
Jonathan Potts
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).
Filmography
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8

When Hope Calls
2019 · 8.5

Twitch City
1998 · 8.5

Supernatural
2005 · 8.3

Suits
2011 · 8.2

Ginny & Georgia
2021 · 8.0

Murdoch Mysteries
2008 · 7.7

Eureka
2006 · 7.7

The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7

Due South
1994 · 7.6

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
1990 · 7.6

The Strain
2014 · 7.5

Private Eyes
2016 · 7.3

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002 · 7.2

Captain N: The Game Master
1989 · 7.2

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 · 7.1

Reaper
2007 · 7.1

Arthur
1996 · 7.0

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · 6.9

Forever Knight
1992 · 6.9

Still Mine
2012 · 6.9

Earth: Final Conflict
1997 · 6.9

Relic Hunter
1999 · 6.8

When Innocence Is Lost
1997 · 6.8

Totally Killer
2023 · 6.8

Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
1999 · 6.7

Breach
2007 · 6.6

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · 6.6

Fairly Legal
2011 · 6.6

FX: The Series
1996 · 6.5

The Legend of Zelda: The Power of the Triforce
2008 · 6.5

How to Die Alone
2024 · 6.4

Swamp Thing
1990 · 6.3

When Night Is Falling
1995 · 6.3

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007 · 6.3

Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · 6.2

The Andromeda Strain
2008 · 6.2

Dream House
2011 · 6.2

Resurrection
1999 · 6.1

Devil
2010 · 6.1

Candles on Bay Street
2006 · 6.1

Anon
2018 · 6.0

Sex & Mrs. X
2000 · 6.0

The Firm
2012 · 6.0

Beverly Hills Teens
1987 · 5.9

Between
2015 · 5.9

Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
2002 · 5.8

Population Zero
2016 · 5.8

The Counterfeit Contessa
1994 · 5.8
Butterbox Babies
1995 · 5.7

Believer
2024 · 5.5

Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story
2005 · 5.4

True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
2008 · 5.2

Color of Justice
1997 · 5.2

Kevin Hill
2004 · 5.1

Cruel Intentions 2
2000 · 5.1

Rupture
2016 · 4.9

Jason X
2001 · 4.9

No Stranger Than Love
2015 · 4.6

The Jesse Ventura Story
1999 · 4.5

Lethal Tender
1997 · 4.2

Balls Up
1997 · 3.3

Street Time
2002 · 2.5

Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
2022 · 1.0

Body Count
1986 · 0.0