Jonathan Aris
Known For
Acting
Born
1971-01-24 in London, England, UK
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".
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Alex Dyer
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Receptionist
Mayday
as Narrator
Andor
as Senator Nower Jebel
Sherlock
as Dr Anderson
Merlin
as Matthew
The Night Manager
as Raymond Galt
His Dark Materials
as Commander Roke
Heartbeat
as Herbert Brownjohn
Spooks
as Azis Aibek
Humans
as Robert
Relic Hunter
as Paul Laurier
The Martian
as Brendan Hatch
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Senator Jebel
Good Omens
as Quartermaster Angel
Peep Show
as Ben Prenderghast
Red Eye
as John Tennant
Talamasca: The Secret Order
as Gregory Owen
The End of the F***ing World
as Professor Clive Koch
Wolf Hall
as James Bainham