# Jonathan Forbes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jonathan_Forbes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jonathan_Forbes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Forbes > Source revision: 1356430234 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other people named Jonathan Forbes, see [Jonathan Forbes (disambiguation)](/source/Jonathan_Forbes_(disambiguation)). **Jonathan Forbes** (born 4 December 1976 in [Dublin](/source/Dublin)) is an Irish actor. ## Early life Forbes was born in [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland) on 4 December 1976. He attended [Gonzaga College](/source/Gonzaga_College) where he was in the same class as fellow actor [Andrew Scott](/source/Andrew_Scott_(actor)),[1] before studying English at [University College Dublin](/source/University_College_Dublin). ## Career Forbes trained at [Bristol Old Vic Theatre School](/source/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](/source/John_Deery)'s debut feature *[Conspiracy of Silence](/source/Conspiracy_of_Silence_(2003_film))*, for which he was nominated Best Newcomer at the inaugural Irish Film and Television Awards. He made his stage debut in [Trevor Nunn](/source/Trevor_Nunn)'s production of *[A Streetcar Named Desire](/source/A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_(play))* 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](/source/Foyle's_War)* and *Titanic, Blood and Steel*. In 2011, he appeared in "[The National Anthem](/source/The_National_Anthem_(Black_Mirror))", an episode of the [anthology series](/source/Anthology_series) *[Black Mirror](/source/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](/source/Thomas_and_Friends)*. In 2015 he starred opposite [Sharon Horgan](/source/Sharon_Horgan) and American comedian [Rob Delaney](/source/Rob_Delaney_(comedian)) in *[Catastrophe](/source/Catastrophe_(sitcom))*, a six-part comedy series for [Channel 4](/source/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](/source/BBC_Radio_4) drama *[Tracks](/source/Tracks_(podcast))* from 2016 to 2020.[5] In 2019, Forbes starred as the [title character](/source/Hamlet_(character)) in the play *[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet)*, which began its performance on 28 March 2019[6] ## Filmography ### Film 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 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 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) 2024 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Hornsent (voice) ### Radio Year Title Role Notes 2016-2020 Tracks Freddy Fuller ## References 1. [*The Gonzaga Record 1994*](http://www.gonzagaarchive.ie/). Dublin. 1995. 1. ["BBC - Soundstart - Previous Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award Winners"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/47fxKVYdTN1wFVbSPsn5kqn/previous-carleton-hobbs-bursary-award-winners) 1. ["Press Release: Catastrophe - a new C4 comedy created by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan"](http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/catastrophe-a-new-c4-comedy-created-by-rob-delaney-and-sharon-horgan). Channel 4. 30 May 2014. 1. Jarlath Regan (12 November 2016). ["Jonathan Forbes"](https://soundcloud.com/an-irishman-abroad/jonathan-forbes-episode-165). *[An Irishman Abroad](/source/An_Irishman_Abroad)*. 165 ed. [SoundCloud](/source/SoundCloud). Retrieved 5 December 2016. 1. ["Tracks - S1 - Episode 1: The Nervus Vagus"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180602032134/http://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/d9xv4q/tracks--s1-e1-the-nervus-vagus/). *Radio Times*. Archived from [the original](https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/d9xv4q/tracks--s1-e1-the-nervus-vagus/) on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 1. Wild, Stephi (28 February 2019). ["HAMLET Starring Jonathan Forbes Begins Performances 3/28"](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/HAMLET-Starring-Jonathan-Forbes-Begins-Performances-328-20190228). *www.broadwayworld.com*. Broadway World. Retrieved 29 August 2021. ## External links - [Jonathan Forbes](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1047867/) at IMDb - [CV at Curtis Brown Agents](http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/jonathan-forbes) - [2009 Interview with *Derby Telegraph*](http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Tapping-desire-believe-ghosts/story-11584956-detail/story.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013401/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Tapping-desire-believe-ghosts/story-11584956-detail/story.html) 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jonathan Forbes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Forbes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Forbes?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.