Jonathan Newth, a renowned English character actor, received his training at the prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where he honed his craft alongside esteemed contemporaries Julie Christie and James Bolam.
From 1957, Newth's extensive stage career spanned multiple decades, with his early work including repertory theatre and West End productions, culminating in his Broadway debut in The School for Scandal in 1963.
He spent several seasons with the esteemed Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he took on a wide range of roles, including the Player King in Hamlet, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, and Duke Frederick in As You Like It.
In more recent years, Newth appeared as Don Alejandro de la Vega, the father of the heroic protagonist, in Zorro at the Garrick Theatre in London from 2008 to 2009.
Newth's impressive on-screen career has seen him take on a diverse array of roles, ranging from clerics and military men to magistrates and noblemen in period dramas and literary adaptations.
Some of his notable on-screen credits include appearances in Coronation Street, Emmerdale Farm, Wings, Tenko, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Gunpowder Plot, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Elusive Pimpernel, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Napoleon and Love, Emergency-Ward 10, The Brothers, After Henry, and Poldark.
In his personal life, Newth has been married to actress Gay Wilde since 1979.
