Jonathan Potts

Actor

Jonathan Potts

Born July 17, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada31 films

Jonathan Potts (born July 17, 1964, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor and voice actor whose career began in the late 1980s. He graduated from York University's theatre program in 1989 and immediately began working in film and television. He is best known for providing the voice of Link in The Legend of Zelda animated series (1989) and Captain N: The Game Master (1989), as well as voicing Troy Jeffries in the animated series Beverly Hills Teens (1987). Over his 40-year career he has voiced more than 1,500 radio and television commercials and appeared in over 100 animated episodes. He is married to Victoria and has three children. His most notable live-action film credits include Professor Brandon Lowe in Jason X (2001), Dr. Dunn in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007, starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman), a D.I.A. agent in Breach (2007, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger), Rick Daigle in Still Mine (2012, alongside James Cromwell and Geneviève Bujold), Blake in Rupture (2016, with Noomi Rapace), August in Len and Company (2015, with Rhys Ifans), Anon (2018), and Totally Killer (2023, Amazon). His first lead role was Jim Houghton in the CBC miniseries Conspiracy of Silence, a major Canadian hit that was sold to the BBC and NBC. On television he is best known as Captain Doyle Redfern in The Strain (2014, 3 episodes), Mr. Gitten in Ginny & Georgia (2021, 9 episodes, Netflix), and Dr. Tibideaux in How to Die Alone (2024, Hulu), with additional credits in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018), The Comey Rule (2020), Murdoch Mysteries, Supernatural (2016), Dream House (2011), Road to Avonlea, and Due South. He also co-produced Seance: The Summoning (2011).

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Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 2024BelieverEddie Moore
  2. 2023Totally KillerChris Dubasage
  3. 2022Haunted House: Trick-VR-TreatDressed As Waldo
  4. 2018AnonDominic Ray
  5. 2016RuptureBlake
  6. 2016Population ZeroVictor Flynn
  7. 2015No Stranger Than LoveJohn Linnehan
  8. 2013Clara's Deadly SecretArnold
  9. 2012Still MineRick Daigle
  10. 2011Dream HouseTony Ferguson
  11. 2010DevilWayne Kazan
  12. 2008True Confessions of a Hollywood StarletPrincipal Bowman
  13. 2008The Legend of Zelda: The Power of the TriforceLink (voice)
  14. 2007Mr. Magorium's Wonder EmporiumDr. Sage
  15. 2007BreachD.I.A. Suit
  16. 2006Candles on Bay StreetRick
  17. 2005Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson StoryClive Jackson
  18. 2002Torso: The Evelyn Dick StoryDetective Sgt. Preston
  19. 2001Jason XProfessor Lowe
  20. 2000Cruel Intentions 2Assistant Headmaster Steve Muller
  21. 1999ResurrectionDet. Moltz
  22. 1999The Jesse Ventura StoryDean
  23. 1999Family of Cops III: Under SuspicionSam
  24. 1997Balls UpKen
  25. 1997Color of JusticeD.A. Trainee
  26. 1997When Innocence Is LostPeter Hess
  27. 1997Lethal TenderPogo
  28. 1995When Night Is FallingHang Glider #1
  29. 1995Butterbox BabiesLester Wilson
  30. 1994The Counterfeit ContessaFloyd
  31. 1986Body CountPaul Carter