Cast & creator
Jonathan Aris
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Mayday
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".
41
film credits
49
television credits
90
1989–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
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Midsomer Murders
Alex Dyer
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Receptionist
1989
Mayday
Narrator
2003
Heartbeat
Herbert Brownjohn
1992
Spooks
Azis Aibek
2002
Sherlock
Dr Anderson
2010
Merlin
Matthew
2008
Andor
Senator Nower Jebel
2022
The Martian
Brendan Hatch
2015
His Dark Materials
Commander Roke
2019
Relic Hunter
Paul Laurier
1999
Good Omens
Quartermaster Angel
2019
The Capture
Dr Neuman
2019
The Night Manager
Raymond Galt
2016
Humans
Robert
2015
Peep Show
Ben Prenderghast
2003
Ideal
Rich
2005
Silk
Dr Liam King
2011
The End of the F***ing World
Professor Clive Koch
2017
Wolf Hall
James Bainham
2015
Being Human
Newsreader
2009
Avenue 5
Charles
2020
As Time Goes By
Waiter
1992
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Senator Jebel
2016
Talamasca: The Secret Order
Gregory Owen
2025
Red Eye
John Tennant
2024
The Jackal
Alexander Radzinski
1997
Dracula
Captain Sokolov
2020
Bugs
1995
Hotel Babylon
Mr. Green
2006
The World's End
Group Leader
2013
The North Water
Corbyn
2021
Stan Lee's Lucky Man
Ralph Dickenson
2016
All the Money in the World
Conservator
2017
The Death of Stalin
Mezhnikov
2017
We Were the Lucky Ones
Wolf
2024
The Hack
Mark Thomson
2025
Vivarium
Martin
2019
The Game
Alan Montag
2014
The War of the Worlds
Priest
2019
Gulliver's Travels
Lilliputian Scientist
2010
Believe Me
Jeremy Gold QC
2026
The Feed
Eric Bell
2019
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Anderson
2016
Here
Earl Higgins
2024
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Crispin
2018
A Very British Scandal
Judge Wheatley
2021
Race
Alfred J. Lill
2016
Birthday Girl
D.I. O'Fetiger
2001
The Famous Five
Mr. Standing
2023
Amadeus
Leopold Mozart
2025
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Sir Richard Leavis
2006
Flawless
Boyle
2007
Broken News
Stewart Frewett - ESN Network Reporter
2005
Morgan
David Chance
2016
Bonekickers
2008
Love, Nina
David, 'Floppy'
2016
Air Crash Investigation: Special Report
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Zone 414
Joseph Veidt
2021
The Sixth Commandment
DCI Mark Glover
2023
Murder in Provence
Lucien de Bremont
2022
Bright Star
Mr. Hunt
2009
Double Income, No Kids Yet
Steve
2001
Topsy-Turvy
Wilhelm
1999
Churchill
Mallory
2017
Tutankhamun
Herbert Winlock
2016
Sightseers
Ian
2012
Get Duked!
Mr. Carlyle
2019The Little House
Doctor McFadden
2010
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man
Marquis of Worcester
2006
Planespotting
Wayne Groves
2005
Footprints in the Snow
Nick Donaldson
2005
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Clerkly Officer
1998
She Will
Podrick Lochran
2022
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Stanley Soward
2008
The Wyvern Mystery
Dr. Willett
2000
Riot at the Rite
Jean Cocteau
2005
Not Only But Always
Jonathan Miller
2004
The Government Inspector
Bryan Wells
2005Pilgrim's Rest
Quentin
1997
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
Mr. Standing
2024
Metroland
Dave
1998
Only Love
Emil Becker
1998
Fortitude
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Anderson
2013
Eroica
Paul Dorfmueller
2003
The Cost of Hugging
Jacques
2024
Enjoy
Swim Man
2021Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Bernard
2007The Project
Bob
2002