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.
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Filmography
all 147
Movies 111
TV Shows 36
self 12
Voice 7
Narrator 6
Wander to Wonder (2024)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024)
Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story (2024)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford (2023)
A Moral Man (2023)
Mercy Road (2023)
The Long Shadow (2023)
The Canterville Ghost (2023)
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Tetris (2023)
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Empire of Light (2022)
The English (2022)
The Wonder (2022)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)
A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
A Few Miles South (2021)
Infinite (2021)
What If...? (2021)
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes (2021)
Danny Boy (2021)
Wild Tokyo (2021)
Uncle Vanya (2020)
Archive (2020)
A Wild Year (2020)
The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
My Grandparents' War (2019)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
First Cow (2019)
The Edge (2019)
Britain's Viking Graveyard (2019)
Don't Forget the Driver (2019)
Looking for Rembrandt (2019)
Out of Blue (2019)
Inside Alton Towers (2018)
Christopher Robin (2018)
Zoo (2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
BBC Horizon:Jupiter Revealed (2018)
Normandy Nude (2018)
Journey's End (2017)
Kaleidoscope (2017)
The Snowman (2017)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
The Entertainer (2017)
Happy End (2017)
The Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
Morgan (2016)
Anthropoid (2016)
The Secret Agent (2016)
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)
Dad's Army (2016)
Capital (2015)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
The Secret Life of 4, 5 and 6 Year Olds (2015)
By Our Selves (2015)
Tale of Tales (2015)
Wayward Pines (2015)
The Last Days Of... (2015)
Marvel's Agent Carter (2015)
Serena (2014)
Detectorists (2014)
By the Gun (2014)
Marvellous (2014)
The Cask of Amontillado (2014)
The Dark (2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem (2014)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Leave to Remain (2013)
Murder on the Victorian Railway (2013)
The Girl (2012)
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Titanic (2012)
The Hunger Games (2012)
Red Lights (2012)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Your Highness (2011)
Christopher and His Kind (2011)
The Rite (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
God in America (2010)
Sherlock (2010)
Virginia (2010)
Mo (2010)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
Digital Theatre: Parlour Song (2009)
Creation (2009)
W. (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
City of Ember (2008)
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! (2008)
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008)
10 Days to War (2008)
The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
St. Trinian's (2007)
The Mist (2007)
Nightwatching (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Painted Veil (2006)
A Harlot's Progress (2006)
The Sickie (2006)
Infamous (2006)
Amazing Grace (2006)
Scoop (2006)
Elizabeth I (2005)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Doctor Who (2005)
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Coming Up (2003)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
15 Storeys High (2002)
In Love and War (2001)
Love or Money (2001)
Hotel Splendide (2000)
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz (2000)
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Aristocrats (1999)
Aristocrats (1999)
Simon Magus (1999)
EverAfter (1998)
Cousin Bette (1998)
Les Misérables (1998)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Death of a Salesman (1996)
Cadfael (1994)
Naked (1993)
Orlando (1992)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Lovejoy (1986)
Natural World (1983)
Great Performances (1971)
Horizon (1964)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
The Actor
Flavia de Luce
Mr Burton
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1966-09-07 (57 years old)
Birth NameTobias Edward Heslewood Jones
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
Height1.65-meter
FatherFreddie Jones
MotherJennie Heslewood
SiblingsRupert Jones
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsТоби Джонс, 토비 존스, Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones OBE, Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones, 托比·琼斯
AwardsGolden Nymph for Outstanding Actor in a Television Film, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
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