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2->''"I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about."''
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4Toby Edward Heslewood Jones [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 7 September 1966 in London, England) is one of England's most prolific and recognizable character actors. Chances are that he's appeared in some of your favorite movies and TV shows. He's best known as the timid house elf Dobby in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, Claudius Templesmith in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' movies, Dr. Arnim Zola in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', Percy Alleline in ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'', the scene-stealing Dream Lord in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Amy's Choice", and Culverton Smith in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.
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6He is the son of actor Creator/FreddieJones.
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10* FakeAmerican: In ''Film/TheMist'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''. [[invoked]]
11* HerrDoktor: Dr. Zola. However, he's Swiss and doesn't like being called German.
12* SerkisFolk: Dobby, of course.
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14!Notable Roles
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16* 1993 ''Film/{{Naked|1993}}'' as Man at Tea Bar
17* 1998 ''Film/{{Les Miserables|1998}}'' as Doorkepper
18* 1998 ''Film/EverAfter'' as Royal Page
19* 1999 ''Film/TheMessengerTheStoryOfJoanOfArc'' as English Judge
20* 1999-2000 ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' as Dan Peterson
21* 2002 ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' as Dobby the House Elf (voice and mocap)
22** 2010 ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' as Dobby the Free Elf
23* 2004 ''Film/FindingNeverland'' as Smee
24* 2005 ''Series/{{Elizabeth I}}'' as Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
25* 2006 ''Film/ThePaintedVeil'' as Waddington
26* 2007 ''Film/AmazingGrace'' as Duke of Clarence
27* 2007 ''Film/TheMist'' as Ollie Weeks
28* 2007 ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'' as Bursar
29* 2008 ''Film/CityOfEmber'' as Bardon Snode
30* 2008 ''Film/{{W}}'' as Karl Rove
31* 2008 ''Film/FrostNixon'' as Swifty Lazar
32* 2009 ''Film/{{Creation}}'' as Thomas Huxley
33* 2009 ''Film/StTrinians2TheLegendOfFrittonsGold'' as Bursar
34* 2010 ''Series/DoctorWho'' as The Dream Lord
35* 2010 Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Series/{{Poirot}}: Literature/MurderOnTheOrientExpress'' as Samuel Ratchett/Franco Casetti
36* 2011 ''Film/TheRite'' as Father Matthew
37* 2011 ''Film/YourHighness'' as Julie
38* 2011 ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy'' as Percy Alleline
39* 2011 ''Film/MyWeekWithMarilyn'' as Arthur P. Jacobs
40* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as Dr. Arnim Zola
41** 2011 ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''
42** 2014 ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''
43** 2015 ''Series/AgentCarter''
44** 2021 ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (voice)
45* 2012 ''Film/TheHungerGames'' as Claudius Templesmith
46** 2013 ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire''
47* 2012 ''Film/RedLights'' as Dr. Paul Shackleton
48* 2012 ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' as Coll
49* 2012 ''Film/BerberianSoundStudio'' as Gilderoy
50* 2012 ''Series/{{Titanic|2012}}'' as John Batley
51* 2014-17 ''Series/{{Detectorists}}'' as Lance Stater
52* 2015 ''Film/TheManWhoKnewInfinity'' as John Edensor Littlewood
53* 2015 ''Series/WaywardPines'' as Doctor Jenkins [[spoiler:[[{{TheDogWasTheMasterMind}} who is actually David Pilcher]]]]
54* 2016 ''[[Film/DadsArmy2016 Dad's Army]]'' as Captain George Mainwaring
55* 2016 ''Film/{{Anthropoid}}'' as Uncle Hajsky
56* 2016 ''Series/WitnessForTheProsecution'' as John Mayhew
57* 2017 ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': The Lying Detective as Culverton Smith
58* 2017 ''Film/AtomicBlonde'' as Gray
59* 2017 ''Film/{{The Snowman|2017}}'' as Investigator Svenson
60* 2018 ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' as Gunnar Eversoll
61* 2018 ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' as Owl (voice)
62* 2019 ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'' as the Librarian (voice)
63* 2019 ''Film/FirstCow'' as Chief Factor
64* 2021 ''Film/{{Infinite}}'' as Porter
65* 2021 ''Film/TheElectricalLifeOfLouisWain'' as Sir William Ingram
66* 2022 ''Film/ThePaleBlueEye'' as Dr. Daniel Marquis
67* 2023 ''Film/{{Tetris|2023}}'' as Robert Stein
68* 2023 ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' as Basil Shaw
69* 2024 ''Series/MrBatesVSThePostOffice'' as the titular Alan Bates

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