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Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English actor who has appeared in films in the UK, US and India. He is known for the roles of
Stephens, the younger son of actors
television adaptation of ''Bond villain
The following is a list of primary antagonists in the ''James Bond'' novels and film series.
Novel villains by author
Ian Fleming
Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)
Christopher Wood
John Gardner
Raymond Benson
...
Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
film ''Die Another Day
''Die Another Day'' is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth and final film st ...
'' (for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), of William Gordon in the 2005 '' Mangal Pandey: The Rising'' film, Edward Fairfax Rochester
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in a BBC television adaptation of ''Jane Eyre
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'' and as Captain Flint
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in the Starz television series '' Black Sails''. Stephens was one of the leads in the Netflix
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science fiction series ''Lost in Space'', which began streaming in 2018.
Early life
Stephens, the younger son of actors Dame Maggie Smith
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and Sir Robert Stephens
Sir Robert Graham Stephens (14 July 193112 November 1995) was a leading English people, English actor in the early years of Britain's Royal National Theatre. He was one of the most respected actors of his generation and was at one time regar ...
, was born on 21 April 1969 at the Middlesex Hospital
Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, England. First opened as the Middlesex Infirmary in 1745 on Windmill Street, it was moved in 1757 to Mortimer Street where it remained until it was finally clos ...
in Fitzrovia
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, London. He was educated at Aldro School and Seaford College. He then trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Career
Stephens began his film career with the role of Othello in 1992, inSally Potter
Charlotte Sally Potter (born 19 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing ''Orlando'' (1992), which won the audience prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival.
Early life
Potter was born an ...
's ''Orlando
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''. He has since made regular appearances on television (including in ''The Camomile Lawn
''The Camomile Lawn'' is a 1984 novel by Mary Wesley beginning with a family holiday in Cornwall in the last summer of peace before the Second World War. When the family is reunited for a funeral nearly fifty years later, it brings home to them ...
'', 1992) and on stage.
He played the title role in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''Coriolanus
''Coriolanus'' ( or ) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same yea ...
'' shortly after graduation from LAMDA; that same season he played Claudio in '' Measure for Measure'' for the RSC. He played Stanley Kowalski
Stanley Kowalski is a fictional character in Tennessee Williams' play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''.
In the play
Stanley lives in the working-class Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans with his wife, Stella ( DuBois), and is employed ...
in a West End production of Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the thr ...
' ''A Streetcar Named Desire
''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of pers ...
'', and ''Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' in 2004. He has appeared on Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
in ''Ring Round the Moon''. He played the lead in the film ''Photographing Fairies
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'' and played Orsino in Trevor Nunn
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's 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare
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's ''Twelfth Night
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''. In 2002 he took on the role of Gustav Graves in the James Bond
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film ''Die Another Day
''Die Another Day'' is a 2002 spy film and the twentieth film in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It was produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, and directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth and final film st ...
''. Aged 33 at the time of film's release, he remains the youngest actor to have played a Bond villain
The following is a list of primary antagonists in the ''James Bond'' novels and film series.
Novel villains by author
Ian Fleming
Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)
Christopher Wood
John Gardner
Raymond Benson
...
.
In 2005 he played the role of a British Army
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captain in the Indian film, '' The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey'', portraying events in the Indian rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...
. The following year he returned to India to play a renegade British East India Company
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officer in ''Sharpe's Challenge
''Sharpe's Challenge'' is a British TV film from 2006, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the British soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars. Contra ...
''. In late 2006 he starred as Edward Rochester
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in the highly acclaimed BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...Jane Eyre
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'' (broadcast in the United States on PBS
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in early 2007) and ''The Wild West'' in February 2007 for the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...General George Armstrong Custer
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Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 at the bottom of his class, b ...
in ''Custer's Last Stand
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''.
During mid-2007, Stephens played the role of Jerry in a revival of Harold Pinter's ''Betrayal
Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals, between organizations or between individuals and organizations. ...
'' under the direction of Roger Michell. Later that year, Stephens starred as Horner in Jonathan Kent's revival of William Wycherley
William Wycherley (baptised 8 April 16411 January 1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays ''The Country Wife'' and ''The Plain Dealer''.
Early life
Wycherley was born at Clive near Shrewsbury, Shropsh ...
's '' The Country Wife''. The play was the inaugural production of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company.
In February 2008, the Fox Broadcasting Company
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gave the go-ahead to cast Stephens as the lead in a potential one hour, prime time US television show, ''Inseparable'', to be produced by Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Paul Cassidy (born September 27, 1958) is an American singer, actor, writer, and producer. He has created and/or produced a number of television series including ''American Gothic'', '' Roar'' and ''Invasion''. Cassidy currently serves as ...
. Billed as a modern Jekyll and Hyde
''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is a 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old ...
story, the show was to feature a partially paralysed forensic psychologist whose other personality is a charming criminal. Stephens' casting was highly unusual, because Fox had not yet approved a script nor purchased a pilot for the show. However, in mid-May 2008, ''The Hollywood Reporter
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'' announced that " the time the network picked up the pilot (...) he producers'hold on Stephens had expired (...)"
