Jonathan Forbes (born 4 December 1976 in
Dublin) is an Irish actor.
Early life
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, before studying English at
University College Dublin.
Career
Forbes trained at
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2001 as a BBC Carleton Hobbs Award winner.
In 2001 he played the lead role in
John Deery
John Deery is a British award-winning film and television drama director.
Early life
Deery was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside, across the river Mersey from Liverpool. Like many other directors, he started out as an actor, training at The Dram ...
'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
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
''.
In 2015 he starred opposite
Sharon Horgan and American comedian
Rob Delaney in ''
Catastrophe
Catastrophe or catastrophic comes from the Greek κατά (''kata'') = down; στροφή (''strophē'') = turning ( el, καταστροφή). It may refer to:
A general or specific event
* Disaster, a devastating event
* The Asia Minor Catastro ...
'', a six-part comedy series for
Channel 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.
In 2016 he starred in the
BBC Radio 4 drama
Tracks as Freddy Fuller alongside
Romola Garai.
In 2019, Forbes starred as the
title character in the play ''
Hamlet'', which began its performance on 28 March 2019
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Radio
References
External links
*
CV at Curtis Brown Agents
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1976 births
Living people
Irish male television actors
Irish male radio actors
Irish male voice actors
Irish male film actors
20th-century Irish male actors
21st-century Irish male actors