Toby Jones
Born September 07, 1966 (Age: 59)
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Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Toby Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
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Filmography
Mr. Burton
2025
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as Philip Burton
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Age: 58
The Instigators
2024
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as Attorney Alan Flynn
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Age: 57
The Canterville Ghost
2023
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as The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
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Age: 57
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
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as Basil Shaw
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Age: 56
Empire of Light
2022
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as Norman
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Age: 56
A Boy Called Christmas
2021
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as Father Topo
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Age: 55
Archive
2020
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as Vincent Sinclair
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Age: 53
First Cow
2020
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as Chief Factor
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Age: 53
Out of Blue
2019
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as Prof. Ian Strammi
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Age: 52
Christopher Robin
2018
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as Owl (voice)
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Age: 51
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
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as Mr. Eversoll
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Age: 51
Normandy Nude
2018
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as Newman
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Age: 51
The Snowman
2017
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as DC Svenson
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Age: 50
Atomic Blonde
2017
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as Eric Gray
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Age: 50
Happy End
2017
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as Lawrence Bradshaw
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Age: 50
Morgan
2016
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as Dr. Simon Ziegler
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Age: 49
Anthropoid
2016
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as Jan Zelenka
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Age: 49
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
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as Littlewood
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Age: 49
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
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as Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Tale of Tales
2015
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as King of Highhills
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Age: 48
Serena
2014
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as Sheriff McDowell
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Age: 48
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
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as Prado Museum Guard #2
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Age: 47
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
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as Dr. Arnim Zola
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Age: 47
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
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as Claudius Templesmith
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Age: 47
Berberian Sound Studio
2012
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as Gilderoy
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Age: 45
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
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as Coll
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Age: 45
The Hunger Games
2012
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as Claudius Templesmith
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Age: 45
Red Lights
2012
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as Paul Shackleton
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Age: 45
My Week with Marilyn
2011
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as Arthur Jacobs
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Age: 45
The Adventures of Tintin
2011
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as Silk (voice)
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Age: 45
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
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as Percy Alleline
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Age: 45
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
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as Dr. Arnim Zola
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Age: 44
Your Highness
2011
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as Julie
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Age: 44
The Rite
2011
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as Father Matthew
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Age: 44
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
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as Dobby (voice)
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Age: 44
Virginia
2010
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as Max
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Age: 43
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
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as Bursar
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Age: 43
W.
2008
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as Karl Rove
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Age: 42
Frost/Nixon
2008
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as Swifty Lazar
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Age: 42
City of Ember
2008
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as Barton Snode
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Age: 42
St Trinian's
2007
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as Schatzmeister
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Age: 41
The Mist
2007
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as Ollie Weeks
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Age: 41
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
2007
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as Bennett
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Age: 40
The Painted Veil
2006
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as Mr. Waddington
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Age: 40
Infamous
2006
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as Truman Capote
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Age: 40
Amazing Grace
2006
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as Duke of Clarence
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Age: 40
Scoop
2006
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as Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 39
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
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as Gordon
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Age: 39
Ladies in Lavender
2004
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as Hedley
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Age: 38
Finding Neverland
2004
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as Smee
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Age: 38
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
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as Dobby (voice)
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Age: 36
Hotel Splendide
2000
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as Kitchen boy
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Age: 34
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
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as English Judge
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Age: 33
EverAfter
1998
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as Royal Page
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Age: 31
Cousin Bette
1998
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as Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes
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Age: 31
Les Misérables
1998
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as Doorkeeper
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Age: 31
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
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as Griffin
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Age: 27
Naked
1993
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as Man at Tea Bar
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Age: 26
Orlando
1992
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as Second Valet
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Age: 26