Tobias Menzies

At 50 years old, Tobias Menzies has this physical status:

Hanan Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English stage, television, and film actor.

Frank and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall in STARZ's Outlander, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination, in addition to his appearances as Brutus in HBO's Rome and Edmure Tully in HBO's Game of Thrones, he is best known for his two roles as Frank and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is the protagonist of Netflix's new original series The Crown's third and upcoming fourth season.

Early years

Menzies was born in Hammersmith, England, and was the son of Peter Menzies and Gillian (née Simpson). His mother was a teacher and his father, a BBC radio producer. Luke, his younger brother, is a solicitor. Menzies attended the Perry Court Rudolf Steiner School in Canterbury, Kent, where he was educated in the Steiner System, which includes movement, singing, and instrumental music. He and Hattie Morahan and Jim Sturgess were both students at Frensham Heights School, near Farnham in Surrey, at the same time as Hattie Morahan and Jim Sturgess.

Menzies attended Deborah Moody's Year Out Drama Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon from 1993 to 1994 before enrolling in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Acting (1998). As part of a RADA graduate program, Menzies participated in improvisation workshops after finishing his bachelor degree.

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Career

Menzies' first professional television appearance, which began in 1998, was an eleven-episode stint on BBC's long-running medical drama Casualty. In the Suburbs and a series-three episode of ITV's crime drama Midsomer Murders, then appeared in director David Attwood's made-for-TV film Summer. Vince in ITV's romantic comedy series I Saw You appeared in three episodes of SAS' Ultimate Force and was included in a series-one episode of WWII drama Foyle's War. He appeared in the made-for-television film A Very Social Secretary, directed by Jon Jones, which opened UK Channel 4's spin-off station More4's More4.

Marcus Junius Brutus, Julius Caesar's companion and later co-assassin, was portrayed in the HBO/BBC historical drama collection Rome from 2005 to 2007. In Channel 4's feature-length drama The Relief of Belsen, which chronicled the British liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp at the end of WWII, William Elliot appeared in ITV's production of Jane Austen's classic Persuasion and Derrick Sington. Menzies appeared in two totally different mini-series in 2008. In an episode titled The Empress's New Clothes, he portrayed Aidee. Fairy Tales was the first episode in BBC's anthology mini-series Fairy Tales. Second was the series finale of BBC's Bonekickers, which followed a team of British archaeologists as they investigated mysteries and conspiracy theories regarding historical artifacts. Menzies returned to episodic television with appearances in ITV's legal drama Kingdom, alongside Stephen Fry, a special episode of BBC's comedy Pulling, and several episodes of BBC One's spy drama Spooks.

Menzies co-starred alongside Minnie Driver and James Nesbitt in the Deep, BBC's 2010 science fiction-thriller miniseries set on submarines in the deep waters below Arctic ice. In PBS' Any Human Heart, an adaptation of William Boyd's 2012 book "Any Human Heart," real-life Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming chronicled historical events through fictional protagonist Logan Mountstuart. He will appear in a series four episode of ITV's Law & Order: UK, a British interpretation of Dick Wolf's long-running American procedural series. In 2011, Menzies appeared in BBC Two's seven-part miniseries The Shadow Line, opposite Stephen Rea and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Menzies portrayed a fallen angel who had become a prosecuting lawyer in York, England, next year in ITV's supernatural courtroom drama Eternal Law. He will appear in an episode of BBC Two's political comedy comedy series The Thick of It, an episode of Channel 4's political thriller mini-series Secret State, three episodes of BBC's medical thriller comedy series Getting On, and two episodes of BBC's Shakespearean drama Simon Schama's Shakespearean drama Simon Schama's Shakespearean drama.

In HBO's Game of Thrones, which was based on George R. Martin's fantasy book series, Menzies appeared in 2013 as Edmure Tully, the heir to House Tully of Riverrun. Menzies' last appearance in the 2019 series finale was recurring, with Menzies' final appearance appearing. Menzies appeared in the series two finales of Channel 4's anthology series Black Mirror, as well as a two-episo period of BBC's long-running crime drama Silent Witness. In the BBC's Emmy nominated mini-series The Honourable Woman and Alexander, Menzies portray Maggie Gyllenhaal's bodyguard, Nathaniel Bloom, and Alexander in the series premiere of BBC's dog training comedy Puppy Love in 2014. Menzies first appeared in Outlander, the first in Starz' time travel drama series based on author Diana Gabaldon's best-selling collection of books. He portrayed Frank Randall, a twentieth-century scholar, and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall, his violent 18th-century ancestor. Menzies appeared in Amazon's original series Catastrophe, from 2015 to 2019.

