Toby Jones
| Toby Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | Toby Edward Heslewood Jones 7 September 1966 Hammersmith, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Toby Edward Heslewood Jones[1] (born 7 September 1966)[1] is an English actor.
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[edit] Early life
Jones was born in Hammersmith, London,[1] the son of actors Jennifer (née Heslewood) and Freddie Jones (He appeared with his father in the film Ladies in Lavender).[2] His brothers are Rupert Jones, a director, and Casper Jones, a call centre worker in Brighton who appeared in Embarrassing Bodies on Channel 4 in July 2010. He attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire in the early 1980s, alongside actor Tom Hollander and the members of Radiohead. He studied Drama at the University of Manchester from 1986 to 1989 and from 1989 to 1991 at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, France under the direction of J. Lecoq.
[edit] Career
[edit] Film
Jones has appeared in more than twenty films since his first role in 1992 in the film adaptation of Orlando. He voiced Dobby the house-elf in the Harry Potter films and played Oblomov in the 2005 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the novel. He also appeared as Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, one of Queen Elizabeth I's councilmen in the HBO/Channel 4 production Elizabeth I. In 2006 he portrayed Truman Capote in the biopic Infamous. He appeared in the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist in 2007. In 2008, Jones portrayed Karl Rove in Oliver Stone's W. and as Hollywood agent Swifty Lazar in Frost/Nixon. He appeared in the 2010 Doctor Who episode "Amy's Choice" as the 'Dream Lord'. In 2011, he played the role of Arnim Zola in Captain America: The First Avenger and spy master Percy Alleline in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
[edit] Stage
In 2001, he starred in the London West End comedy The Play What I Wrote, directed by Kenneth Branagh who also appeared alongside Jones for his role as Gilderoy Lockhart, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. His comic turn as Arthur earned him the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and when the play moved to Broadway in 2003, he was nominated for a Tony Award.
In 2009, he appeared in Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the National Theatre,[3] Parlour Song at the Almeida Theatre,[citation needed] and The First Domino at Brighton Festival Fringe.[4]
In 2011, he played JMW Turner in The Painter at the Arcola Theatre.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
- ^ Toby Jones Biography (1964?-)
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (2009-01-09). "Toby Jones takes the lead in Tom Stoppard's classic Every Good Boy Deserves Favour". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/dominiccavendish/4208197/Toby-Jones-takes-the-lead-in-Tom-Stoppards-classic-Every-Good-Boy-Deserves-Favour.html. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ Emily-Ann Elliott (5 May 2009). "Bomb survivor writes Brighton play". The Argus. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4340368.Bomb_survivor_writes_Brighton_play/. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ Toby Jones to play evil scientist in 'Captain America' (exclusive)
- ^ Jay A. Fernandez, Borys Kit (27 January 2009). "Daniel Craig to star in "Tintin"". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ic323ae8a6486e91c8f3aab35cbff3722. Retrieved 27 January 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Valby, Karen (24 May 2011). "'The Hunger Games' finds its voice: Toby Jones cast as Claudius Templesmith". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/05/24/the-hunger-games-toby-jones-claudius-templesmith/. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
