Jonathan Aris
Jonathan Aris is a British stage, film and television actor, he is the son of the late British character actor Ben Aris but, despite having a thespian as a father, acting was not his first choice. He studied painting at Camberwell School of Art and read Russian and Italian at Cambridge University before training as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Like his father, Jonathan has chiefly been seen in character roles, notably on television as the private secretary to the (female) Prime Minister in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006). He also does a great number of voice-overs for television commercials and narration for documentaries. He has made numerous stage appearances and was in the original London cast of "Fame - the Musical".
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- 2025 · Talamasca: The Secret Order as Welles
- 2024 · Here as Earl Higgins
- 2024 · Red Eye as John Tennant
- 2022 · Andor as Senator Nower Jebel
- 2022 · She Will as Podrick Lochran
- 2020 · Avenue 5 as Charles
- 2020 · Dracula as Captain Sokolov
- 2019 · His Dark Materials as Commander Roke
- 2019 · Vivarium as Martin
- 2019 · Good Omens as Quartermaster Angel
- 2018 · Black Mirror: Bandersnatch as Crispin
- 2017 · The End of the F***ing World as Professor Clive Koch
- 2016 · Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Senator Jebel
- 2016 · The Night Manager as Raymond Galt
- 2016 · Race as Alfred J. Lill
- 2016 · Stan Lee's Lucky Man as Ralph Dickenson
- 2015 · The Martian as Brendan Hatch
- 2015 · Humans as Robert
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as James Bainham
- 2013 · The World's End as Group Leader
- 2010 · Gulliver's Travels as Lilliputian Scientist
- 2010 · Sherlock as Dr Anderson
- 2009 · Being Human as Newsreader
- 2008 · Merlin as Matthew
- 2007 · Flawless as Boyle
- 2005 · Ideal as Rich
- 2003 · Peep Show as Ben Prenderghast
- 2003 · Mayday as Narrator
- 2002 · Spooks as Azis Aibek
- 2001 · Birthday Girl as D.I. O'Fetiger
- 2000 · The Wyvern Mystery as Dr. Willett
- 1999 · Topsy-Turvy as Wilhelm
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Paul Laurier
- 1998 · Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant as Clerkly Officer
- 1997 · The Jackal as Alexander Radzinski
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Alex Dyer
- 1995 · Bugs as
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Herbert Brownjohn
- 1992 · As Time Goes By as Waiter
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Receptionist
- Future · Mystery at the Prospect Hotel as Mr. Standing
- 2024 · The Cost of Hugging as Jacques
- 2024 · We Were the Lucky Ones as Wolf
- 2023 · The Sixth Commandment as DCI Mark Glover
- 2022 · Murder in Provence as Lucien de Bremont
- 2021 · A Very British Scandal as Judge Wheatley
- 2021 · Zone 414 as Joseph Veidt
- 2021 · The North Water as Corbyn
- 2021 · Enjoy as Swim Man
- 2019 · The War of the Worlds as Priest
- 2019 · The Feed as Eric Bell
- 2019 · Get Duked! as Mr. Carlyle
- 2018 · Air Crash Investigation: Special Report as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · All the Money in the World as Conservator
- 2017 · The Death of Stalin as Mezhnikov
- 2017 · Churchill as Mallory
- 2016 · Tutankhamun as Herbert Winlock
- 2016 · Morgan as David Chance
- 2016 · Love, Nina as David, 'Floppy'
- 2016 · Sherlock: The Abominable Bride as Anderson
- 2014 · The Game as Alan Montag
- 2013 · Sherlock: Many Happy Returns as Anderson
- 2012 · Sightseers as Ian
- 2010 · The Little House as Doctor McFadden
- 2009 · Bright Star as Mr. Hunt
- 2008 · Bonekickers as
- 2008 · Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Stanley Soward
- 2007 · Confessions of a Diary Secretary as Bernard
- 2006 · The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Sir Richard Leavis
- 2006 · Beau Brummell: This Charming Man as Marquis of Worcester
- 2005 · Broken News as Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
- 2005 · Riot at the Rite as Jean Cocteau
- 2005 · Footprints in the Snow as Nick Donaldson
- 2005 · The Government Inspector as Bryan Wells
- 2005 · Planespotting as Wayne Groves
- 2004 · Not Only But Always as Jonathan Miller
- 2003 · Eroica as Paul Dorfmueller
- 2002 · The Project as Bob
- 1998 · Only Love as Emil Becker
- 1997 · Metroland as Dave
- Future · Amadeus as Leopold Mozart
- 1997 · Pilgrim's Rest as Quentin