Menzies, opposite Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie, appeared in the role of British intelligence chief Geoffrey Dromgoole in the spring of 2016. He appeared in Channel 4's The Circuit, a comedy set at a neighborhood dinner party in the same year. Menzies portrayed Mandalorian warrior Tiber Saxon on Disney XD's animated series Star Wars Rebels in 2017. In AMC's anthology film The Terror, it was announced in 2016 that Menzies had been cast as James Fitzjames, Captain of the Royal Navy ship HMS Erebus. During the third Franklin Expedition of the Arctic in 1848, a fictionalized account of real-life expeditionary ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror was chronicled by Dan Simmons' 2007 book of the same name. He appeared as the Duke of Cornwall in BBC Two's adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emily Watson.

In seasons three and four of Netflix's hit series The Duke of Edinburgh, Menzies had been cast as Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Menzies was born in June 2019 as a cast member of Channel 4/Hulu's This Way Up, a comedy series centered on an English speaker's life as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) instructor, from actor and writer Aisling Bea. He was supposed to lead Manhunt, based on the book Manhunt: A 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson, in January 2022.

The Low Down, 2000's dramatic film debut, starring Aidan Gillen, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, was Menzies' first professional film role. Menzies' role in Miramax's 2004 biographical drama Finding Neverland saw him play opposite Johnny Depp's J.M. Barrie, the maker of beloved children's character Peter Pan, is a writer. Menzies appeared in Piccadilly Jim, opposite Sam Rockwell, and director Adrian Shergold's drama Last Hangman, opposite Timothy Spall. He appeared in Casino Royale, Columbia Pictures' 2006 revival of the James Bond film franchise, as the personal assistant to M. Chief of British intelligence agency Mi6.

In the Academy Award nominated version of Ian McEwan's WWII drama Atonement, Menzies portrayed a Naval officer on the beaches of Normandy, opposite James McAvoy. In Christopher Marlow's play Doctor Faustus, the Rose Theatre, an Elizabethan theatre outside London, made a short film starring Menzies in the role of Mephistophilis. In 2010, he would continue to appear in three films for the first time. The first was Independent Pictures' translation of Russian author Anton Chekhov's The Duel, where he portrayed Von Koren. Swipe Films' production of Jackboots on Whitehall, an animated film starring puppets, came second. Menzies, along with Alan Cumming and Timothy Spall, performed the script, which explored the possibility of Nazis invading the United Kingdom at the end of WWII. Menzies appeared in Forget Me Not, an independent film that premiered at the Culver Plaza Theater in Culver City, CA, in his third film of the year. .

Menzies, as the first Victorian era vibrator, was portrayed in the story of the first Victorian era vibrator in Hysteria (2011). He would appear in writer Andrew Steggall's short film The Door, an official selection at the 28th annual Warsaw International Film Festival, which was based on H.G.'s tale The Door in the Wall. Fortunately, there are a few things that haven't been mentioned before. Menzies appeared in director Carrie Cracknell's Nora, a short film based on Henrik Ibsen's dramatic production of A Doll's House in 2012. His next film was 2014's The Birthday Gift, a short film that was screened at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival that year. Menzies will appear in the short film/microplay Groove is in the Heart, a film starring the Royal Court Theatre and The Guardian that was on display at the London Film Festival, and the submarine action film Black Sea, a modern-day pirate romance opposite Jude Law, will be screened opposite Jude Law.

Menzies appeared in three films in 2016. Una, director Benedict Andrews' forbidden love story, was based on the play Blackbird from Scottish playwright David Harrower, followed by filmmaker James Hughes' experimental film The Velvet Abstract, which featured Menzies as the protagonist. Menzies starred as Marius, the main antagonist in the Underworld trilogy, in lieu of Kate Beckinsale's Selene.

Menzies had been cast in director Emily Harris' adaptation of Carmilla, a fantasy film based on Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic novella.

In 1999, Menzies' debut was in Hristo Boytchev's comedy The Colonel Bird, which appeared at The Gate London. In the next year, he appeared in The Way of the World, a playwright William Cosgreve's 1700s grandiloquent play of manners and Complicity theatre company's Light, an adaptation of author Torgny Lindgren's book Ljuset (1987). Menzies appeared in Anton Checkhov's "Potonov," an adaptation of the early, unidentified play that was Checkhov's first large scale drama in late 2001. In Tom Stoppard's production of Valentine, he portrayed Valentine in the Royal Theatre's production of his tragic comedy Arcadia next year.

Menzies would co-star in Serjeant Musgrave's Dance and portray young teacher Irwin in Alan Bennett's The History Boys, which Nicholas Hytner directed at the Royal National Theatre from 2003 to 2005. One reviewer referred to his participation in The History Boys: "According to one reviewer, he was on the verge of writing a book about him.

