Jonathan Aris is the son of the late British character actor Ben Aris but, despite having a thespian as a father, acting was not his first choice. He studied painting at Camberwell School of Art and read Russian and Italian at Cambridge University before training as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
的儿子乔纳森·阿里斯是已故英国性格演员本·阿里斯,但是尽管有戏剧作为一个父亲,不是他的第一选择。他在坎伯威尔艺术学院学习绘画和阅读前俄罗斯和意大利的剑桥大学培训作为一个演员在韦伯道格拉斯在伦敦戏剧性的艺术学院。