Jonathan Potts
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1964 (age 62)
- 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).
Known For
Filmography
Believer
Movie · as Eddie Moore
How to Die Alone
TV · as Dr. Tibideaux · 2 eps
Totally Killer
Movie · as Chris Dubasage
Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
Movie · as Dressed As Waldo
Ginny & Georgia
TV · as Mr. Gitten · 9 eps
When Hope Calls
TV · as Ben Mendelson · 8 eps
Anon
Movie · as Dominic Ray
Population Zero
Movie · as Victor Flynn
Rupture
Movie · as Blake
Private Eyes
TV · as Wallace · 1 ep
No Stranger Than Love
Movie · as John Linnehan
Between
TV · as Mayor Reid · 1 ep
The Strain
TV · as Captain Doyle Redfern · 3 eps
Clara's Deadly Secret
Movie · as Arnold
Still Mine
Movie · as Rick Daigle
The Firm
TV · as Ben Brucklier · 1 ep
Dream House
Movie · as Tony Ferguson
Suits
TV · as John Dellmore · 1 ep
Fairly Legal
TV · as Mac Belber · 1 ep
Devil
Movie · as Wayne Kazan
The Legend of Zelda: The Power of the Triforce
Movie · as Link (voice)
True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
Movie · as Principal Bowman
Murdoch Mysteries
TV · as Levi Beecher, Thornton Bruce · 1 ep
The Andromeda Strain
TV · as Pat Terrence · 2 eps
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Movie · as Dr. Sage
Breach
Movie · as D.I.A. Suit
Reaper
TV · as Agent Papalbaum · 1 ep
Candles on Bay Street
Movie · as Rick
Eureka
TV · as Dr. Curtis Ward · 1 ep
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story
Movie · as Clive Jackson
Supernatural
TV · as Arthur, Mr. Fremont · 1 ep
Kevin Hill
TV · as Curtis Bancroft · 1 ep
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
Movie · as Detective Sgt. Preston
Street Time
TV · as Paul Timmons · 2 eps
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
TV · as Dugan / Whitaker · 1 ep
Jason X
Movie · as Professor Lowe
Sex & Mrs. X
Movie · as Rick Stockwell
Cruel Intentions 2
Movie · as Assistant Headmaster Steve Muller
The Jesse Ventura Story
Movie · as Dean
Resurrection
Movie · as Det. Moltz
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Movie · as Sam
Relic Hunter
TV · as Neal Harris · 1 ep
Twice in a Lifetime
TV · as Peter · 1 ep
Twitch City
TV · as Lawrence · 2 eps
Balls Up
Movie · as Ken
When Innocence Is Lost
Movie · as Peter Hess
Lethal Tender
Movie · as Pogo
Color of Justice
Movie · as D.A. Trainee
Earth: Final Conflict
TV · as Larry Clark · 1 ep
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
TV · 3 eps
FX: The Series
TV · as Dwight Singer · 1 ep
Arthur
TV · as Rufus Compson (voice) · 1 ep
Butterbox Babies
Movie · as Lester Wilson
When Night Is Falling
Movie · as Hang Glider #1
The Counterfeit Contessa
Movie · as Floyd
Due South
TV · as Agent Lachlan · 1 ep
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Lester Fletcher · 1 ep
Forever Knight
TV · 1 ep
Swamp Thing
TV · 5 eps
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
TV · 26 eps
Captain N: The Game Master
TV · as Link (voice) · 4 eps
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TV · as Link (voice) · 13 eps
Beverly Hills Teens
TV · as (voice) · 65 eps
Body Count
Movie · as Paul Carter
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Teaching Assistant · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Rick · 1 ep