Jonathan Potts

Born

1964-07-17

Birthplace

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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).