Toby Stephens
Toby Stephens in Die Another Day
Born	April 21, 1969 (1969-04-21) (age 38) London, England
Spouse(s)	Anna-Louise Plowman
Children	Eli Alistair

Toby Stephens (born April 21, 1969) is an English stage, television and film actor, best known for playing supervillain Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002) and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre (2006). Image File history File links Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Sir Gustav Graves is a fictional villain in the twentieth James Bond film Die Another Day. ... 007 redirects here. ... For the theme song of the same movie, performed by Madonna, see Die Another Day (song). ... Charlotte Brontës novel Jane Eyre (1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. ...

Biography

Stephens, the son of actors Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, was born in London, England. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and began his film career with the role of Othello in 1992's Orlando. He has since made regular appearances on television (including in The Camomile Lawn) and on stage. Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born 28 December 1934), better known as Dame Maggie Smith, is a two-time Academy Award, and Emmy-winning English film, stage, and television actress. ... This article is about is about the English actor. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... Main LAMDA building on Talgarth Road The MacOwan Theatre The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded 1861, is a leading British drama school in west London. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Orlando is a 1992 movie, based on Virginia Woolfs novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth. ... Produced by Channel 4 Television Corporation in 1992 this was a vivid and lively television drama of wartime London and Cornwall as seen through the eyes of five cousins. ...

He has gained acclaim as a stage actor of distinction, notably playing the title role in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Coriolanus shortly after graduation from LAMDA; that same season he played Claudio in Measure for Measure for the RSC. He also played Stanley Kowalski in a West End production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, and Hamlet in 2004. He has appeared on Broadway in Ring Round the Moon. He played the lead in the film Photographing Fairies and played Orsino in Trevor Nunn's film of Twelfth Night. He recently played the role of a British army captain in the 2005 Indian movie, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, portraying events in the Indian rebellion of 1857 and a renegade British East India Company officer in Sharpe's Challenge. Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ... Gaius Marcius Coriolanus was a 5th century BC Roman general. ... Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, written in 1603. ... Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), with Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois Stanley Kowalski is a character in Tennessee Williamss play A Streetcar Named Desire. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Photographing Fairies is 1997 science fiction film / fantasy film based on Steve Szilagyis story Photographing Fairies (1993). ... Sir Trevor King (born 14 January 1940) is a loser and film director. ... Twelfth Night has at least three meanings: Twelfth Night (holiday), celebrated by some Christians Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedic play by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night (band), a progressive rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Combatants Indian Patriots, Rebellious East India Company Sepoys, 7 Indian princely states, deposed rulers of Oudh and Jhansi, Indian civilians in some areas. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was the first joint-stock company (the Dutch East India Company was the first to issue public stock). ... This article is about the television series. ...

In Autumn 2006 he starred as Edward Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre and has recently completed filming The Wild West for the BBC in which he plays General George Armstrong Custer in Custer's Last Stand. Charlotte Brontës novel Jane Eyre (1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. ... George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 - June 25, 1876) was an American cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars who is best remembered for his defeat and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against a coalition of Native American tribes, led by... Battle of the Little Bighorn Conflict Black Hills War, Indian Wars Date June 25, 1876 Place Near the Little Bighorn River, Big Horn County, Montana Result Substantial Native American victory The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Stand, was an engagement between a Lakota-Northern Cheyenne...

On 31 May 2007 The Guardian announced that Toby Stephens and his wife of six years, New Zealand actress Anna-Louise Plowman had their first child, a son named Eli Alistair. For other uses, see Guardian. ... Anna-Louise Plowman (born 1975 in New Zealand) is an American actress. ...

Filmography

Toby Stephens in Photographing Fairies.

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Television

Toby Stephens as Rochester in Jane Eyre

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Theatre

Toby Stephens as Hamlet

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Radio and CD Audio Drama

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Awards

• 1994 — Ian Charleson Award (best classical actor under 30): Coriolanus
• 1994 — Sir John Gielgud Award (best actor): Coriolanus
• 1999 — Theatre World Award (debut performance on Broadway): Ring Round the Moon

External links

• Toby Stephens Fan SiteThe Ultimate Toby Stephens Fan Site
• RSC Hamlet websiteIncludes clips of Toby Stephens and the cast rehearsing the 2004 production of Hamlet.
• Switzer's Guide to Hamlet Backstage story of Toby Stephens' RSC Hamlet performance from an extra's viewpoint.
• Toby Stephens at the Internet Movie Database
• Toby Stephens Agent's page
• Toby Stephens You Tube Group

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Interviews and articles

• The Independent - Theatre Debut - Toby Stephens (7 February,2001)
• The Evening Standard - Toby's Second Act (15 November,2002)
• The Sunday Telegraph - Villain with a past (16 December,2002)
• The Independent on Sunday - This Cultural Life (5 December,2004)
• The Independent - How do I look? (13 August,2005)
• The Telegraph - The perils of being posh on TV (16 March,2006)
• The Independent - Toby Stephens (18 March,2006)