Toby Jones

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Toby Jones (2003)

Tobias Edward Heslewood "Toby" Jones (born September 7, 1966 in Oxford , England ) is a British actor .

Life and accomplishments

Toby Jones is the son of actor Freddie Jones . He played in several theater productions at the Abingdon School . He had his first film role in 1992 on the side of Tilda Swinton in the drama Orlando to Virginia Woolf . Jones starred in When Dreams Learn to Fly in 2004, with Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet . In 2006, he played the title role in the biopic Kaltes Blut - In the footsteps of Truman Capote .

Jones appeared in 2001 at London's Wyndham's Theater in the comedy The Play What I Wrote , for which he was awarded a Laurence Olivier Award in 2002. In 2003 he starred in this play on Broadway . In 2005 he appeared in a radio play version of the novel Oblomow by Ivan Goncharov , which was produced by BBC Radio 4 . In the Harry Potter films he was the voice of Dobby the house elf. He embodies Claudius Templesmith in The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games and the sequel The Hunger Games - Catching Fire . In the 2013 documentary drama The Girl , Jones starred in the role of film director Alfred Hitchcock .

In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Jones' standard German speaker has been Lutz Schnell since 2008 , with Hans Hohlbein and Stefan Krause speaking as substitutes . Jones has two daughters.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

British Independent Film Awards 2012
  • Best Actor for ( Berberian Sound Studio )
Evening Standard British Film Awards 2013
  • Best Actor Award for ( Berberian Sound Studio )
London Critics' Circle Film Awards 2013
  • ALFS Award British Actor of the Year for ( Berberian Sound Studio )
London Critics' Circle Film Award for Best British Actor of the Year (Cold Blood - In the Footsteps of Truman Capote)
Ibiza International Film Festival for Best Actor of the Year (Cold Blood - In the footsteps of Truman Capote)
  • Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for The Girl
  • Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie for The Girl
  • Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Film for The Girl
  • 2014 Nominated for the Royal Television Society Program Award for Best Actor for Marvelous
  • 2014 Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for Marvelous
  • 2015 Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor (Comedy) for Detectorists
  • 2015 Nominated for the Saturn Award as best supporting actor for Marvelous Wayward Pines

Web links

Commons : Toby Jones  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official: Francis Lawrence to Direct Catching Fire; Full Cast Confirmed
  2. ^ First Look at Toby Jones and Sienna Miller as Hitch and Hedren in BBC Two's The Girl
  3. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
  4. ^ Toby Jones. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on February 15, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Toby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Tobias Edward Heslewood
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford , England