生于英国的一个演艺世家。父亲Freddie Jones是英国著名演员，曾出现于包括《象人》（1980）在内的多部影片中。当托比还在学校上学时就已经出演了多部影片，他还组过乐队。2002年，凭着《What I Wrote At WyndhamTheatre》荣获了2002年的Laurence Olivier Theatre Award的最佳男配角奖。

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.

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Tobias Edward Heslewood „Toby“ Jones (* 7. September 1966 in Oxford, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Seine erste Filmrolle hatte er 1992 an der Seite von Tilda Swinton im Filmdrama Orlando nach Virginia Woolf. Jones spielte 2004 in Wenn Träume fliegen lernen an der Seite von Johnny Depp und Kate Winslet. In der Filmbiografie Kaltes Blut – Auf den Spuren von Truman Capote verkörperte er 2006 die Titelrolle.

Jones trat 2001 im Londoner Wyndham’s Theatre in der Komödie The Play What I Wrote auf, wofür er 2002 mit einem Laurence Olivier Award ausgezeichnet wurde. Im Jahr 2003 war er in diesem Stück am Broadway zu sehen. 2005 wirkte er in einer Hörspielfassung des Romans Oblomow von Iwan Gontscharow mit, das von BBC Radio 4 produziert wurde. In den Harry Potter-Filmen war er die Stimme von Dobby, dem Hauself. Er verkörpert Claudius Templesmith in Die Tribute von Panem – The Hunger Games und der Fortsetzung Die Tribute von Panem – Catching Fire. In dem 2013 angelaufenen Doku-Drama The Girl war Jones in der Rolle des Filmregisseurs Alfred Hitchcock zu sehen.

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Urodził się w Oxford, w Anglii. W roku 1980 uczęszczał do Abingdon School, potem w latach 1986-89 studiował dramat na The Univeristy of Manchester.

Po raz pierwszy na ekranie pojawił się w roku 1992, w filmie 'Orlando'. Udzielił głosu Zgredkowi w serii Harry'ego Pottera. Wystąpił także w miniserii 'Elżbieta I' jako Robert Cecil.

W 2001 grał w komedii 'The Play What I Wrote' wystawionej w londyńskim teatrze West End, za rolę w której otrzymał nagrodę Olivier Award.

Gdy sztukę przeniesiono na Broadway, został nominowany do Tony Award.

W 2006 wcielił się w postać Trumana Capote w filmie 'Bez skrupułów', a w 2007 wystąpił w filmie, na podstawie opowiadania Stephena Kinga, 'Mgła'.