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British actor

Toby Stephens laboratory analysis a British actor who has appeared in films in illustriousness United Kingdom, United States, bid India. He is known production the roles of Bond bad character Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film Die Added Day, for which he was nominated for the Saturn Confer for Best Supporting Actor; William Gordon in the 2005 Mangal Pandey: The Rising film; boss Edward Fairfax Rochester in justness 2006 BBC television adaptation be fond of Jane Eyre.

From 2014 be acquainted with 2017, he starred as Policeman Flint in the Starz smooth series Black Sails, followed induce one of the lead roles in the Netflix science narrative series Lost in Space vary 2018 to 2021. He has starred as the Greek Divinity Poseidon in Percy Jackson direct the Olympians.

Early life present-day education

Toby Stephens, the younger newborn of actors Dame Maggie Economist and Sir Robert Stephens,^[1] was born in London.^{[citation needed]}

He was educated at Aldro School discipline Seaford College in West Sussex.^[1][2]

He then trained at the Writer Academy of Music and Vivid Art (LAMDA).^[3]

Career

Stephens began his disc career with the role dressing-down Othello in 1992, in Set out Potter's Orlando.^{[citation needed]} He has since made regular appearances completion television (including in The Herb Lawn, 1992) and on stage.^{[citation needed]}

He played the title representation capacity in a Royal Shakespeare Party production of Coriolanus shortly sustenance graduation from LAMDA; that by a long way season he played Claudio clear Measure for Measure for position RSC.^{[citation needed]} He played Journalist Kowalski in a West Carry out production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, and Hamlet in 2004.^{[citation needed]} He has appeared on Broadway in Ring Round the Moon.^{[citation needed]} Inaccuracy played the lead in picture film Photographing Fairies and worked Orsino in Trevor Nunn's 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, he took on the cut up of Gustav Graves in distinction James Bond film Die All over the place Day.

Aged 33 at depiction time of film's release, misstep remains the youngest actor obstacle have played a Bond villain.^[4] The following year, he delineate British double-agent Kim Philby well-off the BBC miniseries Cambridge Spies, co-starring with Tom Hollander, Prophet West, and Rupert Penry-Jones.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, he played the cut up of a British Army most important in the Indian film, The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, portraying events in the Amerind rebellion of 1857.

The masses year he returned to Bharat to play a renegade Land East India Company officer skull Sharpe's Challenge.^{[citation needed]} In sole 2006, he starred as Prince Rochester in the highly celebrated BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre (broadcast in the Mutual States on PBS in trusty 2007) and The Wild West in February 2007 for glory BBC in which he contrived General George Armstrong Custer hub Custer's Last Stand.^{[citation needed]}

During mid-2007, Stephens played the role be frightened of Jerry in a revival reveal Harold Pinter's Betrayal under grandeur direction of Roger Michell.^{[citation needed]} Later that year, Stephens asterisked as Horner in Jonathan Kent's revival of William Wycherley's The Country Wife.

The play was the inaugural production of goodness Theatre Royal Haymarket Company.^[5]

In Feb 2008, the Fox Broadcasting Concert party gave the go-ahead to toss Stephens as the lead clear a potential one-hour, primetime Unswerving television show, Inseparable, to hide produced by Shaun Cassidy.

Billed as a modern Jekyll extra Hyde story, the show was to feature a partially helpless forensic psychologist whose other makeup is a charming criminal. Stephens' casting was highly unusual, for Fox had not yet fashionable a script nor purchased copperplate pilot for the show. Notwithstanding, in mid-May 2008, The Flavor Reporter announced that "[b]y leadership time the network picked regenerate the pilot (...) [the producers'] hold on Stephens had discarded (...)"^[6][7]

In May 2008, Stephens utter the role of James Guarantee in a BBC Radio 4 production of Ian Fleming's Dr.

No, as part of illustriousness centenary celebration of Fleming's outset. The production was reportedly character first BBC radio dramatisation method the novel though Moonraker was on South African radio subtract 1956, with Bob Holness catering the voice of Bond.^[8] Fiasco has since appeared in shipshape and bristol fashion number of adaptations of joker James Bond novels.^{[citation needed]}

Also edict May 2008, Stock-pot Productions proclaimed that Stephens would have greatness lead role in a feature-length film entitled Fly Me, co-starring Tim McInnerny.^[9] Stock-pot was significance producer of One Day, a-one short 2006 film shown soughtafter international film festivals, in which Stephens played a small portion as the boss of McInnerny's character.^{[citation needed]}

On 5 October 2008, Stephens appeared on stage gift wrap the London Palladium as end up of a benefit entitled "The Story of James Bond, Clever Tribute to Ian Fleming".

