Toby Jones
Acting • Born 1966-09-07
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.
Filmography
156 credits
Finding Neverland
Movie • 2004
Smee
A Few Miles South
Movie • 2021
Ted
W.
Movie • 2008
Karl Rove
Captain America: The First Avenger
Movie • 2011
Dr. Arnim Zola
St Trinian's
Movie • 2007
Schatzmeister
Nightwatching
Movie • 2007
Gerard Dou
The Mist
Movie • 2007
Ollie Weeks
Creation
Movie • 2009
Thomas Henry Huxley
Frost/Nixon
Movie • 2008
Swifty Lazar
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie • 2010
Dobby (voice)
Infamous
Movie • 2006
Truman Capote
Death of a Salesman
Movie • 1996
Stanley
City of Ember
Movie • 2008
Barton Snode
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie • 2007
Daniel Qulip
The Painted Veil
Movie • 2006
Mr. Waddington
Britain's Viking Graveyard
Movie • 2019
Narrator
The Pale Blue Eye
Movie • 2022
Dr. Daniel Marquis
Christopher and His Kind
Movie • 2011
Gerald Hamilton
Amazing Grace
Movie • 2006
Duke of Clarence
Love or Money
Movie • 2001
Phil
A Moral Man
Movie • 2023
Philip
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Movie • 2000
Civil servant
Empire of Light
Movie • 2022
Norman
Your Highness
Movie • 2011
Julie
The Entertainer
Movie • 2017
Paul Limp
Wild Tokyo
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Tintin
Movie • 2011
Silk (voice)
The Rite
Movie • 2011
Father Matthew
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Movie • 2022
Self
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Movie • 2011
Percy Alleline
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
Movie • 2018
Flavia
Movie • 2026
Inspector Hewitt
Red Lights
Movie • 2012
Paul Shackleton
My Week with Marilyn
Movie • 2011
Arthur Jacobs
Snow White and the Huntsman
Movie • 2012
Coll
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie • 2014
Dr. Arnim Zola
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie • 2013
Claudius Templesmith
Virginia
Movie • 2010
Max
Mercy Road
Movie • 2023
The Associate
Berberian Sound Studio
Movie • 2012
Gilderoy
The Girl
Movie • 2012
Alfred Hitchcock
A Harlot's Progress
Movie • 2006
William Hogarth
Wander to Wonder
Movie • 2024
Fumbleton (voice)
Serena
Movie • 2014
Sheriff McDowell
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Movie • 2023
Self
In Love and War
Movie • 2001
Bolo
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
Movie • 2014
Narrator
The Sickie
Movie • 2006
Douglas Knott
Leave to Remain
Movie • 2013
Nigel
By the Gun
Movie • 2014
Jerry
The Cask of Amontillado
Movie • 2014
Montresor
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 2023
The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
EverAfter
Movie • 1998
Royal Page
Marvellous
Movie • 2014
Neil Baldwin
Ladies in Lavender
Movie • 2004
Hedley
Muppets Most Wanted
Movie • 2014
Prado Museum Guard #2
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
Movie • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tale of Tales
Movie • 2015
King of Highhills
Mr. Burton
Movie • 2025
Philip Burton
The Actor
Movie • 2025
Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Movie • 2023
Self
By Our Selves
Movie • 2015
John Clare
Dad's Army
Movie • 2016
Captain Mainwaring
Anthropoid
Movie • 2016
Jan Zelenka
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Movie • 2016
Littlewood
Naked
Movie • 1993
Man at Tea Bar
The Hunger Games
Movie • 2012
Claudius Templesmith
Orlando
Movie • 1992
Second Valet
The Instigators
Movie • 2024
Attorney Alan Flynn
Scoop
Movie • 2006
Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Mo
Movie • 2010
Dr. Mark Glaser
Atomic Blonde
Movie • 2017
Eric Gray
Murder on the Victorian Railway
Movie • 2013
Himself - Narrator
Morgan
Movie • 2016
Dr. Simon Ziegler
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
Movie • 2009
Kaleidoscope
Movie • 2017
Carl
The Snowman
Movie • 2017
DC Svenson
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Movie • 2010
Hargreaves
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Movie • 2018
Mr. Eversoll
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie • 2015
Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Movie • 2005
Gordon
Journey's End
Movie • 2017
Mason
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Movie • 2009
Bursar
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie • 2002
Dobby (voice)
Happy End
Movie • 2017
Lawrence Bradshaw
Zoo
Movie • 2018
Security Guard Charlie
Out of Blue
Movie • 2019
Prof. Ian Strammi
Normandy Nude
Movie • 2018
Newman
Hotel Splendide
Movie • 2000
Kitchen boy
Les Misérables
Movie • 1998
Doorkeeper
The Dark
Movie • 2014
Dad
Christopher Robin
Movie • 2018
Owl (voice)
The Last Thing He Wanted
Movie • 2020
Paul Schuster
Simon Magus
Movie • 1999
Buchholz
Archive
Movie • 2020
Vincent Sinclair
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
Movie • 2008
A Boy Called Christmas
Movie • 2021
Father Topo
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Movie • 2021
Sir William Ingram
Cousin Bette
Movie • 1998
Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes
The Edge
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
First Cow
Movie • 2020
Chief Factor
Infinite
Movie • 2021
Porter
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Movie • 2008
Self
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Movie • 1999
English Judge
Inside Alton Towers
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Uncle Vanya
Movie • 2020
Vanya
Danny Boy
Movie • 2021
Phil Shiner
Tetris
Movie • 2023
Robert Stein
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Movie • 2023
Basil Shaw
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Wonder
Movie • 2022
Dr. McBrearty
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
Movie • 2024
Self- Narrator
A Sprinkle of History
Movie
Walter Anderson
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
Movie • 2024
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Movie • 2008
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden
Movie • 2007
Bennett
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Movie • 1994
Griffin
Othello
Movie • 2026
Iago
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Sgt. Protheroe
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Bolo
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Vanya
Coming Up
TV • 2003
Simon
Cadfael
TV • 1994
Griffin
Wayward Pines
TV • 2015
Dr. Jenkins
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Dream Lord
Titanic
TV • 2012
John Batley
What If...?
TV • 2021
Arnim Zola (voice)
My Grandparents' War
TV • 2019
Self
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Dan Peterson
Detectorists
TV • 2014
Lance Stater
Marvel's Agent Carter
TV • 2015
Arnim Zola
A Wild Year
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Capital
TV • 2015
Roger
15 Storeys High
TV • 2002
Obsessive-compulsive man
The Secret Agent
TV • 2016
Verloc
Sherlock
TV • 2010
Culverton Smith
Elizabeth I
TV • 2005
Robert Cecil
The Witness for the Prosecution
TV • 2016
John Mayhew
The Long Shadow
TV • 2023
DCS Dennis Hoban
Horizon
TV • 1964
Narrator
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
TV • 2024
Alan Bates
Looking for Rembrandt
TV • 2019
Rembrandt
The Last Days Of...
TV • 2015
narrator
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
TV • 2025
John Bickford
10 Days to War
TV • 2008
Francis Brooke
Don't Forget the Driver
TV • 2019
Peter Green / Barry Green
The English
TV • 2022
Sebold Cusk
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Wayward Pines
TV • 2015
David Pilcher
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Samuel Ratchett
The Hack
TV • 2025
Alan Rusbridger
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV • 2019
Librarian (voice)
MobLand
TV • 2025
Colin Tattersall
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self
Hijack
TV • 2023
Peter Faber