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Toby Jones

Toby Jones

18 films · 1,011 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20022022

Born 7 September 1966 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Tobias Edward Heslewood Jones OBE is an English actor.

Jones made his film debut in Sally Potter's period drama Orlando in 1992. He appeared in minor roles in films such as Naked (1993), Les Misérables (1998), Ever After (1998), Finding Neverland (2005), and Mrs Henderson Presents (2005). He won critical acclaim for his leading role as Truman Capote in the biopic Infamous (2006). Since then, he has worked as a character actor in films such as Michael Apted's biographical drama Amazing Grace (2006), John Curran's drama The Painted Veil (2006), Oliver Stone's political satire W.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 18 films · 1,011 frames · top-billed in 4 · 20022022

  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire2021
  • Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actor in a Television Film2015
  • British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film2012
  • Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2002

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,011 frames from the 18 films we hold. This is the look of the work Toby takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 18 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Toby takes.

Time of day

Night46%
Day45%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key50%
Natural40%
High key5%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium36%
Wide29%
Closeup21%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
Low angle7%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral53%
Tense22%
Lonely11%
Ominous9%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,011 frames from Toby Jones's 18 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.