Jonathan Aris

About

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".

Known for

Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997MaydaySeries • 2003Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989HeartbeatSeries • 1992SherlockSeries • 2010AndorSeries • 2022SpooksSeries • 2002MerlinSeries • 2008His Dark MaterialsSeries • 2019Relic HunterSeries • 1999Good OmensSeries • 2019The MartianMovie • 2015The Night ManagerSeries • 2016HumansSeries • 2015The War of the WorldsSeries • 2019The CaptureSeries • 2019Peep ShowSeries • 2003The JackalMovie • 1997IdealSeries • 2005Red EyeSeries • 2024Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryMovie • 2016The End of the F***ing WorldSeries • 2017Being HumanSeries • 2009Wolf HallSeries • 2015