---
name: "Toby Stephens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/toby-stephens"
fi1m_id: "toby-stephens"
imdb_id: "nm0827170"
tmdb_id: 10881
wikidata_id: "Q40103"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 April 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T14:13:32.477888+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Toby Stephens

## Identity

Toby Stephens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/toby-stephens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** toby-stephens
- **IMDb ID:** nm0827170
- **TMDB ID:** 10881
- **Wikidata ID:** Q40103
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Stephens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10881

Actor. Born 21 April 1969 in Fitzrovia, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1969, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Pierce Brosnan](https://film.one/person/pierce-brosnan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 50 (1), 2020s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $470m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Stephens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40103, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10881

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mārama*](https://film.one/film/marama.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Toby Stephens is a British actor of stage, film and television. Born in Fitzrovia, London, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1991. He began his career with early stage work at the Royal Shakespeare Company, including the title role in *Coriolanus* (1994), for which he received the Sir John Gielgud Prize and the Ian Charleson Award.

Stephens is known for his film roles as Gustav Graves in *Die Another Day* (2002), Glen 'Bub' Doherty in *13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi* (2016) and Bill Beaman in *Hunter Killer* (2018). On television he has played Captain James Flint in *Black Sails* (2014–2017), John Robinson in *Lost in Space* (2018–2021) and Poseidon in *Percy Jackson and the Olympians* (2023–). He appeared as Frank Warren in the film *Giant* (2025). He is the son of actors Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, independent.co.uk, thecityceleb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Giant* (2026), Fi1m 55, as Frank Warren — [page](https://film.one/film/giant.md)
- *Mārama* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Nathaniel Cole — [page](https://film.one/film/marama.md)
- *One Day* (2024), Fi1m 72, as Lionel — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-day.md)
- *Die Another Day* (2002), Fi1m 50, as Gustav Graves — [page](https://film.one/film/die-another-day.md)
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Fi1m 70, as Orsino — [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Othello — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Season* (2026), series, as Christopher Hext
- *Mārama* (2026), as Nathaniel Cole — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/marama.md)
- *The Morrigan* (2026), as Malachy Crowley
- *Giant* (2026), as Frank Warren — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/giant.md)
- *The Severed Sun* (2025), as The Pastor
- *A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story* (2025), series, as Melford Stevenson
- *Batman: Caped Crusader* (2024), series, as The Gentleman Ghost / Russell Craddock (voice)
- *One Day* (2024), series, as Lionel — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-day.md)
- *Percy Jackson and the Olympians* (2023), series, as Poseidon
- *Dodger Special: Coronation* (2023), as President Van Buren
- *Prisoner C33* (2022), as Prisoner C33 / Oscar Wilde
- *Alex Rider* (2020), series, as Damian Cray
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Mark Holgate
- *Summer of Rockets* (2019), series, as Samuel Petrukhin
- *Hunter Killer* (2018), as Bill Beaman
- *Lost in Space* (2018), series, as John Robinson
- *The Journey* (2017), as Tony Blair
- *13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi* (2016), as Glen 'Bub' Doherty
- *And Then There Were None* (2015), series, as Dr. Edward Armstrong
- *Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF* (2015), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *In Vitro* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Black Sails* (2014), series, as Captain James Flint
- *Private Lives* (2013), as Elyot Chase
- *Believe* (2013), as Dr. Farquar
- *The Machine* (2013), as Vincent McCarthy
- *All Things To All Men* (2013), as Riley
- *Vexed* (2010), series, as DI Jack Armstrong
- *Wired* (2008), series, as Crawford Hill
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as David Connelly
- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, as Prince John
- *Jane Eyre* (2006), series, as Edward Rochester
- *Severance* (2006), as Harris
- *The Umbrella Assassin* (2006), as Narrator
- *Dark Corners* (2006), as Dr. Woodleigh
- *Sharpe's Challenge* (2006), as Dodd
- *The Best Man* (2006), as Peter Tremaine
- *The Queen's Sister* (2005), as Tony Armstrong Jones - Lord Snowdon
- *Mangal Pandey - The Rising* (2005), as Captain William Gordon
- *Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures* (2004), as Doctor Edward Armstrong
- *London* (2004), series, as Casanova
- *Working Shakespeare* (2003), series, Actor
- *Cambridge Spies* (2003), series, as Kim Philby
- *Die Another Day* (2002), as Gustav Graves — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/die-another-day.md)
- *Napoleon* (2002), series, as Tsar Alexandre Ier de Russie
- *Possession* (2002), as Fergus Wolfe
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Dr. Nick Henderson
- *Perfect Strangers* (2001), series, as Charles
- *The Announcement* (2000), as Ross
- *Space Cowboys* (2000), as Young Frank
- *The Great Gatsby* (2000), as Jay Gatsby
- *Onegin* (1999), as Lensky
- *Sunset Heights* (1999), as Luke Bradley
- *Cousin Bette* (1998), as Victorin Hulot
- *Photographing Fairies* (1997), as Charles Castle
- *The Tenant of Wildfell Hall* (1996), series, as Gilbert Markham
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), as Orsino — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as William Dodd
- *Orlando* (1992), as Othello — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *The Camomile Lawn* (1992), series, as Oliver
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Philip Blake — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Gallery

- ![Toby Stephens](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-572da3ca4b28.jpg) Toby Stephens — German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Toby_stephens_2021_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Toby Stephens (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-ee8a413c6eb9.jpg) Toby Stephens (2014) — Alice from Bologna, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Toby_Stephens.jpg/1280px-Toby_Stephens.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Toby Stephens and Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please at](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-27cd2ffa2337.jpg) Toby Stephens and Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please at — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Toby_Stephens_%26_Molly_Parker_%2827234181608%29.jpg/1280px-Toby_Stephens_%26_Molly_Parker_%2827234181608%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Toby Stephens and Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please at](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-dd070865987f.jpg) Toby Stephens and Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please at — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Toby_Stephens_%26_Molly_Parker_%2839298106140%29.jpg/1280px-Toby_Stephens_%26_Molly_Parker_%2839298106140%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Toby Stephens](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-af446bd303ce.jpg) Toby Stephens — Image via TMDB
- ![Toby Stephens](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-73aa6ab47ad4.jpg) Toby Stephens — Image via TMDB
- ![Toby Stephens](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-781e52c498c2.jpg) Toby Stephens — Image via TMDB
- ![Toby Stephens speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage S](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-548262ba256c.jpg) Toby Stephens speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage S — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Toby_Stephens_%2826235411287%29.jpg/1280px-Toby_Stephens_%2826235411287%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Toby Stephens speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage S](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-f924e01a0ffe.jpg) Toby Stephens speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage S — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Toby_Stephens_%2827234201668%29.jpg/1280px-Toby_Stephens_%2827234201668%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Toby Stephens](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-4dc63c692378.jpg) Toby Stephens — Image via TMDB
- ![Toby Stephens](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-fa20f20495b0.jpg) Toby Stephens — Image via TMDB
- ![Toby Stephens](https://film.one/media/person/7433/gallery-07c9deadf66e.jpg) Toby Stephens — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1999: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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