Toby Stephens
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Toby Stephens (born April 21, 1969 in London ) is a British actor .
family
Stephens is the son of the actor couple Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens . His brother Chris Larkin is also an actor, his stepmother is the actress Patricia Quinn . He has been married to actress Anna-Louise Plowman since 2002 . Their son was born in 2007. The two daughters were born in 2009 and 2011.
Career
Stephens trained as an actor at Aldro and Seaford College and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). His film career began with the role of Othello in the 1992 film adaptation of Orlando . He also made his theater debut in 1992 at the West End Theater as Damis in Molières Tartuffe . Since then he has been on the theater stage in London almost every year. He played at the London Palladium , the Old Vic Theater and was at times a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company . In 2004 he played the role of Hamlet in the RSC production, in 2009 the male lead in Zinni Harris' adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play Nora or A Doll's House in Donmar Warehouse alongside Gillian Anderson . In 2010 he made his debut at the Royal National Theater in the role of Georges Danton in Danton's Death by Georg Büchner , staged by Michael Grandage . In 2017, the Lyttleton Theater played the role of Tony Blair in the world premiere of Oslo , a play by the American author J.-T. Rogers.
He also played in numerous television and radio productions for the BBC and other broadcasters. Since 2014 he played the role of James McGraw / Flint in the television series Black Sails on the US cable broadcaster Starz . He became world famous for the role of Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day . In 2002 he was seen in the period film Napoleon .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Orlando
- 1996: What you want (Twelfth Night)
- 1996: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- 1997: The Elfengarten ( Photographing Fairies )
- 1998: Cousin Bette (Cousin Bette)
- 1999: Onegin - A love in St. Petersburg (Onegin)
- 2000: Space Cowboys
- 2000: The Great Gatsby ( The Great Gatsby , TV movie)
- 2002: James Bond 007 - Die Another Day
- 2002: Owned (Possession)
- 2002: Napoleon (miniseries, episode 1x03)
- 2003: The Unfinished Portrait (Five Little Pigs)
- 2003: Cambridge Spies (miniseries, 4 episodes)
- 2003: Agatha Christie's Poirot TV series season 9, 1 episode
- 2005: Rising of the Heroes (Mangal Pandey: The Rising)
- 2006: Severance
- 2006: Jane Eyre (miniseries, 4 episodes)
- 2006: The Last Stand (Sharpe's Challenge)
- 2009: Robin Hood (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2012: Vexed (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2013: The Deadly Game
- 2013: Believe
- 2013: The Machine
- 2014–2017: Black Sails (TV series)
- 2015: And then there was no more ( And Then There Were None , Miniseries)
- 2016: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
- 2016: The Journey
- since 2018: Lost in Space - Lost Between Alien Worlds ( Lost in Space , TV series)
- 2018: Hunter Killer
- 2019: Summer of Rockets (TV series, 7 episodes)
Awards
- 1994: Ian Charleson Award - Best Classical Actor Under 30 ( Coriolanus )
- 1994: Sir John Gielgud Award - best actor (Coriolanus)
- 1999: Theater World Award - Broadway debut (Ring Round the Moon)
- 2003: Saturn Award - nomination for best supporting actor (in a film)
- 2007: Satellite Award - Nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries ( Jane Eyre )
Web links
- Toby Stephens in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fansite for Toby Stephens
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information page on the piece and cast on the Donmar Warehouse website ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephens, Toby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |