Toby Jones

Acting

Born 1966-09-07 Hammersmith, London, England, UK 159 credits Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1 Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actor in a Television Film 1 British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film 1 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 nominated

2013 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated The Girl

BAFTA Awards 2 nominated

2016 Best Male Comedy Performance Nominated
2015 Best Actor Nominated Marvellous

Screen Actors Guild Awards 1 nominated

2009 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated Frost/Nixon

Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

2021 Officer of the Order of the British Empire Won

Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actor in a Television Film 1 won

2015 Outstanding Actor in a Television Film Won Marvellous

British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film 1 won

2012 Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film Won Berberian Sound Studio

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1 won

2002 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Won

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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.