Toby Jones
Biography
Toby Jones is an English actor known for character parts on stage and screen. Raised in Oxford by actor parents, he trained in drama at Manchester University and at the Jacques Lecoq school in Paris, and in 2001 he won a Laurence Olivier Award for the West End comedy The Play What I Wrote. His film debut came in Orlando (1992), and he earned positive notices as Truman Capote in Infamous (2006). He provided the voice of Dobby in two Harry Potter films and played Arnim Zola in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), reprising the part in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). Other credits include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), the Hunger Games films, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. On television he won a BAFTA for Detectorists, was nominated for The Girl (2012) and Marvellous (2014), and starred as Alan Bates in Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024).
60years old
Turns 61 on September 7in 300 days
- Born London
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones (birth name)Also credited as Tobey Jones and Toby Edward Heslewood Jones
Movie Career
- Films
- 68
- Career span
- 27 years1998 to 2025
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Behind the camera
Toby Jones wrote the BBC 2 comedy Don't Forget the Driver with Tim Crouch, which came out in 2019. He also played Peter Green in it, and it marked his first television writing work.
Behind the award
Kenneth Branagh directed the London West End comedy The Play What I Wrote, in which Jones starred as Arthur in 2001. That comic turn brought him the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Toby Jones movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010 Adventure, Family, Fantasyas Dobbyvoice
IMDb rating 7.7675K votes
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002 Adventure, Family, Fantasyas Dobby the House Elfvoice
IMDb rating 7.5778K votes
Most often with
Marc Forster directed two of these films, Tomas Alfredson two and Oliver Parker two. Simon McBurney appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Simon McBurney's page
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Stanley Tucci's page
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All films by Marc Forster
All films by Tomas Alfredson
All films by Oliver Parker
Also three films together8 more actors
- Bob HoskinsSnow White and the Huntsman (2012), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Cousin Bette (1998)
- Bill PatersonDad's Army (2016), Creation (2009) and Amazing Grace (2006)
- Jennifer LawrenceSerena (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and The Hunger Games (2012)
- Sam ClaflinJourney's End (2017), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
- Hayley AtwellChristopher Robin (2018), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- David DencikThe Snowman (2017), Serena (2014) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Emma WatsonMy Week with Marilyn (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry MellingThe Pale Blue Eye (2022), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Toby Jones's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$8.1 billion
46 of the 68 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 68 films: 46 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 10 figure not found.
- 46Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 10Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 77% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.3B16.2% of the total
- 2$954M11.8% of the total
- 3$877M10.9% of the total
- 4$865M10.7% of the total
- 5$715M8.9% of the total
- 6$694M8.6% of the total
- 7$397M4.9% of the total
- 8$384M4.8% of the total
$1.9 billionfrom the other 38 films with a worldwide figure, 23% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2002 to 2021.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2021 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| 2015 | Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actor in a Television Film | Marvellous | Won |
| 2012 | British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film | Berberian Sound Studio | Won |
| 2002 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won | |
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Official profiles and reference pages.