Jonathan Watton
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jonathan Watton is a Canadian actor, director, and cinematographer born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. His exact birthday is not publicly available in major sources. He is one of three sons to parents Barbara Ledwell and Wayne Watton, both teachers, and his father introduced him to film at an early age by screening 16 mm prints from the National Film Board of Canada in the living room. After graduating from Memorial University's Fine Arts Theatre Program, he was cast by celebrated theatre director Michael Langham in his first professional stage appearance as a founding member of the Atlantic Theatre Festival. He is a recent alumnus of Norman Jewison's prestigious Canadian Film Centre Film Director's program. As an actor, Watton is best known for playing Dr. Darcy Garland in Murdoch Mysteries (2011–2013, 39 episodes) and Commander Matthew Calhoun in The Handmaid's Tale (2019–2021, 16 episodes). His film credits include Maps to the Stars (2014, directed by David Cronenberg, opposite Julianne Moore), Breach (2007, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger), XX (2017, Sundance), Closet Monster (2015, TIFF), Spinster (2019, opposite Chelsea Peretti), The Calling (2014), and Sharp Corner (2024). On television he has also appeared in Supernatural, Masters of Horror, Reign, Lost Girl, Mayor of Kingstown (2021), Invasion (2021), Strays (2021), and Star Trek: Short Treks (2018, as a Federation Officer). Beyond acting, Watton has directed and cinematographed several short films, including Last of the Snow (2012) and The Pamplemousse (2013), which have screened at festivals around the world. In theatre, he has performed with Canada's preeminent acting ensembles The Shaw Festival and Soulpepper Theatre Company, and in 2018 he returned to the stage in the lead role of the critically acclaimed production of North by Northwest for both the UK and North American premieres.
Filmography
2025
- Sharp Corner as Dr. Peter Murphy
2023
- PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie as Additional Voices (voice)
2021
- Mayor of Kingstown as William Chalk
- Invasion as Greg
2020
- You Will Still Be Here Tomorrow as Aiden
2019
- Claws of the Red Dragon as Michael Freeman
- Christmas Stars as Jason
- Spinster as Will
- Children of Wrath
2018
- Mary Goes Round as Therapist (voice)
- Crown and Anchor as Val
2017
- The Handmaid's Tale as Matthew Calhoun
- Taken as Colin Grant
- XX as Robert Jacobs (segment "The Box")
2016
- Private Eyes as Adam Renfro
- Closet Monster as Larry
2014
- Maps to the Stars as Sterl Carruth
- The Calling as Father Glendinning
2013
- The Pamplemousse ... (Director)
2010
- Lost Girl as Hugin
- Republic of Doyle as Alex Pittman
- Perfect Plan as Garrett Crawford
2009
- The Listener as Nicholas D’Angelo
2008
- Murdoch Mysteries as Dr. Darcy Garland
- Just Business as David Gray
2007
- Breach as Geddes
- They Come Back as Mason
2006
- Valerie on the Stairs as Bruce Sweetland
- Between Truth and Lies as John Walters
2005
- Supernatural as Paul Dutton
- Four Minutes as Hamilton
2004
- A Hole in One as Bobby Watson
2002
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye as Ryan
2001
- Mutant X as Billy Larkin
- On the Line as Paul
2000
- The Crossing as Cadman
1998
- Little Men as Grayson Whittaker