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Toby Stephens(I)

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Toby Stephens
Follows the story of Ruth Ellis: her lifestyle as a young nightclub manageress, her violent relationship with the man she then killed in cold blood, her arrest, trial, and subsequent legal battle to get her release before she was hanged.
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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025)
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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).
BornApril 21, 1969
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BornApril 21, 1969
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      • 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in Die Another Day (2002)
    Die Another Day
    6.1
    • Gustav Graves
    • 2002
    Toby Stephens and Caity Lotz in The Machine (2013)
    The Machine
    6.0
    • Vincent McCarthy
    • 2013
    Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler in Hunter Killer (2018)
    Hunter Killer
    6.6
    • Bill Beaman
    • 2018
    David Costabile, James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber, Dominic Fumusa, and Alexia Barlier in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
    13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
    7.3
    • Glen 'Bub' Doherty
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Actor



    • The Season
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • The Morrigan
      • Malachy Crowley
      • Post-production
    • Marama
      • Nathaniel Cole
      • Post-production



    • Lucy Boynton in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025)
      A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Melford Stevenson QC
      • 2025
    • The Split (2018)
      The Split
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Archie Moore
      • 2024
    • Batman: Caped Crusader (2024)
      Batman: Caped Crusader
      7.2
      TV Series
      • The Gentleman Ghost
      • Russell Craddock (voice)
      • 2024
    • The Severed Sun (2024)
      The Severed Sun
      6.6
      • The Pastor
      • 2024
    • Jason Watkins and Tala Gouveia in McDonald & Dodds (2020)
      McDonald & Dodds
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Mark Holgate
      • 2024
    • Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall in One Day (2024)
      One Day
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Lionel
      • 2024
    • Walker Scobell in Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023)
      Percy Jackson and the Olympians
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Poseidon
      • 2024
    • Christopher Eccleston and Billy Jenkins in Dodger (2022)
      Dodger
      5.8
      TV Series
      • President Van Buren
      • 2023
    • Kevin McKidd and Vinette Robinson in Six Four (2023)
      Six Four
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Piers Fields-Turner
      • 2023
    • History of a Pleasure Seeker (2022)
      History of a Pleasure Seeker
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Maarten Vermeulen Sickerts
      • 2022
    • Prisoner C33 (2022)
      Prisoner C33
      7.6
      • Oscar Wilde
      • 2022
    • Alex Rider (2020)
      Alex Rider
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Damian Cray
      • 2021
    • Brian Steele and Maxwell Jenkins in Lost in Space (2018)
      Lost in Space
      7.3
      TV Series
      • John Robinson
      • 2018–2021
    • Guillermo Diaz, Toby Stephens, and Moira Quirk in The Man with the Golden Gun: The Radio Play (2020)
      The Man with the Golden Gun: The Radio Play
      6.3
      Video
      • James Bond (voice)
      • 2020
    • Timothy Spall, Keeley Hawes, and Toby Stephens in Summer of Rockets (2019)
      Summer of Rockets
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Samuel Petrukhin
      • 2019

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    • Toby Stephens in Black Sails (2014)
      Black Sails
      8.2
      TV Series
      • stand-in (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Lost: The Mystery of Flight 447 (2010)
      Lost: The Mystery of Flight 447
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • narrated
      • 2010

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    • In Vitro
      8.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015

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    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Born
      • April 21, 1969
      • Middlesex Hospital, London, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Anna-Louise PlowmanSeptember 15, 2001 - present (3 children)
    • Children
        Elijah Alistair Stephens
    • Parents
        Robert Stephens
    • Relatives
      • Chris Larkin(Sibling)
    • Other works
      27 September 2007 - 12 January 2008: Played "Harry Horner" in "The Country Wife" (play by William Wycherley, directed by Jonathan Kent) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, UK.
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      • 1 Interview
      • 8 Articles
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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      Son of the late Sir Robert Stephens and Dame Maggie Smith
    • Quotes
      Some men are into Hollywood glamor stuff and some are not.

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