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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Doctor Who: Joy to the World
2024
as Hotel Manager
Here
2024
as Earl Higgins
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope a...
The Cost of Hugging
2024
as Jacques
Erica hugs pandas for a living and is absolutely miserable. And when hidden-camera TV star Jacques Burton tries to chat her up in the bar of the Hotel...
She Will
2022
as Podrick Lochran
Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious f...
Zone 414
2021
as Joseph Veidt
In the near future on a colony of state-of-the-art robots, a private investigator is hired by the colony's creator to bring his missing daughter home.
Enjoy
2021
as Swim Man
As Michael seeks novel ways to halt his spiralling depression, a moment of hope arrives via an unexpected source.
Vivarium
2019
as Martin
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, t...
Get Duked!
2019
as Mr. Carlyle
An anarchic, hip-hop inspired comedy that follows four city boys on a wilderness trek as they try to escape a mysterious huntsman.
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
2018
as Crispin
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
All the Money in the World
2017
as Conservator
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather...
The Death of Stalin
2017
as Mezhnikov
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl...
Churchill
2017
as Mallory
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Senator Jebel
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Morgan
2016
as David Chance
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment...
Race
2016
as Alfred J. Lill
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage ...
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Anderson
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
The Martian
2015
as Brendan Hatch
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and ...
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
as Anderson
John and Lestrade try to move on with their lives after Sherlock's apparent death. However, Anderson believes he is still alive.
The World's End
2013
as Group Leader
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Sightseers
2012
as Ian
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Gulliver's Travels
2010
as Lilliputian Scientist
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
Bright Star
2009
as Mr. Hunt
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her f...
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
2008
as Stanley Soward
A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing...
Flawless
2007
as Boyle
A female executive and a night janitor conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
as Bernard
Funny film concerning John Prescott's affair with Tracey Temple
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
2006
as Marquis of Worcester
This BBC historical drama stars James Purefoy as Beau Brummell, the original sharp-dressed dandy of 18th-century London. A socialite responsible for i...
Riot at the Rite
2005
as Jean Cocteau
In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor St...
Footprints in the Snow
2005
as Nick Donaldson
Paralysed from the waist down after a car crash, Julie Hill struggles to get used to her disability and to save her marriage. It looks as if her husba...
The Government Inspector
2005
as Bryan Wells
The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.
Planespotting
2005
as Wayne Groves
Television drama based on a true story about a group of planespotters wrongly accused of being spies. 14 planespotters are arrested for behaving 'susp...
Not Only But Always
2004
as Jonathan Miller
The story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely popular duo in the UK during the 1960s ...
Eroica
2003
as Paul Dorfmueller
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depi...
The Project
2002
as Bob
The Project follows the lives of a group of young Labour party activists from their final days of university to Westminster's corridors of power. Thei...
Birthday Girl
2001
as D.I. O'Fetiger
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russia...
The Wyvern Mystery
2000
as Dr. Willett
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor...
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Wilhelm
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Th...
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
as Clerkly Officer
Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew...
Only Love
1998
as Emil Becker
Two young lovers whose romantic dreams were shattered, are reunited years later in this sweeping story of fobidden love.
The Jackal
1997
as Alexander Radzinski
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal prov...
Metroland
1997
as Dave
In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unex...
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
N/A
as Mr. Standing
The Five reunite at a hotel on Cragstone Ridge, where old foe Thomas Wentworth seeks their help. He has foreseen the murder of visiting jazz singer Ca...