Toby Stephens Net Worth

Toby Stephens's Quotes

• Some men are into Hollywood glamor stuff and some are not.
• I've learnt an enormous amount from my children. Mostly that my agenda isn't the most important thing in the world. For a while, I was trying to squeeze them into my life. And it was such torment! It makes you realize how selfish you are.
• Growing up, I went to many schools, and I had to fit in to many different types of environments with totally different social groups. It helps me out as I move from job to job.
• That's the privilege of being a grandparent - they can indulge the children while parents have to be the bad guy. Grandparents can also be subversive and naughty with them.
• My parents' parents were regular working-class people. I ended up speaking in a certain way, and one gets sidelined into doing certain parts. I think that is really quite narrow-minded.

Interesting Facts about Toby Stephens

1. Son of the late Sir Robert Stephens and Dame Maggie Smith
2. Stepson of Patricia Quinn.
3. Younger brother of Chris Larkin.
4. Attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
5. In 1999, appeared on Broadway in "Ring Round the Moon".
6. Has the uncanny ability to master the American accent which, along with his smile and look, helped set him apart from the other actors reading for the part of Jay Gatsby and ultimately helped him land the role (a role he said he had the most fun playing and would do the part again in a heartbeat).
7. Was considered for the role of "Robin" in Batman Forever (1995).
8. Has turned down Hollywood many times; he concentrates mainly on theater.
9. After his parents' divorce when he was four years old, Stephens and his brother (actor Chris Larkin) grew up traveling back and forth across the Atlantic with their mother for her numerous acting engagements.
10. Older stepbrother of Quinn Hawkins.
11. His family has been involved in three of Britain's most successful literary and film franchises. Toby played a James Bond villain in Die Another Day (2002), and later went on to play Bond himself on the radio. His father, Robert Stephens, played Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings on the radio. His mother, Maggie Smith, plays Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films.
12. He and his mother, Maggie Smith, have both worked with Ian McKellen. Smith appeared with him in Richard III (1995), while Stephens worked with him in a BBC Radio adaptation of "Goldfinger". McKellen also played "Smith" when he hosted Saturday Night Live (1975). In addition, both McKellen and Robert Stephens have appeared in adaptations of "The Lord of the Rings".
13. In 1992, he and Tara Fitzgerald co-starred in the television miniseries "The Camomile Lawn." In 1996, they again co-starred in the adaptation of Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996). Both appeared again in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (2006), but did not share screen time.
14. Performing in Harold Pinter's play "Betrayal" at the Donmar Warehouse, London as the character of "Jerry". [June 2007]
15. Became a father for the 1st time at age 38 when his wife Anna-Louise Plowman gave birth to their son Elijah Alistair Stephens on May 16, 2007.
16. Became a father for the 2nd time at age 40 when his wife Anna-Louise Plowman gave birth to their daughter Tallulah Tara Stephens on April 26, 2009.
17. Awarded the Sir John Gielgud Best Actor Award for his role of David Thacker in 'Coriolanus'.
18. Became a father for the 3rd time at age 41 when his wife Anna-Louise Plowman gave birth to their daughter Kura Stephens in September 2010.
19. Was delivered via Caesarean section due to being in the breech position.