Toby Jones
Born
September 7, 1966 (58 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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.
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Known For
A Sprinkle of History
Walter Anderson
2025
A Moral Man
Philip
2023
Mercy Road
The Associate
2023
The Pale Blue Eye
Dr. Daniel Marquis
2022
Empire of Light
Norman
2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Self
2022
A Few Miles South
Ted
2021
Wild Tokyo
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Britain's Viking Graveyard
Narrator
2019
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
2018
The Entertainer
Paul Limp
2017
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dr. Arnim Zola
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Claudius Templesmith
2013
Snow White and the Huntsman
Coll
2012
Red Lights
Paul Shackleton
2012
My Week with Marilyn
Arthur Jacobs
2011
The Adventures of Tintin
Silk (voice)
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Percy Alleline
2011
Captain America: The First Avenger
Dr. Arnim Zola
2011
Your Highness
Julie
2011
Christopher and His Kind
Gerald Hamilton
2011
The Rite
Father Matthew
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Dobby (voice)
2010
Virginia
Max
2010
Creation
Thomas Henry Huxley
2009
W.
Karl Rove
2008
Frost/Nixon
Swifty Lazar
2008
City of Ember
Barton Snode
2008
The Old Curiosity Shop
Daniel Qulip
2007
St. Trinian's
Schatzmeister
2007
Nightwatching
Gerard Dou
2007
The Mist
Ollie Weeks
2007
The Painted Veil
Mr. Waddington
2006
Infamous
Truman Capote
2006
Amazing Grace
Duke of Clarence
2006
Finding Neverland
Smee
2004
Love or Money
Phil
2001
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Civil servant
2000
Death of a Salesman
Stanley
1996
Flavia de Luce
Mr. Burton
Philip Burton
2025
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
Self- Narrator
2024
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
2024
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Basil Shaw
2023
Tetris
Robert Stein
2023
The Wonder
Dr. McBrearty
2022
A Boy Called Christmas
Father Topo
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Sir William Ingram
2021
Infinite
Porter
2021
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Danny Boy
Phil Shiner
2021
Uncle Vanya
Vanya
2020
Archive
Vincent Sinclair
2020
First Cow
Chief Factor
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
Paul Schuster
2020
The Edge
Narrator (voice)
2019
Out of Blue
Prof. Ian Strammi
2019
Inside Alton Towers
Narrator
2018
Christopher Robin
Owl (voice)
2018
Zoo
Security Guard Charlie
2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Mr. Eversoll
2018
Normandy Nude
Newman
2018
Journey's End
Mason
2017
Happy End
Lawrence Bradshaw
2017
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Claudius Templesmith (uncredited)
2015
The Dark
Dad
2014
Agatha Christie's Poirot：Murder on the Orient Express
萨缪尔·爱德华雷·切特/卡塞蒂
2010
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Hargreaves
2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Bursar
2009
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
2008
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Self
2008
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Gordon
2005
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dobby (voice)
2002
Hotel Splendide
Kitchen boy
2000
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
English Judge
1999
Simon Magus
Buchholz
1999
Cousin Bette
Gentleman in Cafe des Artistes
1998
Les Misérables
Doorkeeper
1998
Detectorists
MobLand
Colin Tattersall · (3 episodes)
2025
The Actor
Lieutenant Murray / Artie Bellman / Cabbie / Arnold
2025
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
John Bickford · (4 episodes)
2025
Wander to Wonder
Fumbleton (voice)
2024
The Instigators
Attorney Alan Flynn
2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Alan Bates · (4 episodes)
2024
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Self
2023
The Long Shadow
DCS Dennis Hoban · (5 episodes)
2023
The Canterville Ghost
The Reverend Chasuble (voice)
2023
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Self
2023
The English
Sebold Cusk · (1 episode)
2022
What If...?
Arnim Zola (voice) · (3 episodes)
2021
A Wild Year
(3 episodes)
2020
My Grandparents' War
Self · (1 episode)
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Librarian (voice) · (6 episodes)
2019
Looking for Rembrandt
Rembrandt · (3 episodes)
2019
Don't Forget the Driver
Peter Green / Barry Green · (6 episodes)
2019
Kaleidoscope
Carl
2017
The Snowman
DC Svenson
2017
Atomic Blonde
Eric Gray
2017
The Witness for the Prosecution
2016
The Witness for the Prosecution
John Mayhew · (2 episodes)
2016
Morgan
Dr. Simon Ziegler
2016
Anthropoid
Jan Zelenka
2016
The Secret Agent
Verloc · (3 episodes)
2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Littlewood
2016
Dad's Army
Captain Mainwaring
2016
Capital
Roger · (3 episodes)
2015
By Our Selves
John Clare
2015
Tale of Tales
King of Highhills
2015
Wayward Pines
Dr. Jenkins · (10 episodes)
2015
Wayward Pines
David Pilcher · (5 episodes)
2015
The Last Days Of...
narrator · (1 episode)
2015
Marvel's Agent Carter
Arnim Zola · (1 episode)
2015
Serena
Sheriff McDowell
2014
Detectorists
Lance Stater · (18 episodes)
2014
By the Gun
Jerry
2014
Marvellous
Neil Baldwin
2014
The Cask of Amontillado
Montresor
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
Prado Museum Guard #2
2014
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
Narrator
2014
Leave to Remain
Nigel
2013
Murder on the Victorian Railway
Himself - Narrator
2013
The Girl
Alfred Hitchcock
2012
Berberian Sound Studio
Gilderoy
2012
Titanic
John Batley · (4 episodes)
2012
The Hunger Games
Claudius Templesmith
2012
Honest Trailers
Armin Zola (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Sherlock
Culverton Smith · (1 episode)
2010
Mo
Dr. Mark Glaser
2010
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
2009
10 Days to War
Francis Brooke · (1 episode)
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
A Harlot's Progress
William Hogarth
2006
The Sickie
Douglas Knott
2006
Scoop
Joe's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
2006
Elizabeth I
Robert Cecil · (2 episodes)
2005
Doctor Who
Dream Lord · (1 episode)
2005
Ladies in Lavender
Hedley
2004
Coming Up
Simon · (7 episodes)
2003
15 Storeys High
Obsessive-compulsive man · (1 episode)
2002
In Love and War
Bolo
2001
EverAfter
Royal Page
1998
Midsomer Murders
Dan Peterson · (4 episodes)
1997
Cadfael
Griffin · (1 episode)
1994
Naked
Man at Tea Bar
1993
Orlando
Second Valet
1992
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Samuel Ratchett · (1 episode)
1989
Lovejoy
Sgt. Protheroe · (1 episode)
1986
Natural World
Narrator · (1 episode)
1983
Great Performances
Vanya · (1 episode)
1971
Horizon
Narrator · (1 episode)
1964
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bolo · (1 episode)
1951
The Hack
(1 episode)