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3Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969 in Fitzrovia, London) is an English stage, television and film actor.
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5The son of actors Creator/MaggieSmith and Robert Stephens, he is known for the roles of ''Film/JamesBond'' villain Gustav Graves in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' (for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Edward Fairfax Rochester in a BBC miniseries adaptation of ''Literature/JaneEyre'', Captain James Flint in ''Series/BlackSails'' and John Robinson in the 2018 Creator/{{Netflix}} [[Series/LostInSpace2018 version]] of ''Series/LostInSpace''.
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7Oh, and... he got to play Bond himself, in the BBC Radio 4 [[RadioDrama dramas]] that were directly adapted from Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/JamesBond books]]. And his ''Die Another Day'' co-star Creator/RosamundPike [[CastingGag joined him]] as Pussy Galore in the radio adaptation of ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}''. With the release of ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie''[[note]]The books are adapted out of order[[/note]], his eighth adaptation, in 2019, he officially overtook Creator/RogerMoore as the most prolific Bond actor. He also plays Literature/PhilipMarlowe for their Creator/RaymondChandler series.
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9He is married to New Zealand actress Anna-Louise Plowman.
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11!!His Film and TV Roles:
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13* ''Film/{{Orlando}}'' (1992) as Othello
14* ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' (1996) as Duke Orsino
15* ''Literature/TheTenantOfWildfellHall'' (1996) as Gilbert Markham
16* ''Literature/CousinBette'' (1998) as Victorin Hulot
17* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' (2000) as Jay Gatsby
18* ''Film/SpaceCowboys'' (2000) as [[TimeShiftedActor Young]] [[Creator/ClintEastwood Frank]]
19* ''Literature/{{Possession}}'' (2001) as Fergus Wolfe
20* ''[[Series/Napoleon2002 Napoléon]]'' (2002) as [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats Tsar Alexander I of Russia]]
21* ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' (2002) as Gustav Graves
22* ''Series/{{Poirot}}: Literature/FiveLittlePigs'' (2003) as Philip Blake
23* ''Series/WakingTheDead'' (2005) as Dr Nick Henderson (2 episodes)
24* ''[[Recap/SharpeF1SharpesChallenge Sharpe's Challenge]]'' (2006) as William Dodd
25* ''Series/JaneEyre2006'' as Edward Fairfax Rochester
26* ''Film/Severance2006'' as Harris
27* ''Series/RobinHood'' (2009) as [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]]
28* ''Series/{{Marple}}: [[Literature/TheThirteenProblems The Blue Geranium]]'' (2010) as George Pritchard
29* ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' (2012) as Professor Martin Middlebrook (1 episode)
30* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'' (2012) as David Connelly (1 episode)
31* ''Film/TheMachine'' (2013) as Vincent [=McCarthy=]
32* ''Series/BlackSails'' (2014-17) as Captain James Flint
33* ''Series/AndThenThereWereNone2015'' as Dr Edward Armstrong
34* ''[[Series/LostInSpace2018 Lost in Space]]'' (2018-21) as John Robinson
35* ''Film/HunterKiller'' (2018) as Lt. Bill Beaman
36* ''Series/SummerOfRockets'' (2019) as Samuel Petrukhin
37* ''Series/{{Alex Rider|2020}}'' (2021) as Damian Cray
38* ''Series/{{Percy Jackson and the Olympians|2023}}'' (2023) as Poseidon
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40!!As Bond (Audio Drama):
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42* ''Radio/{{James Bond|JarvisAndAyres}}''
43** ''[[Radio/DrNo2008 Dr. No]]'' (2008)
44** ''[[Radio/Goldfinger2010 Goldfinger]]'' (2010)
45** ''[[Radio/FromRussiaWithLove2012 From Russia With Love]]'' (2012)
46** ''[[Radio/OnHerMajestysSecretService2014 On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (2014)
47** ''[[Radio/DiamondsAreForever2015 Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (2015)
48** ''[[Radio/Thunderball2016 Thunderball]]'' (2016)
49** ''[[Radio/Moonraker2018 Moonraker]]'' (2018)
50** ''[[Radio/LiveAndLetDie2019 Live and Let Die]]'' (2019)

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