Jonathan Aris
Known for: Acting
Born: January 24, 1971
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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".
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Filmography
41 movies · 47 TV shows, newest first
7.1
Believe Me
2026
4.5
Amadeus
2025
6.8
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
6.6
The Hack
2025
NR
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
6.5
Here
2024
4.0
The Cost of Hugging
2024
7.1
Red Eye
2024
7.5
We Were the Lucky Ones
2024
6.8
The Sixth Commandment
2023
8.3
Andor
2022
4.8
She Will
2022
6.8
Murder in Provence
2022
6.7
A Very British Scandal
2021
5.3
Zone 414
2021
7.4
The North Water
2021
6.7
Enjoy
2021
6.6
Avenue 5
2020
7.0
Dracula
2020
6.6
The War of the Worlds
2019
7.8
His Dark Materials
2019
6.7
The Feed
2019
6.1
Vivarium
2019
7.6
The Capture
2019
8.0
Good Omens
2019
6.2
Get Duked!
2019
6.8
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
2018
7.1
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
2018
6.5
All the Money in the World
2017
8.0
The End of the F***ing World
2017
7.0
The Death of Stalin
2017
6.2
Churchill
2017
7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
6.4
Tutankhamun
2016
5.8
Morgan
2016
5.5
Love, Nina
2016
7.7
The Night Manager
2016
7.3
Race
2016
6.9
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
2016
7.8
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
7.7
The Martian
2015
7.5
Humans
2015
7.5
Wolf Hall
2015
7.3
The Game
2014
7.8
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
6.8
The World's End
2013
6.3
Sightseers
2012
7.5
Silk
2011
5.2
Gulliver's Travels
20102.0
The Little House
2010
8.5
Sherlock
2010
6.6
Bright Star
2009
7.1
Being Human
2009
7.8
Merlin
2008
5.6
Bonekickers
2008
6.7
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
6.7
Flawless
2007NR
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
6.5
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
5.2
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006
7.7
Broken News
2005
8.0
Riot at the Rite
2005
4.0
Footprints in the Snow
2005
8.0
The Government Inspector
2005
5.7
Planespotting
2005
8.0
Ideal
2005
6.5
Not Only But Always
2004
7.5
Eroica
2003
8.0
Peep Show
2003
8.2
Mayday
2003NR
The Project
2002
7.7
Spooks
2002
5.9
Birthday Girl
2001
NR
Double Income, No Kids Yet
2001
5.2
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
6.6
Topsy-Turvy
1999
6.8
Relic Hunter
1999
7.5
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
5.8
Metroland
1998
5.5
Only Love
1998
6.4
The Jackal
19977.0
Pilgrim's Rest
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
6.9
Bugs
1995
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
7.5
As Time Goes By
1992
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989NR
Fortitude
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