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Percy Alleline
(2011)
The Adventures of Tintin
as Silk (voice)
(2011)
The Rite
as Father Matthew
(2011)
My Week with Marilyn
as Arthur Jacobs
(2011)
Your Highness
as Julie
(2011)
Christopher and His Kind
as Gerald Hamilton
(2010)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Dobby (voice)
(2010)
Virginia
as Max
(2010)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
as Hargreaves
(2010)
Mo
as Dr. Mark Glaser
(2009)
Creation
as Thomas Henry Huxley
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
City of Ember
as Barton Snode
(2008)
W.
as Karl Rove
(2008)
Frost/Nixon
as Swifty Lazar
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
The Mist
as Ollie Weeks
(2007)
St. Trinian's
as Schatzmeister
(2007)
Nightwatching
as Gerard Dou
(2007)
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Daniel Qulip
(2006)
The Painted Veil
as Mr. Waddington
(2006)
Scoop
as Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
(2006)
Infamous
as Truman Capote
(2006)
Amazing Grace
as Duke of Clarence
(2006)
A Harlot's Progress
as William Hogarth
(2006)
The Sickie
as Douglas Knott
(2005)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Gordon
(2004)
Finding Neverland
as Smee
(2004)
Ladies in Lavender
as Hedley
(2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Dobby (voice)
(2001)
In Love and War
as Bolo
(2001)
Love or Money
as Phil
(2000)
Hotel Splendide
as Kitchen boy
(2000)
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
as Civil servant
(1999)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as English Judge
(1999)
Simon Magus
as Buchholz
(1998)
EverAfter
as Royal Page
(1998)
Les Misérables
as Doorkeeper
(1998)
Cousin Bette
as Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes
(1996)
Death of a Salesman
as Stanley
(1993)
Naked
as Man at Tea Bar
(1992)
Orlando
as Second Valet
Crew
(2008)