Portrait of Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris

Acting

Biography

Jonathan Aris is a British stage, film and television actor, he is the son of the late British character actor Ben Aris but, despite having a thespian as a father, acting was not his first choice. He studied painting at Camberwell School of Art and read Russian and Italian at Cambridge University before training as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Like his father, Jonathan has chiefly been seen in character roles, notably on television as the private secretary to the (female) Prime Minister in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006). He also does a great number of voice-overs for television commercials and narration for documentaries. He has made numerous stage appearances and was in the original London cast of "Fame - the Musical".

Born: January 24, 1971

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2025
The Hack

as Mark Thomson

2024
Here

as Earl Higgins

2024
2024
Red Eye

as John Tennant

2023
The Sixth Commandment

as DCI Mark Glover

2022
Andor

as Senator Nower Jebel

2022
She Will

as Podrick Lochran

2022
Murder in Provence

as Lucien de Bremont

2021
A Very British Scandal

as Judge Wheatley

2021
Zone 414

as Joseph Veidt

2021
2021
Enjoy

as Swim Man

2020
Avenue 5

as Charles

2020
Dracula

as Captain Sokolov

2019
His Dark Materials

as Commander Roke

2019
The Feed

as Eric Bell

2019
Vivarium

as Martin

2019
Good Omens

as Quartermaster Angel

2019
Get Duked!

as Mr. Carlyle

2018
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017
2017
The End of the F***ing World

as Professor Clive Koch

2017
2017
Churchill

as Mallory

2016
2016
Tutankhamun

as Herbert Winlock

2016
Morgan

as David Chance

2016
Love, Nina

as David, 'Floppy'

2016
The Night Manager

as Raymond Galt

2016
Race

as Alfred J. Lill

2016
Stan Lee's Lucky Man

as Ralph Dickenson

2015
The Martian

as Brendan Hatch

2015
Humans

as Robert

2015
Wolf Hall

as James Bainham

2014
The Game

as Alan Montag

2013
The World's End

as Group Leader

2012
2010
Gulliver's Travels

as Lilliputian Scientist

2010
Sherlock

as Dr Anderson

2009
Bright Star

as Mr. Hunt

2009
Being Human

as Newsreader

2008
Merlin

as Matthew

2007
Flawless

as Boyle

2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

as Sir Richard Leavis

2006
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man

as Marquis of Worcester

2005
Broken News

as Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter

2005
Riot at the Rite

as Jean Cocteau

2005
Footprints in the Snow

as Nick Donaldson

2005
2005
Planespotting

as Wayne Groves

2005
Ideal

as Rich

2004
Not Only But Always

as Jonathan Miller

2003
Eroica

as Paul Dorfmueller

2003
Peep Show

as Ben Prenderghast

2003
Mayday

as Narrator

2002
Spooks

as Azis Aibek

2001
Birthday Girl

as D.I. O'Fetiger

2000
The Wyvern Mystery

as Dr. Willett

1999
Topsy-Turvy

as Wilhelm

1999
Relic Hunter

as Paul Laurier

1998
Only Love

as Emil Becker

1997
The Jackal

as Alexander Radzinski

1997
Metroland

as Dave

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Alex Dyer

1995
1992
Heartbeat

as Herbert Brownjohn

1992
1989
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Amadeus

as Leopold Mozart