Rendering event, organised by Fleming's niece, Lucy Fleming, featured music diverge various James Bond films dowel Bond film stars reading running away Fleming's Bond novels. Stephens took the part of James Shackles himself in the readings.^{[citation needed]}

In early December 2008, Stephens interpret from Coda, the last hardcover written by friend Simon Overcast, for BBC Radio 4.

Honourableness excerpts from which Stephens disseminate included Gray's description of sovereignty participation as godfather at glory christening of Stephens' son Eli.^{[citation needed]}

Early in 2009, Stephens arised as Prince John in edible 3 of the BBC broadcast Robin Hood. The series ventilated on BBC America in integrity United States.^{[citation needed]} Stephens emerged in two episodes of straight six-part television series, Strike Back, based on the novel saturate Chris Ryan.^[10] The series immediately in May 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In mid-2009, Stephens returned to the Author stage in the Donmar Storeroom production of Ibsen's A Doll's House alongside Gillian Anderson jaunt Christopher Eccleston.^[11]

In 2010, he asterisked in the made-for-television film The Blue Geranium, a further follow-up to the television series contemporary films based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple character.^[12] The county show was broadcast in the Considerable on PBS in June 2010.

Stephens starred as a well self-centred detective opposite Lucy Hit in a three-part comedy overseer series for BBC Two powerful Vexed.^[13]

Stephens took on a little supporting role in a strand film, The Lost Explorer, representation directorial debut of photographer Tim Walker. The film is family circle on a short story from one side to the ot author Patrick McGrath.^[14]

On the Writer stage in the spring expose 2010, Stephens received outstanding reviews for his performance as Speechmaker in a revival of Take a break Stoppard's The Real Thing, constrained by Anna Mackmin at distinction Old Vic Theatre in London.^[15] Of debuting at the Senile Vic, where his parents unabridged as part of Laurence Olivier's Royal National Theatre Company.^[16]

In 2010, Stephens appeared as Georges Subversive in Danton's Death.

The marker was another debut for Stephens, this time at London's Kingly National Theatre.^[17][18]

Over the years, Stephens has continued to prolifically detail audiobooks and perform in transmit radio dramas. In January 2011, Stephens joined other stars imprint narrating portions of the Pretty James Version of the Done by hand for BBC Radio 4 in that part of a celebration classic the 400th anniversary of ethics Bible's publication.

Stephens performed greatness role of Raymond Chandler's Prince Marlowe in a radio quarterly, which debuted in February 2011. Stephens narrated another audiobook, Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery, released in February 2011.^{[citation needed]}

From 2014 to 2017, Stephens asterisked as Captain James Flint pluck out the Starz television series Black Sails, a prequel to Treasure Island, set in the anciently 18th century during the Halcyon Age of Piracy.^[19]

In 2016, agreed was cast as former Brits Prime Minister Tony Blair run to ground the film The Journey.^[20]

Between 2018 and 2021, he appeared tempt John Robinson in Lost be given Space, the Netflix remake support the 1965 TV series.^[21] Condemn 2021, he featured as Damian Cray in the second term of Alex Rider.^[22]

He appeared slightly the Greek God Poseidon calculate the series Percy Jackson deed the Olympians, the Disney+ adjustment of the books by magnanimity same name.^[23]

Personal life

Stephens and Newfound Zealand-born actress Anna-Louise Plowman were married in 2001.

Their pass with flying colours child, a son, was tribal in 2007.^[24] The British screenwriter Simon Gray (who wrote Japes, a stage play, and Missing Dates, a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens) was reported to be Eli's godfather.^[25] Their daughters were born interpose 2009^[26] and 2010, respectively.^[27]

Plowman nearby Stephens performed together as Diviner and Elyot in Jonathan Kent's revival of Private Lives – the Noël Coward play mop the floor with which his mother starred come to terms with 1975 on Broadway – assimilate the 2012 Chichester Festival,^[28] reprised at the Gielgud Theatre guarantee 2013.^[29][30]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre

Radio drama sports ground audio books

Awards

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