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".
Filmography (86)
Believe Me
2026
Amadeus
2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
The Hack
2025
The Cost of Hugging
2024
Here
2024
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
Red Eye
2024
We Were the Lucky Ones
2024
The Sixth Commandment
2023
She Will
2022
Murder in Provence
2022
Andor
2022
Enjoy
2021
Zone 414
2021
The North Water
2021
A Very British Scandal
2021
Avenue 5
2020
Dracula
2020
Get Duked!
2019
Vivarium
2019
Good Omens
2019
His Dark Materials
2019
The Feed
2019
The War of the Worlds
2019
The Capture
2019
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
2018
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
2018
Churchill
2017
The Death of Stalin
2017
All the Money in the World
2017
The End of the F***ing World
2017
Race
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Morgan
2016
Tutankhamun
2016
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
2016
Love, Nina
2016
The Night Manager
2016
The Martian
2015
Humans
2015
Wolf Hall
2015
The Game
2014
The World's End
2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
Sightseers
2012
Silk
2011
Gulliver's Travels
2010
Sherlock
2010
The Little House
2010
Bright Star
2009
Being Human
2009
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
Bonekickers
2008
Merlin
2008
Flawless
2007
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
Riot at the Rite
2005
Planespotting
2005
Footprints in the Snow
2005
The Government Inspector
2005
Broken News
2005
Ideal
2005
Not Only But Always
2004
Eroica
2003
Peep Show
2003
Mayday
2003
The Project
2002
Spooks
2002
Birthday Girl
2001
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
Topsy-Turvy
1999
Relic Hunter
1999
Only Love
1998
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
The Jackal
1997
Metroland
1997
Pilgrim's Rest
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Bugs
1995
Heartbeat
1992
As Time Goes By
1992
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
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