Anecdotes

His wife Karen Jones is a criminal barrister.

Married his partner Karen Jones after being together for 25 years.

Has played both Truman Capote in Scandaleusement Célèbre (2006) and Capote's agent Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar in Frost/Nixon (2008).

He won the London Film Critics Circle "Best British Actor" for his portrayal of Truman Capote in Scandaleusement Célèbre (2006).

Has twice played a famous public figure within a year of a more recognized actor playing the same role in another film. In 2006 he appeared in Scandaleusement Célèbre (2006) as Truman Capote, a role for which Philip Seymour Hoffman had recently won an Oscar. He later appeared in La muse (2012) as Alfred Hitchcock, the same year that Anthony Hopkins played the role in Hitchcock (2012).

Jones went to Abingdon School with fellow actor Tom Hollander and both were contemporaries of the band Radiohead. They were both born in Oxford and only two weeks apart from each other. Not only that, but both are 5 foot 5 inches in height.

Son of Freddie Jones and Jennie Heslewood.

He WON the BAFTA comedy performance award for Detectorists.

Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook have appeared together in a number of projects: Voyage au pays imaginaire (2004), La cité de l'ombre (2008), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010), Les aventures de Tintin: Le secret de la Licorne (2011), Les Muppets 2 (2014), Detectorists (2014) and L'histoire de Jean-Christophe (2018).

Has two daughters - Madeleine Jones and Holly Jones.

Brother of Rupert Jones and Casper Jones.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2021 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to drama. He is an actor in London, Greater London, England.

Starred on Broadway with Sean Foley and Hamish McColl in "The Play What I Wrote". (2003)

He was awarded the 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role of 2001 for his performance in "The Play What I Wrote" at the Wyndham Theatre, London.

In 2011, filmed two movies for release in 2012 in which he plays a character named "Claudius": Hunger Games: Le film (2012) and Blanche-Neige et le chasseur (2012).

As of 2021, he has appeared in two films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Voyage au pays imaginaire (2004) and Frost/Nixon (2008).

Performs with Hamish McColl as "The Right Size".

Besides playing the role of Truman Capote, he and Philip Seymour Hoffman both appeared in films adapted from John Le Carre novels. Jones was in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) while Hoffman was in Un homme très recherché (2014). They co-starred in Hunger Games: L'embrasement (2013). Another interesting fact is that both actors were part of movie franchises whose final films were split in two parts: Jones in the Harry Potter franchise and Hoffman in the Hunger Games franchise.