In May 2008, Stephens performed the role of James Bond
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in a BBC Radio 4
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production of Ian Fleming's '' Dr. No'', as part of the centenary celebration of Fleming's birth. The production was reportedly the first BBC radio dramatisation of the novel though ''Moonraker'' was on South African radio in 1956, with Bob Holness
Robert Wentworth John Holness (12 November 1928 – 6 January 2012) was a British-South African radio and television presenter and occasional actor. He presented the British version of '' Blockbusters''.
Early life
Holness was born in Vryheid, ...
providing the voice of Bond. He has since appeared in a number of adaptations of other James Bond novels.
Also in May 2008, Stock-pot Productions announced that Stephens will have the lead role in a feature-length film entitled ''Fly Me'', co-starring Tim McInnerny
Tim McInnerny ( ; born 18 September 1956) is an English actor. He is known for his many roles on stage and television, including as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the 1980s British sitcom ''Blackadder''.
Early life
McInnerny was bor ...
. Stock-pot was the producer of ''One Day'', a short 2006 film shown at international film festivals, in which Stephens played a small part as the boss of McInnerny's character.
On 5 October 2008, Stephens appeared onstage at the London Palladium
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as part of a benefit entitled "The Story of James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
, A Tribute to Ian Fleming". The event, organised by Fleming's niece, Lucy Fleming, featured music from various James Bond films and Bond film stars reading from Fleming's Bond novels. Stephens took the part of James Bond himself in the readings.
In early December 2008, Stephens read from ''Coda'', the last book written by friend Simon Gray
Simon James Holliday Gray (21 October 1936 – 7 August 2008) was an English playwright and memoirist who also had a career as a university lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London, for 20 years. While teaching at Q ...
, for BBC Radio 4
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. The excerpts from which Stephens read included Gray's description of his participation as godfather at the christening of Stephens' son Eli.
Early in 2009, Stephens appeared as Prince John in season 3 of the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...series ''
Robin Hood
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''. The series aired on BBC America
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in the United States. Stephens appeared in two episodes of a six-part television series, '' Strike Back'', based on the novel by Chris Ryan
Colin Armstrong (born 1961), usually known by the pseudonym and pen-name of Chris Ryan, is an author, television presenter, security consultant and former Special Air Service sergeant.
After the publication of fellow patrol member Andy McNa ...
. The series aired in May 2010.
In mid-2009, Stephens returned to the London stage in the Donmar Warehouse
The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977.
Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Mi ...
production of Ibsen's ''A Doll's House
''A Doll's House'' ( Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having be ...
'' alongside Gillian Anderson
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and Christopher Eccleston.
In 2010, he starred in the made-for-television film ''The Blue Geranium'', a further sequel to the television series and films based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple
Miss Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Jane Marple lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterized as an elderly spinster, she is one of Ch ...
character. The show was broadcast in the US on PBS
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in June 2010. Stephens starred as a highly self-centred detective opposite Lucy Punch
Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films '' Ella Enchanted'', ''Hot Fuzz'', ''You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'', '' Dinner for Schmucks,'' and ''Into the Woods''. She is also known for her role as ...
in a three-part comedy television series for BBC Two
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entitled ''Vexed
''Vexed'' is a British comedy-drama, police procedural television series for BBC Two that aired in 2010 and 2012.
Created and written by Howard Overman, the first series starred Lucy Punch as D.I. Kate Bishop and Toby Stephens as D.I. Jack ...
''.
Stephens took on a small supporting role in a short film, ''The Lost Explorer'', the directorial debut of photographer Tim Walker
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. The film is based on a short story by author Patrick McGrath.
On the London stage in the spring of 2010, Stephens received outstanding reviews for his performance as Henry in a revival of Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard (born , 3 July 1937) is a Czech born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and politi ...
's ''The Real Thing The Real Thing or Real Thing may refer to:
Film and television
* The Real Thing (film), ''The Real Thing'' (film) or ''Livers Ain't Cheap'', a 1996 American film
* ''The Real Thing'', a 1980 television documentary by James Burke (science historian) ...
'', directed by Anna Mackmin
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Early life and education
Mackmin was born in Leeds. Mackmin's sister, Scarlett Mackmin, is ...
at the Old Vic Theatre
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in London. Of debuting at the Old Vic, where his parents performed as part of Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
's Royal National Theatre
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Company, Stephens said: "It's quite moving for me to do something there. It means it has an added fascination. It was an historic place but I never saw anything when y parents
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were there, which is really sad, because I was just born. I'm a huge admirer of Stoppard's work."
In 2010, Stephens appeared as Georges Danton
Georges Jacques Danton (; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a French lawyer and a leading figure in the French Revolution. He became a deputy to the Paris Commune, presided in the Cordeliers district, and visited the Jacobin club. In Augus ...
in ''Danton's Death
''Danton's Death'' (''Dantons Tod'') was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution.
