Toby Jones (full name Toby Edward H. Jones) is an English film and theater actor. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Theater Award for his role in the play "The Play What I Wrote". Nominee for film awards: Golden Globe, Saturn, Actors Guilds.
Jones' creative biography began on the stage, and continued in film and television. On his account, many roles played on the stage of London and American theaters, and more than one hundred and twenty roles in television and film projects.
Facts from the biography
The future actor was born in the fall of 1966 in England. His parents had a direct relationship to creativity - they were famous British actors.
Toby has two brothers. They also went on a creative path. Rupert became a director, and Casper became an actor.
After graduating from high school in Abingdon, Toby continued his education at the University of Manchester, where he studied drama and acting. Then he studied at the theater studio L'ecole Internationale de Theater in France. After that, Jones began performing on stage, and later appeared on television and in the movies.
Creative career
At the theater, Jones began playing in the early 1990s of the last century. He continues to perform on stage. Fans of his talent can see the actor in many performances.
Fame in the cinema did not come immediately. It was only in the 2000s that Toby became popular.
He played the first role in 1992 in the fantastic melodrama "Orlando" from director Sally Potter. The picture was shot based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. Jones got only a small role as a servant of Queen Elizabeth I.
A year later, Jones again played a cameo role in the comedy drama "Nude" from director Mike Lee.
In the same period, Toby continued to play in the theater. In the 2000s, he appeared in the popular Broadway production of "The Play What I Wrote." In 2002, the artist won the Laurence Olivier Theater Award.
His film career continued in numerous television projects: Lovejoy, Poirot, Brother Cadfael, Purely English Murder.
In 1998, Toby received already more significant roles in the film “Les Miserables”, staged according to the famous novel of the same name by V. Hugo, and the melodrama “The Story of Eternal Love”.
Jones played his first major role in 2006 in the biographical drama "Notoriety." The plot was based on the investigation by the writer Truman Capote of the murder of a family of farmers. After several months spent in the town of Holcomb, he wrote his famous novel, "Cold-blooded Murder."
In his future career, Jones has many roles in famous films and TV shows: Doctor Who, Haze, Sherlock, The Antiquities Bench, The First Avenger, The Hunger Games, Snow White and the Hunter, The First Avenger: Another war ", " Agent Carter ", " Scary Tales ", " Explosive Blonde ", " Snowman ", " Jurassic World ", " Christopher Robin.
