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Date of Birth

21 April 1969, Middlesex Hospital, London, England, UK

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)

Mini 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" (1996). His television appearances include A View from the Bridge (2012) and "The Camomile Lawn" (1992). He made his screen debut in Sally Potter's Orlando (1992).

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Spouse

Anna-Louise Plowman

(15 September 2001 - present) 3 children

Trivia

Son of the late Sir Robert Stephens and Dame Maggie Smith

Stepson of Patricia Quinn.

Younger brother of Chris Larkin.

Attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

In 1999, appeared on Broadway in "Ring Round the Moon".

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).

Was considered for the role of "Robin" in Batman Forever (1995).

Has turned down Hollywood many times; he concentrates mainly on theater.

After his parents' divorce when he was four years old, Stephens and his brother (actor Chris Larkin) grew up traveling back and forth across the Atlantic with their mother for her numerous acting engagements.

Older stepbrother of Quinn Hawkins.

Toby and his wife welcomed their first child in May 2007. A son named Eli Alistair Stephens.

Toby and Anna-Louise's daughter Tallulah arrived in 2009.

His family has been involved in three of Britain's most successful literary and film franchises. Toby played a James Bond villain in Die Another Day (2002), and later went on to play Bond himself on the radio. His father, Robert Stephens, played Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings on the radio. His mother, Maggie Smith, plays Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films.

He and his mother, Maggie Smith, have both worked with Ian McKellen. Smith appeared with him in Richard III (1995), while Stephens worked with him in a BBC Radio adaptation of "Goldfinger". McKellen also played "Smith" when he hosted "Saturday Night Live" (1975). In addition, both McKellen and Robert Stephens have appeared in adaptations of "The Lord of the Rings".

In 1996, he co-starred with Tara Fitzgerald in the adaption of Anne Brontë's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (1996). Both appeared again in Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" (2006), but did not share screen time.

Personal Quotes

Some men are into Hollywood glamor stuff and some are not.

Where Are They Now

(July 2004) Performing as "Hamlet" in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford upon Avon.

(June 2007) Performing in Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" at the Donmar Warehouse, London as the character of "Jerry".

(October 2007) Playing "Horner" in William Wycherley's "The Country Wife" at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London.

(June 2009) Plays in 'Henrik Ibsen''s "Doll's House" in Donmar Warehouse Theatre until 18th July 2009 alongside 'Gillian Anderson', Tara Fitzgerald and Christopher Eccleston.

(April 2010) Playing "Henry" in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" at The Old Vic, London.

(2010) Soon to play "Georges Danton" in Georg Buchner's "Danton's Death" at the National Theatre, London.