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