Toby Jones

Toby Jones's biography

Toby Edward Heslewood Jones is 56 years old actor born at Hammersmith. He was born on Wednesday 7th of September 1966. He is often nicknamed as Toby Edward Heslewood Jones, Toby Jones. According to year of birth 1966 Toby belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 7th of September means he is Virgo. Virgo is an earthy sign of Zodiac Belt. People born under this Rising Sign are practical in nature. They believe in reality and represents themselves as a strong person.

He is white british. He is citizen of United Kingdom. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as voice actor, stage actor, film actor, screenwriter. Toby is recently known as television actor.

Toby Jones's dad

Toby Jones's father's name is Freddie Jones. Freddie is known as stage actor. His father was born on Monday 12th of September 1927. Toby´s father died on Tuesday 9th of July 2019 in Bicester. Freddie Jones was 53 years old, when this happened.

Toby Jones's schools

We found 4 schools Toby attended. Complete list of schools: Abingdon School, University of Manchester, L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Christ Church Cathedral School.

Toby Jones's career

His main focus is to be actor. Toby is famous thanks to Infamous. You could see him also in Berberian Sound Studio, Marvellous.

Is Toby Jones gay ?

Toby is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Toby Jones's Awards

• He was awarded the 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role of 2001 for his performance in "The Play What I Wrote" at the Wyndham Theatre, London.
• He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2021 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama. He is an actor in London, Greater London, England.
• He WON the BAFTA comedy performance award for Detectorists.

Toby Jones's Nominations

• He was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for work Frost/Nixon in 2009
• He was nominated for BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film for work Berberian Sound Studio in 2012
• He was nominated for British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for work Marvellous in 2015
• Toby was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for work The Girl in 2013

What else you don't know about Toby Jones ?

His middle name is Edward Heslewood.

Toby Jones's quotes

• It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.
• I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the flu.
• There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I'm repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy.
• There's something in the rhythm and roll of it that is connected to the way Hitchcock thinks and moves. Then there is everything he ingested - the cigar smoking and drinking that's imprinted on his voice.
• The prosthetics were interesting because the artist was so good that they could just put a Hitchcock mask on me, but you don't want to do that. You're an actor playing Hitchcock, so it's about how much of that you're going to do.
• It's one of those jobs where you go, 'Oh no, I've got to play 'Alfred Hitchcock'. I have to play him even though I know what this is going to involve.'
• I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.
• Certainly for my father, there were great times, good times, not-so-good times. He might be shooting a Fellini film for six months, then not working for two months. I'm used to that dynamic.
• But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of being an actor.
• When working abroad you work pretty hard, but with time off, this is the greatest job in the world. You drive. You explore Memphis, or wherever you've landed, or go and see Dr John, or the Californian landscape. And, yes, I've had a few good meals.
• I work best when a little scared, when there's so much more than the lines to think about.
• They know you're not Alfred Hitchcock, but you need to be enough Alfred Hitchcock for them not to be bothered by it. That's a reassuring thing.
• You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.
• All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.
• I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.
• I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children.
• It's hard for it to make a mark in this city because London has so much culture to offer.
• There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.
• I get plenty of time to re-engage with the world I'm trying to depict, so I'm not always living in these parallel worlds.
• I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.
• If you ever have the good fortune to meet Tippi Hedren, she's an amazing woman. You can't quite believe she is the age she is.
• Often jobs are un-turndownable even before you read the script. You go, 'Well, I have to do that.'
• Every now and then, they ask me to come in and improvise with Stanley Tucci for an afternoon. They fly me off to America, I improvise for an afternoon - it's not the hardest, most taxing job.
• I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There's a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?
• I think it will be, as always, interesting to compare different portrayals of Hitchcock. I'm very honored that I'm playing the same part as Anthony Hopkins.
• You're playing a character in a drama who happens to be based on someone who existed. It's never going to 'be' that person, but it's based on someone well-known, and you want to create enough of that person for it not to be a distraction.
• It's always very strange to have your life dramatized because it never happens like that. Things will be different.
• There is this miraculous thing I heard Hugh Grant talking about - the thing about screen acting is that you can read people's thoughts. You are trying to register something inside and usually the eyes in cinema are where you will register that.
• They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director's imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground.
• I don't know if it's harder but when you're playing a real person you want to honor their memory - even if they're a criminal or someone that the public loathed. That can be challenging.
• I've got to tell you, I've played real characters before and people always bring up this word 'impersonation,' and I'm never entirely sure what it means.
• The thing about Hitchcock which is quite extraordinary for a director of that time, he had a very strong sense of his own image and publicizing himself. Just a very strong sense of himself as the character of Hitchcock.
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Toby Jones's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Toby Jones looks. We will focus on Toby´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 5" (165 cm). Body build is average. His eyes are tinted blue. Toby´s hair is shade of blonde.