Known For: British actor (born 1966)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, voice actor, stage actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor
Country: United Kingdom
City: Hammersmith
Date of Birth: Wednesday, 07 September 1966
Language English
Toby Edward Heslewood Jones is an English actor. He is known for his extensive character actor roles on stage and screen. From 1989 to 1991, Jones trained at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. 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.
| BirthPlace | Hammersmith |
| Education | Q4667847, Q230899, Q3953216, Q5108787 |
| Awards | Q6500772, Q4835654, Q23011188 |
| Wikipedia | Toby_Jones |
Jones was born in Hammersmith, London to actors Jennifer Jones (née Heslewood) and Freddie Jones. He has two brothers: Rupert, a director, and Casper, also an actor. He attended Christ Church Cathedral School and Abingdon School in Oxfordshire in the 1980s. He studied drama at the University of Manchester from 1986 to 1989, and at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris from 1989 to 1991.
