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Toby Jones is an English actor who voices Dobby the House-elf in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.

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

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Notes and referecens[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
  2. Braun, Liz (10 October 2006). "'Infamous' shows another look at Capote", Toronto Sun. 
  3. "No. 63218". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2020. p. N12.
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