History
Georg Büchner wrote his works in the period between Romanticism and Realism in the so-called Vormärz era in German hi ...
''. The play was another debut for Stephens, this time at London's Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...
.
Over the years, Stephens has continued to prolifically narrate audiobooks and perform in broadcast radio dramas. In January 2011, Stephens joined other stars in narrating portions of the King James Version
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of the Bible for BBC Radio 4
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as part of a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Bible's publication. Stephens performed the role of Raymond Chandler
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's Philip Marlowe
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in a radio serial, which debuted in February 2011. Stephens narrated another audiobook, ''Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery'', released in February 2011.
From 2014 to 2017, Stephens starred as Captain James Flint in the Starz television series '' Black Sails'', a prequel to ''Treasure Island
''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...
'' set in the early 18th century during the Golden Age of Piracy.
In 2016, he was cast as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
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in the film ''The Journey The Journey may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Journey'' (1942 film), or ''El viaje'', an Argentine film
* ''The Journey'' (1959 film), an American drama starring Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, and Jason Robards about the Hungarian Revoluti ...
''.
Between 2018 and 2021, he appeared as John Robinson in ''Lost in Space
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'', the Netflix
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remake of the 1965 TV series. In 2021, he featured as Damian Cray in the second season of ''Alex Rider
''Alex Rider'' is a series of spy novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around a teenage spy named Alex Rider and is primarily aimed towards young adults. The series currently comprises thirteen novels, as well ...
''.
Personal life
Stephens and New Zealand actress Anna-Louise Plowman were married in 2001. Their first child, son Eli Alistair, was born in May 2007. The British playwrightSimon Gray
Simon James Holliday Gray (21 October 1936 – 7 August 2008) was an English playwright and memoirist who also had a career as a university lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London, for 20 years. While teaching at Q ...
(who penned ''Japes'', a stage play, and ''Missing Dates'', a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens) was reported to be Eli's godfather. Their daughters Tallulah and Kura were born in May 2009 and in September 2010, respectively.
Plowman and Stephens performed together as Sibyl and Elyot in Jonathan Kent's revival of ''Private Lives
''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetuall ...
'' —the Noel Coward play in which his mother starred in 1975 on Broadway—for the 2012 Chichester Festival
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, reprised at the Gielgud Theatre
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The theatre was designed by W. G. R. Sprague an ...
in 2013.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Theatre
Radio drama and audio books
Awards
* 1992—Ian Charleson Award Second Prize: for Bertram in ''All's Well That Ends Well
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'' (Swan Theatre
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)
* 1994—Ian Charleson Award
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(best classical actor under 30): for Coriolanus in ''Coriolanus
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'' ( Royal Shakespeare Company)Fowler, Rebecca. "Ribands in the cap of youth". ''Sunday Times''. 12 March 1995.
* 1994—Sir John Gielgud Award (best actor): for Coriolanus in ''Coriolanus
''Coriolanus'' ( or ) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same ye ...
'' ( Royal Shakespeare Company)
* 1999—Theatre World Award (debut performance on Broadway): for Hugo/Frederick in ''Ring Round the Moon'' (Lincoln Center Theater
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)
References
Interviews and articles
''The Independent'' – It'll Be All Right on the Night
(27 March 1994)
(24 April 1999) * ttp://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article832762.ece ''The Times'' – My Cultural Life(23 November 2002)
''The Sunday Telegraph'' – Villain with a Past
(16 December 2002)
''San Francisco Chronicle'' – Traitor? It's No Easy Gig
(19 October 2003)
(2004)
''The Times'' – Interview: Toby Stephens
(4 July 2004)
''The Telegraph'' – The Perils of Being Posh on TV
(16 March 2006)
(18 March 2006)
''The Times'' – Every Woman Has Her Own Idea of Mr. Rochester
(29 August 2006)
(31 May 2007)
''The Times'' – Mr. Rochester Takes His Bow
(3 September 2007)
''The Evening Standard'' – Restoring His Humour
(2 October 2007)
''Angel & North'' – Charming Chameleon
(2007)
''SFX'' – Meet the New James Bond
(20 May 2008)
''BBC Press Office'' – Robin Hood returns to BBC One
(27 March 2009)
(21 May 2009) * ttp://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6535651.ece ''The Times'' – Diary: Toby Stephens(20 June 2009)
''London Evening Standard'' – Toby Stephens to Face Family History at Old Vic
(23 March 2010)
''The Times'' – Toby Stephens: Of course I'd act with my mother
(1 April 2010)
''The Spectator'' – Silencing the Voices
(17 July 2010)
''The Guardian'' – This much I know: Toby Stephens
(18 July 2010)
''OfficialLondonTheatre.com'' – The Big Interview: Toby Stephens
(28 July 2010)
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Toby 1969 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art British people of English descent English male film actors English male radio actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male voice actors English people of Scottish descent Ian Charleson Award winners Male actors from London People educated at Aldro People educated at Seaford College People from Harringay Royal Shakespeare Company members Theatre World Award winners