Toby Stephens (born April 21, 1969 in London, England) is a British actor best known for his role as Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002).

Stephens, the son of actors Maggie Smith and the late Robert Stephens, trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He began his film career with the role of Othello in 1992's Orlando and regularly appears on television and stage.

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 RADA; 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 also 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.

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@KevinSpacey I can't wait to see Toby (Stephens) on stage in 2010. I saw Dougray in 'Becket' and my heart melted...
Legalegal12 (Corinne Dias) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:23:30 -0000
@KevinSpacey I can't wait to see Toby (Stephens) on stage in 2010. I saw Dougray in 'Becket' and my heart melted...
Film what is on the telly trivia; I snogged Toby Stephens once.
FinallyAlecto (Alex Black) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:40:33 -0000
Film what is on the telly trivia; I snogged Toby Stephens once.
@_ophelia Greg Hicks played the Ghost in Toby Stephens' Hamlet - but yes, he was bloody terrifying. I saw him play Coriolanus - WOW.
Fishmorgan (Sarah Morgan) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:27:42 -0000
@_ophelia Greg Hicks played the Ghost in Toby Stephens' Hamlet - but yes, he was bloody terrifying. I saw him play Coriolanus - WOW.
Started watching "Possession" for Toby Stephens because I have a thing for him now, but I forgot how damned cute Aaron Eckhart is.
litigiousmind (litigiousmind) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:14:08 -0000
Started watching "Possession" for Toby Stephens because I have a thing for him now, but I forgot how damned cute Aaron Eckhart is.
Random fact of the day: Toby Stephens is Maggie Smith's son. http://tumblr.com/xmb5131l6
AlannahG (Alannah) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:54:48 -0000
Random fact of the day: Toby Stephens is Maggie Smith's son. http://tumblr.com/xmb5131l6
@AmandaFClark In terms of film productions, it's hard to go past Kenneth Branagh. But on stage, Toby Stephens is positively seductive.
joannejacobs (joannejacobs) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:39:32 -0000
@AmandaFClark In terms of film productions, it's hard to go past Kenneth Branagh. But on stage, Toby Stephens is positively seductive.

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