Jonathan Potts
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Supernatural
Arthur
2005
Series
Supernatural
Mr. Fremont
2005
Series
Arthur
Rufus Compson (voice)
1996
Series
Suits
John Dellmore
2011
Series
Murdoch Mysteries
Levi Beecher
2008
Series
Murdoch Mysteries
Thornton Bruce
2008
Series
The Strain
Captain Doyle Redfern
2014
Series
Earth: Final Conflict
Larry Clark
1997
Series
Eureka
Dr. Curtis Ward
2006
Series
The Twilight Zone
Teaching Assistant
1985
Series
Due South
Agent Lachlan
1994
Series
Private Eyes
Wallace
2016
Series
Relic Hunter
Neal Harris
1999
Series
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
Dugan / Whitaker
2002
Series
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Lester Fletcher
1993
Series
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
Series
Ginny & Georgia
Mr. Gitten
2021
Series
FX: The Series
Dwight Singer
1996
Series
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Link (voice)
1989
Series
Forever Knight
1992
Series
Reaper
Agent Papalbaum
2007
Series
Twice in a Lifetime
Peter
1999
Series
The Firm
Ben Brucklier
2012
Series
Fairly Legal
Mac Belber
2011
Series
Street Time
Paul Timmons
2002
Series
Beverly Hills Teens
(voice)
1987
Series
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
1990
Series
When Hope Calls
Ben Mendelson
2019
Series
Between
Mayor Reid
2015
Series
Captain N: The Game Master
Link (voice)
1989
Film
Jason X
Professor Lowe
2001
Series
Kevin Hill
Curtis Bancroft
2004
Series
How to Die Alone
Dr. Tibideaux
2024
Series
The Andromeda Strain
Pat Terrence
2008
Series
Twitch City
Lawrence
1998
Film
Totally Killer
Chris Dubasage
2023
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rick
1951
Film
Devil
Wayne Kazan
2010
Film
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Dr. Sage
2007
Film
Anon
Dominic Ray
2018
Film
Cruel Intentions 2
Assistant Headmaster Steve Muller
2000
Film
Dream House
Tony Ferguson
2011
Film
Resurrection
Det. Moltz
1999
Series
Swamp Thing
1990
Film
Breach
D.I.A. Suit
2007
Film
Body Count
Paul Carter
1986
Film
Rupture
Blake
2016
Film
Sex & Mrs. X
Rick Stockwell
2000
Film
When Night Is Falling
Hang Glider #1
1995
Film
Still Mine
Rick Daigle
2012
Film
No Stranger Than Love
John Linnehan
2015
Film
When Innocence Is Lost
Peter Hess
1997
Film
Candles on Bay Street
Rick
2006
Film
True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
Principal Bowman
2008
Film
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Sam
1999
Film
Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
Dressed As Waldo
2022
Film
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story
Clive Jackson
2005
Film
Believer
Eddie Moore
2024
Film
The Counterfeit Contessa
Floyd
1994
Film
Population Zero
Victor Flynn
2016
Film
Clara's Deadly Secret
Arnold
2013
Film
Color of Justice
D.A. Trainee
1997
Film
Lethal Tender
Pogo
1997
Film
The Legend of Zelda: The Power of the Triforce
Link (voice)
2008
Film
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
Detective Sgt. Preston
2002
Butterbox Babies
Lester Wilson
1995
Film
The Jesse Ventura Story
Dean
1999
Film
Balls Up
Ken
1997