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Jonathan Aris

Acting · Born January 24, 1971 · 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".

Movies with Jonathan Aris

• The Martian (2015) — Brendan Hatch
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) — Senator Jebel
• The Jackal (1997) — Alexander Radzinski
• The World's End (2013) — Group Leader
• All the Money in the World (2017) — Conservator
• The Death of Stalin (2017) — Mezhnikov
• Vivarium (2019) — Martin
• Gulliver's Travels (2010) — Lilliputian Scientist
• Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016) — Anderson
• Here (2024) — Earl Higgins
• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) — Crispin
• Flawless (2007) — Boyle

TV shows with Jonathan Aris

• His Dark Materials (2019) — Commander Roke
• Avenue 5 (2020) — Charles
• Red Eye (2024) — John Tennant
• The Game (2014) — Alan Montag
• Amadeus (2025) — Leopold Mozart
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006) — Sir Richard Leavis
• Air Crash Investigation: Special Report (2018) — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Double Income, No Kids Yet (2001) — Steve