Toby Stephens' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Robin Hood (UK) Prince John Vexed (UK) Jack Jane Eyre (UK) Edward Fair… Black Sails Captain Flint Wired (UK) Crawford Hill The Camomile Lawn (UK) Young Oliver

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Dark Corners 2006 - Severance 2005 - Mangal Pandey - The Rising 2004 - Terkel i knibe 2002 - Die Another Day 2000 - Space Cowboys 1999 - Onegin 1992 - Orlando

BIOGRAPHY:

Toby Stephens began his acting career while a stagehand at the Chichester Festival Theatre, in end-of-season productions mounted by the crew. In his brief professional career, he has already won the Sir John Gielgud prize for Best Actor and the Ian Charleson Award for his performance in the title role of "Coriolanus" at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1994. His other work at the RSC includes "Measure for Measure," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Antony and Cleopatra," "Wallenstein," "All's Well That Ends Well" and "Unfinished Business." Stephens also starred in Peter Hall's production of "Tartuffe" at the Aldwych Theatre and has just finished filming The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. His television appearances include "A View from the Bridge" and "The Camomile Lawn." He made his screen debut in Sally Potter (I)'s Orlando.


TRIVIA:

• In 1999, appeared on Broadway in "Ring Round the Moon".
• Stepson of 'Patricia Quinn (I)' (qv).
• Has the uncanny ability to master the American accent which, along with his smile and look, helped set him apart from the other actors reading for the part of Jay Gatsby and ultimately helped him land the role (a role he said he had the most fun playing and would do the part again in a heartbeat).
• Stepbrother of 'Quinn Hawkins' (qv).
• Attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
• Son of the late Sir 'Robert Stephens (I)' (qv) and Dame 'Maggie Smith (I)' (qv)
• After his parents' divorce when he was four years old, Stephens and his brother (actor 'Chris Larkin (I)' (qv)) grew up traveling back and forth across the Atlantic with their mother for her numerous acting engagements.
• Brother of 'Chris Larkin (I)' (qv)