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Toby Stephens is a British actor, film actor, stage actor and television actor, born in London on 21 April 1969. His mother is Maggie Smith and his father is Robert Stephens, and his sibling is Chris Larkin. He was educated at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and his career began in 1992, working in genres including Shakespearean comedy.
Stephens is married to Anna-Louise Plowman and has two children. He received the Theatre World Award and the Ian Charleson Awards.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Raymond Chandler : The BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Poodle Springs
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Fitzrovia, London, England, UK
Toby Stephens (born April 21, 1969) is an British actor of stage, film, and television. He is best known for his roles in Die Another Day (2002), Jane Eyre (2006), Black Sails (2014 – 2017), and Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023 – present). He is the youngest son of iconic actors Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens.
Known for
- The Morrigan — Malachy Crowley2026
- Mārama — Nathaniel Cole2026
- Giant — Frank Warren2026
- The Season — Christopher Hext2026
- The Severed Sun — The Pastor2025
- A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story — Melford Stevenson2025
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians Official Podcast — Self2025
- Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration — Self (archive footage)2024
- One Day — Lionel2024
- Batman: Caped Crusader — The Gentleman Ghost / Russell Craddock (voice)2024
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1969
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 41
- Total plays
- 2,320
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Toby+Stephens">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice
· 1994 · cited 52,089x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,538x
- Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data
· 2000 · cited 23,539x
- Ab Initio Calculation of Vibrational Absorption and Circular Dichroism Spectra Using Density Functional Force Fields
· 1994 · cited 22,150x
- Fast, scalable generation of high‐quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega
· 2011 · cited 14,493x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1969-04-21 ) 21 April 1969 (age 57) , London , England
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Spouse
- Anna-Louise Plowman , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
- Parents
- Robert Stephens (father) Maggie Smith (mother)
- Relatives
- Chris Larkin (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Toby
- Family name
- Stephens
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Anna-Louise Plowman
- Father
- Robert Stephens
- Mother
- Maggie Smith
- Sibling
- Chris Larkin
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Image
- Toby Stephens (retouched).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1969-04-00
- Commons category
- Toby Stephens
- name in native language
- Toby Stephens
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English actor who has appeared in films in the United Kingdom, United States, and India. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day, for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor; William Gordon in the 2005 Bollywood film Mangal Pandey: The Rising; and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the 2006 BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Captain Flint in the Starz television series Black Sails, followed by one of the lead roles in the Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space from 2018 to 2021. He portrays the Greek god Poseidon in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Early life and education
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