He will appear in Michael Blakemore's West End production of Three Sisters for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award and the title role in Rupert Goold's production of Hamlet. One reviewer wrote about his role in Hamlet, he said:

In Playhouse Theatre's 2006 premiere of Pirandello's play As You Desire Me, Menzies played a supporting role. He will appear in two productions next year. In Peter Trifimov's The Cherry Orchard at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, followed by a turn as Harry Bagley in Almeida Theatre's production of Caryl Churchill's political comedy Cloud Nine. In Liverpool Playhouse's production of King Lear, which continued with a run at London's Young Vic Theatre in early 2009, Menzies portrayed Edgar opposite Pete Postlethwaite.

In Lillian Hellman's 1934 film The Children's Hour, which focuses on the harmful effects of illicit allegations and rumors, Menzies appeared as Dr. Joseph Cardin, opposite Keira Knightley's Karen Wright. He would return to actor Rupert Goold's Decade in the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks in New York City. During the First Quarter of 2012, George Farquhar's 1706 play The Recruiting Officer, which was based on the British Army's recruiting techniques during the War of Spanish Succession, starred Menzies. In director Carey Cracknell's Rough Cuts: Searched, at the Royal Court Theatre, and actor in National Theatre's experimental play The Hush, which explored sound and memory, will be included next year.

Menzies performed to a small audience at London's decadent May Fair Hotel in early 2015. Wallace Shawn's monologue play The Fever, which delves into the main character's internal struggle with the inherent virtues of a privileged existence, attracted the main character's internal conflict with the morality of a privileged existence. At the May Fair Hotel, director Robert Icke intentionally staged the play in order to help the tiny audience to better comprehend its meaning. He's set to appear in a sixteen-hour version of Homer's The Iliad, as well as being broadcast live on the British Museum throughout the day and concluding at the Almeida Theatre. Menzies will appear in a modernized version of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya in Middle Temple Hall's choral program The Dark Lady and the Tender Churl, directed Robert Icke. Menzies will return to the Almeida in their digital theatre production Figures of Speech, which showcased the performances of well-known historical speeches, two years later. He appeared in three series three of the exhibition, which includes artists such as Ian McKellen, Fiona Shaw, and Andrew Scott.

Menzies appeared in Sarah Ruhl's Dear Elizabeth performance early in 2019. Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell's letters, as well as Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, were portrayed by the drama on a night of the show's run. Menzies appeared in The Hunt, Almeida Theatre's production, which was set in Denmark and based on 2012's thriller film Jagten (The Hunt). The production spanned mid-June to early August 2019. His success received rave reviews, one of whom wrote: ''s comment: 'Everyone's dream came true.'

Menzies' first commercial radio appearance in 2010 was A Nice Little Holiday, the story of British playwright John Osborne's 1961 besieged holiday in the South of France, which aired on BBC Radio 4 in September of that year. On BBC Radio 4's collection Book of the Week, he'll read an abridgement of Matthew Hollis' biography of poet and literary critic Edward Thomas, best known for his poem Adelstrop. Menzies was the voice of John Charrington's Wedding (2012), the second episode of a five-part series titled Ghost Stories of E Nesbit in his third collaboration with BBC Radio 4. Menzies portrayed British writer and National Trust advocate James Lees-Milne, opposite Victoria Hamilton as novelist Nancy Mitford in a three-part radio drama commissioned by BBC Radio 4, opposite Margaret Hamilton. The series was based on three interconnected plays, based on his WWII-era journals, describing the demise of the English country house and calling The Arms of God, The Unending Battle, and What England Owes. He will appear in BBC Radio 3's drama Serious Money, adapted for radio by Emma Harding of Caryl Churchill's play of the same name, and BBC Radio 4's political drama Every Duchess In England based on Parliament's reaction to England's 1931 financial crisis.

Menzies appeared in a five-part series on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week, where he read Laurie Lee's As I Wandered Out, an account of his travels in 1930s Spain in sections separated over a five-day period. Andy Warhol, opposite Adrian Rawlins in Sarah Wooley's BBC Radio 4 drama Fifteen Minutes, and a second five-part Book of the Week series where he and the author will read Landmarks by British travel writer Robert Macfarlane. Menzies will appear in another series in which literary readings and music were mixed with live music in an episode of BBC Radio 3's Words and Music collection Trapped. Both Menzies and Kate Phillips explored both physical and mental entrapment with readings including authors such as George Orwell and Charlotte Bront. He's likely to appear in BBC Radio 4's Comment Is Free, a political and social commentary focusing on a woman portrayed by Rachael Stirling, who is required to monitor both the public and media to question her husband's story.

In 2017's five-part RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR, Menzies narrated author Philip Hoare's exploration of our fascination with water and the sea.

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