Toby Stephens
British actor (born 1969)
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- Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English actor who has appeared in films in the United Kingdom, United States, and India.
- He portrays the Greek god Poseidon in Percy Jackson and the Olympians .
- He was educated at Aldro School and Seaford College in West Sussex.
- Career Stephens began his film career with the role of Othello in 1992, in Sally Potter's Orlando .
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 Bollywood film Mangal Pandey: The Rising; and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the 2006 BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Captain Flint in the Starz television series Black Sails, followed by one of the lead roles in the Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space from 2018 to 2021. He portrays the Greek god Poseidon in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Early life and education
Toby Stephens was born in London, the younger son of actors Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens.
He was educated at Aldro School and Seaford College in West Sussex.
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, in Sally Potter's Orlando. He has since made regular appearances on television (including in The Camomile Lawn, 1992) and on stage.
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