Jonathan Aris

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".

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mayday

Andor

Heartbeat

Sherlock

Merlin

Spooks

All Movies (41)

• Mystery at the Prospect Hotel2024 · as Mr. Standing
• Here2024 · as Earl Higgins
• The Cost of Hugging2024 · as Jacques
• She Will2022 · as Podrick Lochran
• Zone 4142021 · as Joseph Veidt
• Enjoy2021 · as Swim Man
• Vivarium2019 · as Martin
• Get Duked!2019 · as Mr. Carlyle
• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch2018 · as Crispin
• All the Money in the World2017 · as Conservator
• The Death of Stalin2017 · as Mezhnikov
• Churchill2017 · as Mallory
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016 · as Senator Jebel
• Morgan2016 · as David Chance
• Race2016 · as Alfred J. Lill
• Sherlock: The Abominable Bride2016 · as Anderson
• The Martian2015 · as Brendan Hatch
• Sherlock: Many Happy Returns2013 · as Anderson
• The World's End2013 · as Group Leader
• Sightseers2012 · as Ian
• Gulliver's Travels2010 · as Lilliputian Scientist
• Bright Star2009 · as Mr. Hunt
• Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley2008 · as Stanley Soward
• Flawless2007 · as Boyle
• Confessions of a Diary Secretary2007 · as Bernard
• Beau Brummell: This Charming Man2006 · as Marquis of Worcester
• Riot at the Rite2005 · as Jean Cocteau
• Footprints in the Snow2005 · as Nick Donaldson
• The Government Inspector2005 · as Bryan Wells
• Planespotting2005 · as Wayne Groves
• Not Only But Always2004 · as Jonathan Miller
• Eroica2003 · as Paul Dorfmueller
• The Project2002 · as Bob
• Birthday Girl2001 · as D.I. O'Fetiger
• The Wyvern Mystery2000 · as Dr. Willett
• Topsy-Turvy1999 · as Wilhelm
• Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant1998 · as Clerkly Officer
• Only Love1998 · as Emil Becker
• The Jackal1997 · as Alexander Radzinski
• Metroland1997 · as Dave
• The End of the F***ing World— · as Professor Clive Koch

All TV Shows (46)

• Believe Me2026 · as Jeremy Gold QC
• Amadeus2025 · as Leopold Mozart
• Talamasca: The Secret Order2025 · as Gregory Owen
• The Hack2025 · as Mark Thomson
• Red Eye2024 · as John Tennant
• We Were the Lucky Ones2024 · as Wolf
• The Sixth Commandment2023 · as DCI Mark Glover
• Andor2022 · as Senator Nower Jebel
• Murder in Provence2022 · as Lucien de Bremont
• A Very British Scandal2021 · as Judge Wheatley
• The North Water2021 · as Corbyn
• Avenue 52020 · as Charles
• Dracula2020 · as Captain Sokolov
• The War of the Worlds2019 · as Priest
• His Dark Materials2019 · as Commander Roke
• The Feed2019 · as Eric Bell
• The Capture2019 · as Dr Neuman
• Good Omens2019 · as Quartermaster Angel
• Air Crash Investigation: Special Report2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The End of the F***ing World2017 · as Professor Clive Koch
• Tutankhamun2016 · as Herbert Winlock
• Love, Nina2016 · as David, 'Floppy'
• The Night Manager2016 · as Raymond Galt
• Stan Lee's Lucky Man2016 · as Ralph Dickenson
• Humans2015 · as Robert
• Wolf Hall2015 · as James Bainham
• The Game2014 · as Alan Montag
• Silk2011 · as Dr Liam King
• The Little House2010 · as Doctor McFadden
• Sherlock2010 · as Dr Anderson
• Being Human2009 · as Newsreader
• Merlin2008 · as Matthew
• Bonekickers2008
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard2006 · as Sir Richard Leavis
• Broken News2005 · as Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
• Ideal2005 · as Rich
• Peep Show2003 · as Ben Prenderghast
• Mayday2003 · as Narrator
• Spooks2002 · as Azis Aibek
• Relic Hunter1999 · as Paul Laurier
• Pilgrim's Rest1997 · as Quentin
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Alex Dyer
• Bugs1995
• Heartbeat1992 · as Herbert Brownjohn
• As Time Goes By1992 · as Waiter
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Receptionist