Jonathan Aris
Acting • Born 1971-01-24
Biography
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".
Filmography
84 credits
Birthday Girl
Movie • 2001
D.I. O'Fetiger
Riot at the Rite
Movie • 2005
Jean Cocteau
The Jackal
Movie • 1997
Alexander Radzinski
Flawless
Movie • 2007
Boyle
Eroica
Movie • 2003
Paul Dorfmueller
Gulliver's Travels
Movie • 2010
Lilliputian Scientist
Only Love
Movie • 1998
Emil Becker
The World's End
Movie • 2013
Group Leader
Sightseers
Movie • 2012
Ian
She Will
Movie • 2022
Podrick Lochran
The Project
Movie • 2002
Bob
Not Only But Always
Movie • 2004
Jonathan Miller
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Movie • 2007
Bernard
Bright Star
Movie • 2009
Mr. Hunt
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Movie • 2013
Anderson
Race
Movie • 2016
Alfred J. Lill
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie • 2016
Senator Jebel
The Martian
Movie • 2015
Brendan Hatch
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Movie • 2008
Stanley Soward
Planespotting
Movie • 2005
Wayne Groves
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Movie • 2016
Anderson
Topsy-Turvy
Movie • 1999
Wilhelm
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Movie • 1998
Clerkly Officer
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Movie • 2006
Marquis of Worcester
Footprints in the Snow
Movie • 2005
Nick Donaldson
The Government Inspector
Movie • 2005
Bryan Wells
Morgan
Movie • 2016
David Chance
Churchill
Movie • 2017
Mallory
The Cost of Hugging
Movie • 2024
Jacques
The Wyvern Mystery
Movie • 2000
Dr. Willett
The Death of Stalin
Movie • 2017
Mezhnikov
All the Money in the World
Movie • 2017
Conservator
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Movie • 2018
Crispin
Get Duked!
Movie • 2019
Mr. Carlyle
Vivarium
Movie • 2019
Martin
Metroland
Movie • 1997
Dave
Enjoy
Movie • 2021
Swim Man
Zone 414
Movie • 2021
Joseph Veidt
Here
Movie • 2024
Earl Higgins
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
Movie
Mr. Standing
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV • 2006
Sir Richard Leavis
Good Omens
TV • 2019
Quartermaster Angel
Sherlock
TV • 2010
Dr Anderson
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Receptionist
The Game
TV • 2014
Alan Montag
The North Water
TV • 2021
Corbyn
The Sixth Commandment
TV • 2023
DCI Mark Glover
Broken News
TV • 2005
Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
Peep Show
TV • 2003
Ben Prenderghast
A Very British Scandal
TV • 2021
Judge Wheatley
The Little House
TV • 2010
Doctor McFadden
Bonekickers
TV • 2008
Bugs
TV • 1995
Tutankhamun
TV • 2016
Herbert Winlock
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
TV • 2016
Ralph Dickenson
Humans
TV • 2015
Robert
Ideal
TV • 2005
Rich
Merlin
TV • 2008
Matthew
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
TV • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Herbert Brownjohn
Avenue 5
TV • 2020
Charles
Love, Nina
TV • 2016
David, 'Floppy'
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Commander Roke
Pilgrim's Rest
TV • 1997
Quentin
Spooks
TV • 2002
Azis Aibek
The End of the F***ing World
TV • 2017
Professor Clive Koch
The Feed
TV • 2019
Eric Bell
Dracula
TV • 2020
Captain Sokolov
As Time Goes By
TV • 1992
Waiter
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Alex Dyer
Mayday
TV • 2003
Narrator
Relic Hunter
TV • 1999
Paul Laurier
The War of the Worlds
TV • 2019
Priest
Red Eye
TV • 2024
John Tennant
Wolf Hall
TV • 2015
James Bainham
The Night Manager
TV • 2016
Raymond Galt
Being Human
TV • 2009
Newsreader
Murder in Provence
TV • 2022
Lucien de Bremont
We Were the Lucky Ones
TV • 2024
Wolf
Andor
TV • 2022
Senator Nower Jebel
Amadeus
TV • 2025
Leopold Mozart
Talamasca: The Secret Order
TV • 2025
Gregory Owen
The Hack
TV • 2025
Mark Thomson
Silk
TV • 2011
Dr Liam King