Jonathan Aris
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".
Acting
- 2026Believe MeJeremy Gold QC1 ep.
- 2025AmadeusLeopold Mozart5 ep.
- 2025Talamasca: The Secret OrderGregory Owen4 ep.
- 2025The HackMark Thomson1 ep.
- 2024Red EyeJohn Tennant9 ep.
- 2024We Were the Lucky OnesWolf1 ep.
- 2023The Famous FiveMr. Standing1 ep.
- 2023The Sixth CommandmentDCI Mark Glover4 ep.
- 2022Murder in ProvenceLucien de Bremont1 ep.
- 2021A Very British ScandalJudge Wheatley1 ep.
- 2021The North WaterCorbyn1 ep.
- 2020Avenue 5Charles7 ep.
- 2020DraculaCaptain Sokolov1 ep.
- 2019The War of the WorldsPriest2 ep.
- 2019His Dark MaterialsCommander Roke8 ep.
- 2019The FeedEric Bell2 ep.
- 2019The CaptureDr Neuman3 ep.
- 2019Good OmensQuartermaster Angel1 ep.
- 2018Air Crash Investigation: Special ReportSelf - Narrator (voice)56 ep.
- 2017The End of the F***ing WorldProfessor Clive Koch3 ep.
- 2016TutankhamunHerbert Winlock4 ep.
- 2016Love, NinaDavid, 'Floppy'1 ep.
- 2016The Night ManagerRaymond Galt3 ep.
- 2016Stan Lee's Lucky ManRalph Dickenson3 ep.
- 2015HumansRobert3 ep.
- 2015Wolf HallJames Bainham2 ep.
- 2014The GameAlan Montag6 ep.
- 2011SilkDr Liam King1 ep.
- 2010The Little HouseDoctor McFadden2 ep.
- 2010SherlockDr Anderson4 ep.
- 2009Being HumanNewsreader1 ep.
- 2008MerlinMatthew1 ep.
- 2008Bonekickers1 ep.
- 2006The Amazing Mrs PritchardSir Richard Leavis6 ep.
- 2006Hotel BabylonMr. Green1 ep.
- 2005Broken NewsStewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter6 ep.
- 2005IdealRich1 ep.
- 2003Peep ShowBen Prenderghast1 ep.
- 2001Double Income, No Kids YetSteve12 ep.
- 1997Pilgrim's RestQuentin6 ep.
- 1995Bugs1 ep.
- 1992As Time Goes ByWaiter1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2026Believe MeJeremy Gold QC1 ep.
- 2026The CaptureDr Neuman3 ep.
- 2024Red EyeJohn Tennant9 ep.
- 2025Talamasca: The Secret OrderGregory Owen4 ep.
- 2025The HackMark Thomson1 ep.
- 2025AndorSenator Nower Jebel1 ep.
- 2024Doctor WhoHotel Manager1 ep.
- 2024The Famous FiveMr. Standing1 ep.
- 2024We Were the Lucky OnesWolf1 ep.
- 2022Avenue 5Charles7 ep.
- 2022Murder in ProvenceLucien de Bremont1 ep.
- 2021A Very British ScandalJudge Wheatley1 ep.
- 2021The North WaterCorbyn1 ep.
- 2020DraculaCaptain Sokolov1 ep.
- 2019The War of the WorldsPriest2 ep.
- 2017The End of the F***ing WorldProfessor Clive Koch3 ep.
- 2019The FeedEric Bell2 ep.
- 2019Good OmensQuartermaster Angel1 ep.
- 2017Stan Lee's Lucky ManRalph Dickenson3 ep.
- 2016Love, NinaDavid, 'Floppy'1 ep.
- 2016The Night ManagerRaymond Galt3 ep.
- 2016Midsomer MurdersAlex Dyer1 ep.
- 2010SherlockDr Anderson, Self9 ep.
- 2015HumansRobert3 ep.
- 2015Wolf HallJames Bainham2 ep.
- 2012Peep ShowBen Prenderghast1 ep.
- 2012SilkDr Liam King1 ep.
- 2010SpooksAzis Aibek1 ep.
- 2010Being HumanNewsreader1 ep.
- 2009IdealRich1 ep.
- 2008MerlinMatthew1 ep.
- 2008Bonekickers1 ep.
- 2006Hotel BabylonMr. Green1 ep.
- 2005MaydayNarrator1 ep.
- 2003HeartbeatHerbert Brownjohn1 ep.
- 2001Relic HunterPaul Laurier1 ep.
- 2000Agatha Christie's PoirotReceptionist1 ep.
- 1998As Time Goes ByWaiter1 ep.
- 1996Bugs1 ep.