Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris is an English actor who has appeared in films, television, and theatre. He is known for his roles as the irascible policeman Anderson in the BBC series Sherlock, the angelic quartermaster in the Amazon Prime series Good Omens and Commander Roke in the BBC/HBO series His Dark Materials.

Jonathan Aris
Born	London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Louiza Patikas ​ (m. 2007)​
Parent(s)	Yemaiel Oven Ben Aris

Early life and education

Jonathan Aris is the son of Yemaiel Oven and Ben Aris.^[1]

Career

Aris has narrated TV documentaries produced and aired by the National Geographic Channel, and appeared as Philip Anderson in Sherlock.^[2]

In 2016, he appeared in Tutankhamun as the American Egyptologist Herbert Winlock,^[3] and appears as the angelic quartermaster in the Amazon Prime series Good Omens.^[4]

Personal life

Aris married Louiza Patikas in 2007.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Jackal	Alexander Radzinski
	Metroland	Dave
1999	Topsy-Turvy	Wilhelm
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Interviewer in Staines
	Birthday Girl	D.I. O'Fetiger
2007	Flawless	Boyle
2009	Bright Star	Leigh Hunt
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Lilliputian Scientist
2012	Sightseers	Ian
2013	The World's End	Group Leader
2015	The Martian	Brendan Hatch
2016	Race	Arthur Lill
	Morgan	David Chance
	Rogue One	Senator Nower Jebel
2017	The Death of Stalin	Mezhnikov
	All the Money in the World	Conservator
2019	Get Duked!	Mr. Carlyle
	Vivarium	Martin
	Radioactive	Hetreed
2021	Zone 414	Joseph Veidt
	She Will	Podrick Lochran
2024	Here	Earl Higgins

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	As Time Goes By	Waiter	Episode: "An Old Flame"
	The Examination for Lieutenant	Clerkly Officer	Television film instalment in the Hornblower series
2000	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Receptionist	Episode: "Lord Edgware Dies"
2002	The Project	Bob	Television film
2003	Eroica	Paul Dorfmueller	Television film
2003–present	Mayday	Narrator	Documentary series, for episodes distributed in Australia, Asia and Europe (except for the UK in season 1), where the series is retitled Air Crash Investigation
2004	Not Only But Always	Jonathan Miller	Television film
2005	The Government Inspector	Bryan Wells	Television film
	Riot at the Rite	Jean Cocteau	Television film
2006	Beau Brummell: This Charming Man	Marquess of Worcester	Television film
	The Amazing Mrs Pritchard	Richard Leavis	Main cast
	Doc Martin: On the Edge	Gavin Peters	Television film
2007	Confessions of a Diary Secretary	Bernard	Television film
2008	Wallander	Albinsson	Episode: "One Step Behind"
	Merlin	Matthew	Episode: "The Moment of Truth"
2010	Being Human	Newsreader	Episode: "Serve God, Love Me and Mend"
	Spooks	Azis Aibek	Episode #9.3
2010–2016	Sherlock	Philip Anderson	Recurring role
2012	Silk	Liam King	Episode #2.4
	Peep Show	Ben Prenderghast	Episode: "Chairman Mark"
2015	The Game	Alan Montag	Main cast; miniseries
	Wolf Hall	James Bainham	2 episodes
	Humans	Robert	Recurring role (series 1)
2016	The Night Manager	Raymond Galt	Recurring role
	Tutankhamun	Herbert Eustis Winlock	Main cast
	Midsomer Murders	Archaeologist's husband	Episode: "Saints and Sinners"
2017	Stan Lee's Lucky Man	Coroner	Recurring role (series 2)
2017–2019	The End of the F***ing World	Clive	Recurring role
2018	Black Mirror	Crispin	Episode: "Bandersnatch"
2019	Good Omens	Quartermaster Angel	Episode: "The Doomsday Option"
	The War of the Worlds	Priest	2 episodes; miniseries
2020	Dracula	Captain Sokolov	Episode: "Blood Vessel"
2021	A Very British Scandal	Judge Wheatley	1 episode; miniseries
2022	His Dark Materials	Commander Roke	Main cast
	Avenue 5	Charles	Recurring role (season 2)
2023	The Sixth Commandment	DCI Mark Glover	Main cast
2024	Red Eye	John Tennant	Main cast
	Doctor Who	Hotel Manager	Episode: "Joy to the World"
	The Famous Five	Mr. Standing	Episode: "Mystery at the Prospect Hotel"[6]
2025	Andor	Senator Nower Jebel	Episode: "Jedha, Kyber, Erso"
TBA	Amadeus †	Leopold Mozart	Miniseries

Key

†	Denotes TV productions that have not yet been released

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Death of a Salesman	Bernard	[7]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1997	Croc: Legend of the Gobbos	All voices (voice)[8]
1999	Croc 2	All voices (voice)[8]
2001	Rally Trophy	Co-Driver (voice)