Jonathan Forbes (born 4 December 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish actor.
Jonathan Forbes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 December 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Early life edit
Forbes was born in Dublin, Ireland on 4 December 1976. He attended Gonzaga College where he was in the same class as fellow actor Andrew Scott,[1] before studying English at University College Dublin.
Career edit
Forbes trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2001 as a BBC Carleton Hobbs Award winner.[2]
In 2001 he played the lead role in John Deery's debut feature Conspiracy of Silence, for which he was nominated Best Newcomer at the inaugural Irish Film and Television Awards. He made his stage debut in Trevor Nunn's production of A Streetcar Named Desire at The Lyttelton Theatre in 2002. Other theatre highlights include Michael Boyd's first season at the RSC (Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear), Cyrano de Bergerac (Chichester Festival Theatre) and The Good Soldier (Theatre Royal Bath). Television highlights include Hornblower, Foyle's War and Titanic, Blood and Steel.
In 2011, he appeared in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
From 2013 to 2016, Forbes has provided the voice of the character Connor in the CGI version of the iconic British TV series Thomas and Friends.
In 2015 he starred opposite Sharon Horgan and American comedian Rob Delaney in Catastrophe, a six-part comedy series for Channel 4[3][4] which first aired in the UK on 19 January 2015. The second series of the show also aired in 2015, and the third in 2017. The fourth and final series was broadcast in 2019.
Forbes potrtrayed Freddy Fuller in the BBC Radio 4 drama Tracks from 2016 to 2020.[5]
In 2019, Forbes starred as the title character in the play Hamlet, which began its performance on 28 March 2019[6]
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Art of Salesmanship | Stewart | Short film |
| 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | Daniel McLaughlin | |
| 2013 | Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway | Connor (voice) | UK/US versions |
| 2014 | Made | David | Short film |
| 2016 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | Connor (voice) | UK/US versions |
| 2018 | All The World's a Stage | The Actor | Short film |
| 2018 | Eve | Toby Lang | Post-production |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Magnificent Ambersons | First Beau | Television movie |
| 2003 | Horatio Hornblower 3 | Midshipman Charles Orrock | Television movie |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Duty | Midshipman Charles Orrock | Television movie |
| 2007 | The Bill | Kevin Todd | Episode: "Cracking Under Pressure" |
| 2007 | Doctors | Jake Wallis | Episode: "Sand" |
| 2008 | Foyle's War | Johann | Episode: "Broken Souls" |
| 2010 | Bloody Foreigners | Witold Urbanowicz | Episode: "The Untold Battle of Britain" |
| 2011 | Casualty | Jack Tanner | Episode: "Starting Over" |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Browne | Episode: "The National Anthem" |
| 2012 | Titanic: Blood and Steel | Eddy Hatton | 11 episodes Television miniseries |
| 2013 | Holby City | Todd Parish | Episode: "Unravelled" |
| 2013–16 | Thomas & Friends | Connor (voice) | UK/US versions |
| 2015 | Pypo | Victor | Episode: "Lactation" |
| 2015-2017 | Catastrophe | Fergal | 13 episodes |
| 2015 | Pypo | Police Officer | Episode: "Asking for It" |
| 2015 | New Tricks | John Hartwell | Episode: "The Russian Cousin" |
| 2017 | Fearless | Dominic Truelove | 6 episodes Television miniseries |
Video games edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Vampyr | Sean Hampton (voice) | |
| 2020 | Gwent: The Witcher Card Game | Gezras of Leyda (voice) | In the "Way of the Witcher" expansion. |
| 2022 | Dying Light 2 Stay Human | Hakon (voice) |
Radio edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-2020 | Tracks | Freddy Fuller |
References edit
- ^ The Gonzaga Record 1994. Dublin. 1995.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "BBC - Soundstart - Previous Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award Winners".
- ^ "Press Release: Catastrophe - a new C4 comedy created by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan". Channel 4. 30 May 2014.
- ^ Jarlath Regan (12 November 2016). "Jonathan Forbes". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (165 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Tracks - S1 - Episode 1: The Nervus Vagus". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Wild, Stephi (28 February 2019). "HAMLET Starring Jonathan Forbes Begins Performances 3/28". www.broadwayworld.com. Broadway World. Retrieved 29 August 2021.