Editing Toby Stephens

{{Short description|English actor (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Toby Stephens
| image              = Toby Stephens by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Stephens in 2018
| birth_date         = 
 {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|04|21}}
| birth_place        = [[London]], England
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1992–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Anna-Louise Plowman]]<br />|2001}}
| children           = 3
| father             = [[Robert Stephens]]
| mother             = [[Maggie Smith]]
| relatives          = [[Chris Larkin]] (brother)
}}
'''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 ''[[Mangal Pandey: The Rising]]'' film; and [[Edward Fairfax Rochester]] in the 2006 BBC [[Jane Eyre (2006 TV series)|television adaptation]] of ''[[Jane Eyre]]''. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as [[Captain Flint]] in the [[Starz]] television series ''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]'', followed by one of the lead roles in the [[Netflix]] science fiction series ''[[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|Lost in Space]]'' from 2018 to 2021. He has starred as the Greek God [[Poseidon]] in ''[[Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|Percy Jackson and the Olympians]]''.

== Early life and education ==
[[File:Seaford College.jpg|thumb|left|[[Seaford College]]]]
Stephens, the younger son of actors [[Dame Maggie Smith]] and [[Sir Robert Stephens]],<ref name =singh2022/> was born on 21 April 1969 in [[London]].{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

He was educated at Aldro School and [[Seaford College]] in [[West Sussex]].<ref name =singh2022>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11721542/Dame-Maggie-Smiths-son-Stop-calling-me-posh.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11721542/Dame-Maggie-Smiths-son-Stop-calling-me-posh.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Dame Maggie Smith's son: 'Stop calling me posh' |author=Anita Singh |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=3 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5355982/Toby-Stephens-Being-born-into-the-theatre-was-a-mixed-blessing.html |title=Toby Stephens: Being born into the theatre was a mixed blessing |author=Tim Walker |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 May 2009 |access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref> 

He then trained at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] (LAMDA).<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 : APPEARANCES |date=3 February 2014 |url=http://toby-stephens.tumblr.com/post/75484260498/2011-appearances |publisher=toby-stephens.tumblr.com |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

== Career ==
Stephens began his film career with the role of Othello in 1992, in [[Sally Potter]]'s ''[[Orlando (film)|Orlando]]''.{{cn|date=January 2025}}  He has since made regular appearances on television (including in ''[[The Camomile Lawn (TV serial)|The Camomile Lawn]]'', 1992) and on stage.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

He played 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.{{cn|date=January 2025}}  He played [[Stanley Kowalski]] in a [[West End theatre|West End]] production of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', and ''[[Hamlet]]'' in 2004.{{cn|date=January 2025}}  He has appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''Ring Round the Moon''.{{cn|date=January 2025}}  He played the lead in the film ''[[Photographing Fairies]]'' and played Orsino in [[Trevor Nunn]]'s [[Twelfth Night (1996 film)|1996 film adaptation]] of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.{{cn|date=January 2025}}  In 2002, he took on the role of Gustav Graves in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Die Another Day]]''. Aged 33 at the time of film's release, he remains the youngest actor to have played a [[Bond villain]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Larushka |last=Ivan-Zadeh |title=Black Sails actor Toby Stephens: Most British scripts you get sent are just awful |date=20 March 2014 |url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/20/black-sails-actor-toby-stephens-most-british-scripts-you-get-sent-are-just-awful-4656483/ |publisher=Metro |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> The following year, he depicted British double-agent [[Kim Philby]] in the BBC miniseries ''[[Cambridge Spies]]'', co-starring with [[Tom Hollander]], [[Samuel West]], and [[Rupert Penry-Jones]].{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

In 2005, he played the role of a [[British Army]] captain in the Indian film, ''[[The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey]]'', portraying events in the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]]. The following year he returned to India to play a renegade [[British East India Company]] officer in ''[[Sharpe's Challenge]]''.{{cn|date=January 2025}}  In late 2006, he starred as [[Edward Rochester]] in the highly acclaimed [[BBC]] television adaptation of ''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV series)|Jane Eyre]]'' (broadcast in the United States on [[PBS]] in early 2007) and ''The Wild West'' in February 2007 for the [[BBC]] in which he played [[General George Armstrong Custer]] in ''[[Custer's Last Stand]]''.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

During mid-2007, Stephens played the role of Jerry in a revival of [[Harold Pinter]]'s ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' under the direction of [[Roger Michell]].{{cn|date=January 2025}} Later that year, Stephens starred as Horner in [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]]'s revival of [[William Wycherley]]'s ''[[The Country Wife]]''. The play was the inaugural production of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company.<ref>David Benedict, "Theatre Royal Haymarket Gambles", ''Variety,'' 23 July 2007, online edition. [https://variety.com/2007/legit/news/theater-royal-haymarket-gambles-1117968953/]</ref>

[[File:Toby Stephens (retouched).jpg|thumb|Stephens in 2014]]
In February 2008, the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] gave the go-ahead to cast Stephens as the lead in a potential one-hour, primetime US television show, ''Inseparable'', to be produced by [[Shaun Cassidy]]. Billed as a modern [[Jekyll and Hyde]] 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]]'' announced that "[b]y the time the network picked up the pilot (...) [the producers'] hold on Stephens had expired (...)"<ref>Nellie Andreeva, "Busy Pre-upfront Weekend", ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', 10 May 2008, updated 11 May 2008, Online edition. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5e732e045deaaba38a97b3781febda02]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130210010042/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-fox200909schedulebuzz,0,3485063.story "Pilot Buzz", ''zap2it'', 12 May 2008]</ref>

In May 2008, Stephens performed the role of [[James Bond]] in a [[BBC Radio 4]] production of [[Ian Fleming]]'s ''[[Dr. No (novel)|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]] providing the voice of Bond.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Bob_Holness | title=Bob Holness on Game Shows | access-date=14 September 2007 }}</ref> He has since appeared in a number of adaptations of other James Bond novels.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

Also in May 2008, Stock-pot Productions announced that Stephens would have the lead role in a feature-length film entitled ''Fly Me'', co-starring [[Tim McInnerny]].<ref>[http://www.stockpotproductions.co.uk/ Stock-pot Productions Limited, Blog, 27 May 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421050551/http://www.stockpotproductions.co.uk/ |date=21 April 2006 }}</ref> 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.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

On 5 October 2008, Stephens appeared on stage at the [[London Palladium]] as part of a benefit entitled "The Story of James Bond, 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.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

In early December 2008, Stephens read from ''Coda'', the last book written by friend [[Simon Gray]], for [[BBC Radio 4]]. The excerpts from which Stephens read included Gray's description of his participation as godfather at the christening of Stephens' son Eli.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

Early in 2009, Stephens appeared as Prince John in season 3 of the [[BBC]] series ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. The series aired on [[BBC America]] in the United States.{{cn|date=January 2025}}  Stephens appeared in two episodes of a six-part television series, ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]'', based on the novel by [[Chris Ryan]].<ref>Dan French, "Richard Armitage for Sky1's 'Strike Back'", "Digital Spy", 24 August 2009 [http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a173500/richard-armitage-for-sky1s-strike-back.html]</ref> The series aired in May 2010.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

In mid-2009, Stephens returned to the London stage in the [[Donmar Warehouse]] production of [[Ibsen]]'s ''[[A Doll's House]]'' alongside [[Gillian Anderson]] and [[Christopher Eccleston]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Charles |last=Spencer |title=A Doll's House, at the Donmar Warehouse – review |date=20 May 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/charles-spencer/5354252/A-Dolls-House-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse-review.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412104732/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/charles-spencer/5354252/A-Dolls-House-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse-review.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2014 |publisher=The Telegraph |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>

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]] character.<ref>"Julia McKenzie returns as the fictional sleuth Miss Marple, in her seventh film The Blue Geranium for ITV1", ITV.com, 21 January 2010 {{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/juliamckenziereturnsasthefictionalsleuthmissmarpleinherseventhfilmthebluegeraniumforitv1/default.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131132737/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/pressreleases/programmepressreleases/juliamckenziereturnsasthefictionalsleuthmissmarpleinherseventhfilmthebluegeraniumforitv1/default.html |archive-date=31 January 2010  }}</ref> The show was broadcast in the US on [[PBS]] in June 2010. Stephens starred as a highly self-centred detective opposite [[Lucy Punch]] in a three-part comedy television series for [[BBC Two]] entitled ''[[Vexed]]''.<ref>Katherine Rushton, "Greenlit Gets First BBC Order with Cop Comedy", "Broadcast", 23 July 2009 [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/greenlit-gets-first-bbc-order-with-cop-comedy/5003838.article]</ref>

Stephens took on a small supporting role in a short film, ''The Lost Explorer'', the directorial debut of photographer [[Tim Walker]]. The film is based on a short story by author [[Patrick McGrath (novelist)|Patrick McGrath]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dazedmagonline.com/dazedmag/201005?pg=27#pg27|title=Sam Elliott Connor, "The Lost Explorer," "Dazed & Confused," May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304154314/http://www.dazedmagonline.com/dazedmag/201005?pg=27#pg27|archive-date=4 March 2012}}</ref>

On the London stage in the spring of 2010, Stephens received outstanding reviews for his performance as Henry in a revival of [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'', directed by [[Anna Mackmin]] at the [[Old Vic Theatre]] in London.<ref>Leo Benedictus, "What to say about...The Real Thing", "The Guardian", 23 April 2010 [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/apr/23/the-real-thing-tom-stoppard-reviews]</ref> Of debuting at the Old Vic, where his parents performed as part of [[Laurence Olivier]]'s [[Royal National Theatre]] Company.<ref>Louise Jury, "Toby's emotional debut for classic Stoppard play", ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', 7 December 2009. {{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23780593-tobys-emotional-debut-for-classic-stoppard-play.do |title=Toby's emotional debut for classic Stoppard play &#124; News |access-date=22 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213011210/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23780593-tobys-emotional-debut-for-classic-stoppard-play.do |archive-date=13 December 2009  }}</ref>

In 2010, Stephens appeared as [[Georges Danton]] in ''[[Danton's Death]]''. The play was another debut for Stephens, this time at London's Royal National Theatre.<ref>"Slumdog's Danny Boyle Returns to the Stage as Frankenstein," Theatre News, ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', 21 January 2010. [https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/national-theatre-announce-future-productions-2010]</ref><ref>Terri Paddock, "20 Questions with... Toby Stephens," ''whatsonstage.com'' 19 November 2001. {{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821005841402/20+Questions+With...Toby+Stephens.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121155048/http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821005841402/20+Questions+With...Toby+Stephens.html |archive-date=21 January 2010  }}</ref>

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]] of the Bible for [[BBC Radio 4]] as part of a celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Bible's publication. Stephens performed the role of [[Raymond Chandler]]'s [[Philip Marlowe]] in a radio serial, which debuted in February 2011. Stephens narrated another audiobook, ''Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery'', released in February 2011.{{cn|date=January 2025}} 

From 2014 to 2017, Stephens starred as Captain James Flint in the [[Starz]] television series ''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]'', a prequel to ''[[Treasure Island]],'' set in the early 18th century during the [[Golden Age of Piracy]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=13 September 2012|title=Toby Stephens Set As The Lead In Starz's Michael Bay-Produced Series 'Black Sails'|url=https://deadline.com/2012/09/toby-stephens-set-as-the-lead-in-starzs-michael-bay-produced-series-black-sails-335492/|access-date=1 November 2020|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2016, he was cast as former British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] in the film ''[[The Journey (2016 film)|The Journey]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/john-hurt-toby-stephens-freddy-highmore-the-journey-1201589815/|title=Toronto: John Hurt, Toby Stephens, Freddie Highmore Join 'The Journey'|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=10 September 2015|work=Variety|access-date=9 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

Between 2018 and 2021, he appeared as John Robinson in ''[[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|Lost in Space]]'', the [[Netflix]] remake of the [[Lost in Space|1965 TV series]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=Toby Stephens To Topline 'Lost in Space' Netflix Remake, Maxwell Jenkins To Co-Star|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/toby-stephens-to-topline-lost-in-space-netflix-remake-maxwell-jenkins-co-stars-1201823340/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=20 September 2016|date=20 September 2016}}</ref> In 2021, he featured as Damian Cray in the second season of ''[[Alex Rider (TV series)|Alex Rider]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-02|title='Lost in Space' dad Toby Stephens turns baddie for 'Alex Rider' |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/12/02/lost-in-space-dad-toby-stephens-turns-baddie-for-alex-rider/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US}}</ref>

He appeared as the Greek God [[Poseidon]] in the series ''[[Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|Percy Jackson and the Olympians]]'', the [[Disney+]] adaption of the [[Percy Jackson & the Olympians|books by the same name]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2023-01-26 |title='Percy Jackson' Disney+ Series Casts Lance Reddick, Toby Stephens (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/percy-jackson-disney-plus-series-cast-lance-reddick-toby-stephens-1235503230/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Stephens and New Zealand-born actress [[Anna-Louise Plowman]] were married in 2001. Their first child, a son, was born in 2007.<ref>{{Citation | first = Mark | last = Lawson | title = Prodigal Son | newspaper = The Guardian | date = 31 May 2007 | edition = online | url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2091828,00.html}}.</ref> The British playwright [[Simon Gray]] (who wrote ''Japes'', a stage play, and ''Missing Dates'', a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens) was reported to be Eli's godfather.<ref>Janice Turner, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706145847/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3801820.ece "Simon Gray Has Lung Cancer But Won't Stop Smoking"], ''The Times'', 24 April 2008, Online edition.</ref> Their daughters were born in 2009<ref>Tim Walker, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/5355982/Toby-Stephens-Being-born-into-the-theatre-was-a-mixed-blessing.html "Toby Stephens: Being born into the theatre was a mixed blessing]," ''The Daily Telegraph'', 21 May 2009, Online edition.</ref> and 2010, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maggie Smith's Grandchildren: Everything To Know About Her 5 Grandkids Maggie Smith has five grandchildren all under the age of 18 between her two sons. |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/maggie-smith-grandchildren-4730973/ |website=hollywoodlife.com|date=10 May 2022 }}</ref>

Plowman and Stephens performed together as Sibyl and Elyot in [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]]'s revival of ''[[Private Lives]]'' – the [[Noël Coward]] play in which his mother starred in 1975 on Broadway – for the 2012 [[Chichester Festival]],<ref>{{cite news | title = Private Lives – Minerva, Chichester | author = Michael Billington | author-link = Michael Billington (critic) | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | date = 30 September 2012 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/sep/30/private-lives-review }}</ref> reprised at the [[Gielgud Theatre]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news | title= It's odd kissing Toby Stephens with his wife in the cast, says Private Lives actress Anna Chancellor  | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/its-odd-kissing-toby-stephens-with-his-wife-in-the-cast-says-private-lives-actress-anna-chancellor-8687539.html |author1=Louise Jury |author2=Josh Pettitt | date = 4 July 2013 | newspaper = [[Evening Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Theatre review: Private Lives | newspaper = [[The Independent]] | author = Paul Taylor | date = 4 July 2013 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/theatre-review-private-lives--jonathan-kents-rendition-of-cowards-masterpiece-is-the-best-in-a-decade-8687498.html}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year || Title || Role || Notes
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Orlando (film)|Orlando]]'' || [[Othello (character)|Othello]] ||
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| 1996 || ''[[Twelfth Night (1996 film)|Twelfth Night]]'' || Duke Orsino ||
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Photographing Fairies]]'' || Charles Castle ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Cousin Bette (1998 film)|Cousin Bette]]'' || Victorin Hulot ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Onegin (1999 film)|Onegin]]'' || Vladimir Lensky ||
|-
| 1999 || ''Sunset Heights'' || Luke Bradley ||
|-
| 2000 || ''The Announcement'' || Ross ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Space Cowboys]]'' || Young Frank ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Possession (2002 film)|Possession]]'' || Fergus Wolfe ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Die Another Day]]'' || Gustav Graves ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Terkel in Trouble]]'' || Justin (voice) || English dub
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Midsummer Dream]]'' || Demetrius (voice) || English dub
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Mangal Pandey: The Rising]]'' || Captain William Gordon ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Dark Corners]]'' || Dr Woodleigh ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Severance (film)|Severance]]'' || Harris ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Believe (2013 film)|Believe]]'' || Dr. Farquar ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[All Things to All Men (film)|All Things to All Men]]'' || Riley ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[The Machine (2013 film)|The Machine]]'' || Vincent McCarthy ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi]]'' || [[American fatalities and injuries of the 2012 Benghazi attack#Glen Doherty|Glen "Bub" Doherty]] ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[The Journey (2016 film)|The Journey]]'' || [[Tony Blair]] ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Hunter Killer (film)|Hunter Killer]]'' || Lt. Bill Beaman ||
|-
| TBD || ''The Morrigan'' || Malachy Crowley ||
|-
| TBD || ''[[The Severed Sun]]'' || TBD ||
|-
|}

=== Television ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Title || Role || Notes
|-
| 1992 || ''[[The Camomile Lawn (TV serial)|The Camomile Lawn]]'' || Oliver ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 TV series)|The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]]'' || Gilbert Markham ||
|-
| 2000 || ''[[The Great Gatsby (2000 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' || [[Jay Gatsby]] ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Perfect Strangers (TV serial)|Perfect Strangers]]'' || Charles ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Napoléon (miniseries)|Napoléon]]'' || [[Tsar Alexander I]] ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Essential Byron'' || Reader ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Cambridge Spies]]'' || [[Kim Philby]] ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''  || Philip Blake || Episode S9:E1 ''Five Little Pigs''
|-
| 2004 || ''[[London (TV series)|London]]'' || [[Casanova]] ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' || Dr Nick Henderson || Episodes: "Subterraneans Part I" and "Subterraneans II"
|-
| 2005 || ''[[The Queen's Sister]]'' || [[Anthony Armstrong-Jones]] ||
|-
| 2006 || ''The Best Man'' || Peter Tremaine ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Secrets of the Dead]]: The Umbrella Assassin'' || Narrator (voice) || Episode: An account of the murder of [[Georgi Markov]]
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Sharpe's Challenge]]'' || [[William Dodd (fiction)|William Dodd]] ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV series)|Jane Eyre]]'' || [[Edward Fairfax Rochester]] ||
|-
| 2007 || ''The Wild West – Custer's Last Stand'' || General [[George Armstrong Custer]] ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Wired (TV series)|Wired]]'' || Crawford Hill ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[The Best Job in the World (advertising)|The Best Job in the World]]'' || Narrator (voice) ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' || Prince [[John of England]] || 3 episodes
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]'' || Arlington ||
|-
| 2010 || ''Lost: The Mystery of Flight 447'' || Narrator (voice) ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]] The Blue Geranium'' || George Pritchard ||
|-
| 2010–2012 || ''[[Vexed]]'' || Jack Armstrong ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Law & Order: UK]]'' || Prof. Martin Middlebrook || Episode: "Trial"
|-
| 2012 ||''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' || David Connelly || Episode: "Generation of Vipers"
|-
| 2014–2017 ||''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]'' || [[Captain Flint|James McGraw / Flint]] || 38 episodes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[And Then There Were None (miniseries)|And Then There Were None]]'' || Dr. Edward Armstrong ||
|-
| 2018–2021 || ''[[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|Lost in Space]]'' || John Robinson || 28 episodes
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Summer of Rockets]]'' || Samuel Petrukhin ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Alex Rider (TV series)|Alex Rider]]'' || Damian Cray || 6 episodes
|-
| 2022 || ''Prisoner C33'' ||  [[Oscar Wilde]] ||
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Six Four (TV series)|Six Four]]'' || Piers Fields-Turner || 2 episodes
|- 
| 2023 || ''[[Dodger (TV series)|Dodger]]'' || [[President Van Buren]] || Episode: "Coronation"
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|Percy Jackson and the Olympians]]'' || [[Poseidon]] || 2 episodes<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 2024 || ''[[McDonald & Dodds]]'' || Mark Holgate || Episode: "The Rule of Three"
|-
| 2024 || ''[[One Day (TV series)|One Day]]'' || Lionel || Episode 1.9
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Batman: Caped Crusader]]'' || [[Gentleman Ghost|Gentleman Ghost / James "Jim" Craddock]] (voice) || <ref>{{Cite web | title=x.com | url=https://x.com/ToonHive/status/1815415716650139856 | access-date=2024-12-16 | website=x.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2024 || ''[[The Split (TV series)|The Split]]'' ||  Archie Moore|| 2 part special 
|-
|-
| 2025 || ''[[A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story]]'' || [[Melford Stevenson]]||
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Title ||width=110| Voice role || width=100|Notes
|-
| 2012 || ''[[007 Legends]]'' || Gustav Graves || Also likeness
|}

=== Theatre ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Title || Role || Venue || Notes
|-
| 1992|| ''[[Tartuffe]]'' || Damis ||  [[Playhouse Theatre]]
|-
| 1992|| ''[[Tamburlaine]]'' || Celebinus / King of Argier || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
|-
| 1992|| ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' || Pompey || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
|-
| 1992|| ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' || Bertram || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
|-
| 1993|| ''Wallenstein'' || Max Piccolomini || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
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| 1994 || ''Unfinished Business'' || Young Beamish || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
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| 1994 || ''[[Coriolanus]]'' || Caius Marcius Coriolanus || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
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| 1994 || ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' || Lysander|| [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
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| 1994 || ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' || Claudio || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
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| 1996 || ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' || [[Stanley Kowalski]] || [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]
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| 1998/99 || ''[[Phedre]]'' || Hippolytus || [[Almeida Theatre]] / [[Brooklyn Academy of Music|BAM]]
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| 1998/99 || ''[[Britannicus (play)|Britannicus]]'' || [[Nero]] || [[Almeida Theatre]] / [[Brooklyn Academy of Music|BAM]]
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| 1999 || ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]'' || Hugo / Frederick || [[Lincoln Centre]]
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| 2001 || ''Japes'' || Japes || [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]
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| 2001 || ''[[The Royal Family (play)|The Royal Family]]'' || Anthony Cavendish || [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]
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| 2004 || ''[[Hamlet]]'' || [[Prince Hamlet|Hamlet]] || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
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| 2004 || ''The Pilate Workshop'' || Jesus || [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
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| 2007 || ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]'' || Jerry || [[Donmar Warehouse]]
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| 2007 || ''[[The Country Wife]]'' || Mr. Horner || [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]
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|| 2009 || ''[[A Doll's House]]'' || Thomas || [[Donmar Warehouse]]
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|| 2010 || [[The Real Thing (play)|''The Real Thing'']] || Henry || [[Old Vic]]
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|| 2010 || ''[[Danton's Death]]'' || Georges Danton || [[Royal National Theatre]]
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|| 2012/13 || ''[[Private Lives]]'' || Elyot Chase || [[Gielgud Theatre]]
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|| 2017 || ''[[Oslo (play)|Oslo]]'' || [[Terje Rød-Larsen]] || [[Royal National Theatre]] / [[Harold Pinter Theatre]]
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|| 2019 || ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' || Bri || [[Trafalgar Studios]]
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|| 2022 || ''The Forest'' || Man 1 || [[Hampstead Theatre]]
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|| 2024 || ''[[Corruption (play)|Corruption]]'' || [[Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest|Tom Watson]] || Lincoln Center Theater
|}

=== Radio drama and audio books ===

{| class="wikitable"
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! Year || Title || Role || Notes
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| 1994 || ''Time and the Conways'' || Robin ||
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| 1995 || ''The Prince's Choice'' || Coriolanus, Hamlet, Henry V, Henry IV and Edward Poins ||
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| 1997 || ''[[As You Like It]]'' || Orlando ||
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| 1997 || ''[[The Lifted Veil (novella)|The Lifted Veil]]'' || Latimer ||
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| 1997 || ''[[The Guns of Navarone (novel)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' || Mallory ||
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| 1997 || ''[[Birdsong (radio drama)|Birdsong]]'' || ||
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| 1997 || ''[[Anna Karenina]]'' || Count Vronsky ||
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| 1998 || ''[[Troy (BBC radio drama)|Troy]]''|| [[Achilles]] ||
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| 1999 || ''Tales from the [[Arabian Nights]]'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Macbeth]]'' || Macbeth ||
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| 2000 || ''Conversations with Napoleon'' || Reader ||
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| 2001 || ''[[King Lear]]'' || Edmund ||
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| 2001 || ''[[On the Road]]'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Riddle of the Sands]]'' || Narrator ||
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| 2002 || ''[[The Woman in White (novel)|The Woman in White]]'' || Walter Hartright ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Aeneid]]'' || [[Aeneas]] ||
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| 2003 || ''Dionysos'' || Pentheus, King of Thebes ||
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| 2004 || ''Will in the World'' || Reader ||
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| 2005 || ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' || Benedick ||
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| 2006 || ''Shylock'' || Bassanio ||
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| 2007 || ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Flashman on the March]]'' || Narrator ||
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| 2008 || ''[[Flashman and the Dragon]]'' || Narrator ||
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| 2008 || ''Missing Dates'' || Jason (Japes) ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[The Good Soldier]]'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Dr. No (novel)|Dr. No]]'' || [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Let's Murder Vivaldi'' || Ben ||
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| 2008 || ''Coda'' || Simon Gray ||
|-
| 2008–2009 || ''The Dark Flower'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[My Dark Places (book)|My Dark Places]]'' || James Ellroy ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Journey into Space: The Host'' || Jet ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[King Solomon's Mines]]'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Becket]]'' || King Henry II || <ref>BBC Press Office (28 August 2009). ''"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/28/radio3drama.shtml Classic stage plays and adaptations of major works of fiction at the heart of new drama season on Radio 3]"''. Press release. Retrieved on 28 August 2009.</ref>
|-
| 2010 || ''Dick Barton Special Agent: The Mystery of the Missing Formula'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Goldfinger (novel)|Goldfinger]]'' || James Bond ||
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| 2010 || ''No Place Like Home'' || Jonathan ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[King James Version]] of the Bible'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2011 || ''Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery'' || Narrator ||
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| 2011 || ''Paul Temple Intervenes'' || Narrator ||
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| 2011 || ''[[The Lady in the Lake]]'' || [[Philip Marlowe]] ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Big Sleep]]'' || Philip Marlowe ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Farewell, My Lovely]]'' || Philip Marlowe ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Playback (novel)|Playback]]'' || Philip Marlowe ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Carte Blanche (novel)|Carte Blanche]]'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The Long Goodbye (novel)|The Long Goodbye]]'' || Philip Marlowe ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[The High Window]]'' || Philip Marlowe ||
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| 2011 || ''[[The Little Sister]]'' || Philip Marlowe ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Poodle Springs]]'' || Philip Marlowe ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[From Russia, with Love (novel)|From Russia, with Love]]'' || James Bond ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' || James Bond ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (novel)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' || James Bond ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]'' || James Bond ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Moonraker (novel)|Moonraker]]'' || James Bond ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Sea of Thieves|Sea of Thieves: Athena's Fortune]]'' || Narrator ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Live and Let Die (novel)|Live and Let Die]]'' || James Bond ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (novel)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' || James Bond ||
|-
|2025
|[[Casino Royale (novel)|''Casino Royale'']]
|James Bond
|
|}

== Awards ==
* 1992—Ian Charleson Award Second Prize: for Bertram in ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]'' ([[Swan Theatre (Stratford)|Swan Theatre]])<ref>"Prized Performances". ''Sunday Times''. 21 February 1993.</ref>
* 1994—[[Ian Charleson Award]] (best classical actor under 30): for Coriolanus in ''[[Coriolanus]]'' ([[Royal Shakespeare Company]])<ref>Fowler, Rebecca. "Ribands in the cap of youth". ''Sunday Times''. 12 March 1995.</ref>
* 1994—Sir John Gielgud Award (best actor): for Coriolanus in ''[[Coriolanus]]'' ([[Royal Shakespeare Company]])
* 1999—Theatre World Award (debut performance on Broadway): for Hugo/Frederick in ''Ring Round the Moon'' ([[Lincoln Center Theater]])

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0827170|name=Toby Stephens}}

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