Toby Jones is an English actor who voices Dobby the House-elf in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and the video game of the same name.
Career[]
Toby Jones has appeared in numerous motion pictures, but received his highest praise for his portrayal of Truman Capote in the 2006 film Infamous, for which he won the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year, an award he'd again won for the 2012 film Berberian Sound Studio. His other LFCC nominations includes The Painted Veil and the 2008 films W. and Frost/Nixon.
For TV, Jones appeared in the 2010 Doctor Who episode "Amy's Choice" as the Dream Lord, and as Culverton Smith in the 2017 Sherlock episode "The Lying Detective". For films, he has appeared as scientist Arnim Zola in Captain America: The First Avenger, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Personal life[]
Jones was born in Hammersmith, London,[1] to actors Jennifer Jones (née Heslewood) and Freddie Jones.[2]
Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to drama.[3]
Selective filmography[]
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | N/A | ||
| 2002 | The Play What I Wrote | Olivier | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) | N/A | |||
| 2007 | The Mist | |||
| 2008 | City of Ember | |||
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | |||
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | |||
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | |||
| 2013 | The Girl | Golden Globe | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy | Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Nominated | ||
| BAFTA TV | Best Actor | Nominated | ||
| The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | N/A | |||
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | |||
| 2015 | Marvellous | BAFTA TV | Best Actor | Nominated |
| Agent Carter | N/A | |||
| Wayward Pines | ||||
| 2016 | Detectorists | BAFTA TV | Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme | Nominated |
| 2018 | Won | |||
| 2020 | Uncle Vanya | Olivier | Best Actor | Nominated |
| 2021 | What If...? | N/A | ||
Behind the scenes[]
- Toby Jones was in the comedy play The Play What I Wrote, which was directed by Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart). Celebrities would appear as the mystery guest during the show, Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) were amongst those celebrities.
- Jones has also starred alongside several other actors and actresses from the Harry Potter films in various projects:
- David Thewlis (Remus Lupin) in the 1993 film Naked.
- Kelly Macdonald (Helena Ravenclaw) in the 1998 film Cousin Bette and the 2004 film Finding Neverland.
- The latter also featured Johnny Depp (Gellert Grindelwald), Julie Christie (Rosmerta), Ian Hart (Quirinus Quirrell).
- Two films with Minerva McGonagall actress Maggie Smith:
- The 2004 film Ladies in Lavender, which also featured Miriam Margolyes (Pomona Sprout).
- The 2021 film A Boy Called Christmas, which also featured Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn).
- Natalia Tena (Nymphadora Tonks) in the 2005 film Mrs Henderson Presents.
- Two films with Albus Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon:
- The 2006 film Amazing Grace, which also featured Ciarán Hinds (Aberforth Dumbledore).
- The 2016 film Dad's Army, which also featured Bill Nighy (Rufus Scrimgeour).
- Sophie Thompson (Mafalda Hopkirk) in the 2006 TV film A Harlot's Progress and the TV series Detectorists.
- Detectorists also featured David Sterne (Ministry wizard).
- Two projects with Rolanda Hooch actress Zoë Wanamaker:
- The 2007 TV film The Old Curiosity Shop, which also featured Adrian Rawlins (James Potter (I)).
- The 2011 film My Week with Marilyn, which also featured Kenneth Branagh, Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Eddie Redmayne (Newton Scamander) and Geraldine Somerville (Lily Evans).
- David Tennant (Bartemius Crouch Junior) in the 2009 film St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold.
- Ralph Ineson (Amycus Carrow) in the 2010 film Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.
- Julie Walters (Molly Weasley) and Tony Maudsley (Grawp) in the 2010 TV film Mo.
- Gary Oldman (Sirius Black), John Hurt (Garrick Ollivander) and Jennifer Edwards (uncredited Ministry witch) in the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
- Ciarán Hinds in the 2011 film The Rite.
- Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge) in the 2012 TV film The Girl.
- Rhys Ifans (Xenophilius Lovegood), Blake Ritson (voice of Cedric Diggory in game), and Ned Dennehy (Alderton) in the 2014 film Serena.
- Gemma Jones (Poppy Pomfrey) in the 2014 TV film Marvellous and the 2015 TV series Capital.
- Capital also featured Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger in the original West End Palace Theatre production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).
- Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) and Kathryn Hunter (Arabella Figg) in the 2015 film Tale of Tales.
- Stephen Fry (UK audiobook narrator) in the 2015 film The Man Who Knew Infinity.
- Ian Hart in the 2016 TV series The Secret Agent.
- Miles Jupp (TV weatherman) in the 2017 film Journey's End.
- Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) in the upcoming film Tetris.
- Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Eddie Izzard (voice of Lord Voldemort in The LEGO Batman Movie), Dustin Demri-Burns (voice of Filius Flitwick in Harry Potter for Kinect), Natalie Dormer (narrator of Harry Potter: A History of Magic), Ralph Ineson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Skender) in the 2019 series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
- Toby and Rhys Ifans also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies where they played villains. Toby was Arnim Zola who served the Red Skull and HYDRA in Captain America: The First Avenger & Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Rhys reprised his role as Curt Connors aka the Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
External links[]
Toby Jones at the Internet Movie Database
Toby Jones on Wikipedia
Notes and referecens[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
- ↑ Braun, Liz (10 October 2006). "'Infamous' shows another look at Capote", Toronto Sun.
- ↑ "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N12.