Toby Jones
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-09-07
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Toby Jones
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.
Also Known For
Finding Neverland
Oct 17, 2004
A Few Miles South
Sep 14, 2021
W.
Oct 17, 2008
Captain America: The First Avenger
Jul 22, 2011
St. Trinian's
Dec 21, 2007
Nightwatching
Sep 06, 2007
The Mist
Feb 21, 2007
Creation
Sep 25, 2009
Frost/Nixon
Oct 15, 2008
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Nov 17, 2010
Infamous
Oct 13, 2006
Death of a Salesman
Jan 01, 1996
City of Ember
Oct 07, 2008
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dec 26, 2007
The Painted Veil
Dec 09, 2006
Britain's Viking Graveyard
Apr 21, 2019
The Pale Blue Eye
Dec 22, 2022
Christopher and His Kind
Mar 19, 2011
Amazing Grace
Sep 16, 2006
Love or Money
Oct 16, 2001
A Moral Man
Nov 25, 2023
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Mar 01, 2000
Empire of Light
Dec 09, 2022
Your Highness
Apr 08, 2011
The Entertainer
Jun 23, 2017
Wild Tokyo
Apr 17, 2021
The Adventures of Tintin
Oct 24, 2011
The Rite
Jan 28, 2011
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Jan 01, 2022
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Sep 16, 2011
BBC Horizon: Jupiter Revealed
Mar 03, 2018
Flavia de Luce
Red Lights
Mar 02, 2012
My Week with Marilyn
Nov 23, 2011
Snow White and the Huntsman
May 30, 2012
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Mar 20, 2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Nov 15, 2013
Virginia
May 18, 2010
Mercy Road
Oct 05, 2023
Berberian Sound Studio
Aug 30, 2012
The Girl
Oct 22, 2012
A Harlot's Progress
Nov 02, 2006
Wander to Wonder
Sep 12, 2024
Serena
Oct 12, 2014
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Aug 29, 2023
In Love and War
Nov 18, 2001
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem
Feb 19, 2014
The Sickie
Oct 21, 2006
Leave to Remain
Oct 11, 2013
By the Gun
Sep 28, 2014
The Cask of Amontillado
Sep 24, 2014
The Canterville Ghost
Sep 22, 2023
EverAfter
Jul 31, 1998
Marvellous
Sep 25, 2014
Ladies in Lavender
Nov 12, 2004
Muppets Most Wanted
Mar 20, 2014
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story
Jan 04, 2024
Tale of Tales
May 14, 2015
Mr. Burton
Apr 04, 2025
The Actor
Mar 14, 2025
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Dec 01, 2023
By Our Selves
Oct 01, 2015
Dad's Army
Feb 05, 2016
Anthropoid
Aug 12, 2016
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Apr 08, 2016
Naked
Aug 06, 1993
The Hunger Games
Mar 12, 2012
Orlando
Dec 11, 1992
The Instigators
Aug 02, 2024
Scoop
Jul 27, 2006
Mo
Jan 31, 2010
Atomic Blonde
Jul 26, 2017
Murder on the Victorian Railway
Feb 21, 2013
Morgan
Sep 01, 2016
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song
Nov 18, 2009
Kaleidoscope
Nov 10, 2017
The Witness for the Prosecution
Dec 26, 2016
The Snowman
Aug 24, 2017
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Jan 08, 2010
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jun 06, 2018
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Nov 18, 2015
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sep 08, 2005
Journey's End
Dec 14, 2017
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Dec 18, 2009
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Nov 13, 2002
Happy End
Jun 21, 2017
Zoo
Jun 08, 2018
Out of Blue
Mar 22, 2019
Normandy Nude
Jan 10, 2018
Hotel Splendide
Sep 21, 2000
Les Misérables
May 01, 1998
The Dark
Aug 25, 2014
Christopher Robin
Aug 01, 2018
The Last Thing He Wanted
Feb 14, 2020
Simon Magus
Feb 17, 1999
Archive
Aug 13, 2020
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!
Oct 04, 2008
A Boy Called Christmas
Nov 24, 2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Oct 21, 2021
Cousin Bette
Jun 12, 1998
The Edge
Jul 22, 2019
First Cow
Mar 06, 2020
Infinite
Sep 09, 2021
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Mar 25, 2008
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Oct 27, 1999
Inside Alton Towers
Aug 23, 2018
Uncle Vanya
Oct 27, 2020
Danny Boy
May 12, 2021
Tetris
Mar 15, 2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Jun 25, 2023
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes
Jul 28, 2021
The Wonder
Nov 02, 2022
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact
Sep 09, 2024
A Sprinkle of History
Dec 25, 2025
Nurses Come and Go, But None for Me
May 04, 2024
Detectorists
Agatha Christie's Poirot：Murder on the Orient Express
Jul 11, 2010
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Jan 09, 2008
Lovejoy
Jan 10, 1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
Coming Up
Aug 20, 2003
Cadfael
May 29, 1994
Wayward Pines
May 14, 2015
Doctor Who
Mar 26, 2005
Titanic
Mar 21, 2012
What If...?
Aug 11, 2021
My Grandparents' War
Nov 27, 2019
Natural World
Oct 30, 1983
Midsomer Murders
Mar 23, 1997
Detectorists
Oct 02, 2014
Marvel's Agent Carter
Jan 06, 2015
A Wild Year
Jul 03, 2020
Capital
Nov 24, 2015
15 Storeys High
Nov 07, 2002
The Secret Agent
Jul 17, 2016
Sherlock
Jul 25, 2010
Elizabeth I
Sep 29, 2005
The Witness for the Prosecution
Dec 26, 2016
The Long Shadow
Sep 25, 2023
Horizon
Feb 04, 1964
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Jan 01, 2024
Looking for Rembrandt
Apr 09, 2019
The Last Days Of...
Apr 09, 2015
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
Feb 17, 2025
10 Days to War
Mar 10, 2008
Don't Forget the Driver
Apr 09, 2019
The English
Nov 10, 2022
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Wayward Pines
May 14, 2015
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Jan 08, 1989
The Hack
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Aug 30, 2019
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
