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Toby Jones

07 Sep, 1966 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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.

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Тоби Джонс토비 존스Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones OBETobias Edward Heslewood Jones托比·琼斯

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A Few Miles South
70% (2021)
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W.
63% (2008)
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Creation
65% (2009)
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Infamous
65% (2006)
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Amazing Grace
69% (2006)
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A Moral Man
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Red Lights
62% (2012)
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Virginia
54% (2010)
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The Girl
61% (2012)
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Serena
56% (2014)
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The Sickie
70% (2006)
Mr Burton
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Dad's Army
50% (2016)
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Naked
73% (1993)
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Orlando
69% (1992)
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Scoop
66% (2006)
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Mo
62% (2010)
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Happy End
62% (2017)
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Zoo
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The Dark
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First Cow
70% (2020)
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Uncle Vanya
73% (2020)
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Coming Up
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Cadfael
73% (1994)
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Titanic
59% (2012)
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Detectorists
82% (2014)
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Capital
73% (2015)
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Elizabeth I
72% (2005)
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Horizon
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