Mr Bates v Post Office Toby Jones' life off screen - famous wife and net worth
Toby Jones is back on our screens as he brings to life one of Britain's biggest ever scandals on new ITV drama Mr Bates vs Post Office, but did you know he has a famous family?
We see him star as Alan Bates, who along with his partner Suzanne Sercombe used all his savings to buy a Post Office branch in Llandudno, North Wales. Their life - and that of many others - is turned upside down when the new computer system called Horizon is installed in branches across the country. As a result of errors in the technology, numerous postmasters were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after being accused of fraud, theft and false accounting.
The 57-year-old, who we tonight see lead the charge for justice, has done so much on the big and small screen including parts in The Hunger Games, Les Misérables and well as voicing Dobby in the Harry Potter films for nearly a decade. He also appeared in Indiana Jones, Sherlock, Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Dr Who.
He married wife Karen, a criminal defence attorney, after nearly two decades together (WireImage)
His father, Emmerdale's Freddie Jones actor Sandy Thomas, died five years agoToby, who holds an OBE, isn't the only talented member of his family and has star-studded parents. His late father Freddie Jones is known for his role as Sandy Thomas on the hit ITV soap Emmerdale. played the role of Sandy from November 2005 before he departed in March 2008 and said goodbye to the soap and aired his final scenes in February 2018. He also starred as circus ringmaster Bytes in The Elephant Man.
He died at the age of 91 in 2019. His mum, Jennifer Jones, also enjoyed an incredible career on stage, while his his two brothers have also followed in their parents' footsteps as well. Rupert Jones is a director, and Casper Jones also acts. His wife Karen is a criminal defence attorney and they live in a plush home in Brixton, south London. They wed back in 2014 after 25 years together and are parents to two daughters Holly and Madeleine.
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According to some online reports, the actor's wealth could be up to £110million, following a large number of film roles over the years. Toby hails from Hammersmith, London and studied drama at the University of Manchester from 1986 to 1989. The following year he enrolled at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris until 1991.
Toby Jones voices Dobby the Elf in Harry Potter (Warner Bros)In December 2019, the Post Office agreed to pay £58million in compensation for false prosecutions based on faulty evidence from the Horizon system. Judge Fraser described the Post Office's denials about Horizon issues as "institutional obstinacy". However, the group were only left with £12m – about £20,000 each – after legal costs.
Alan previously opened up on the injustice to the Mirror. He said: "There were a whole host of very, very sad stories. The Post Office made people think they were going crazy. They didn’t just inflict financial ruin, destroying livelihoods, it also destroyed families. But there was one positive. We were all together and we knew the truth. There was also a determination that we were going to expose the lies."
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Alan added: "My understanding is that only a handful in the scheme has received their full and final financial redress. This has been a total cover-up; there has been no end to the lies. I just hope that the real guilty are actually pursued and prosecuted. I hope that is what Sir Wyn recommends."
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