36 Facts About Tobias Menzies

Tobias Simpson Menzies was born on 7 March 1974 and is an English stage, television and film actor.

Tobias Menzies is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series The Crown, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and received Golden Globe and British Academy Television Award nominations.

Tobias Menzies was born in Hammersmith, London, England, the son of Peter Tobias Menzies and Gillian.

Tobias Menzies's mother was a teacher and his father a BBC radio producer.

Tobias Menzies has one younger brother, Luke, who is a solicitor.

Tobias Menzies attended the Perry Court Rudolf Steiner School in Canterbury, Kent, where he was trained in the Steiner System, which includes movement, singing and instrumental music.

Tobias 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, eventually graduating with a BA Degree in Acting.

Tobias Menzies' first professional television role, beginning in 1998, was an eleven-episode stint on BBC's long-running medical drama Casualty.

In 2002, Tobias Menzies portrayed Vince in ITV's romantic comedy series I Saw You, appeared in three episodes of SAS drama Ultimate Force and featured in a series-one episode of WWII drama Foyle's War.

Tobias Menzies appeared in made-for-television film A Very Social Secretary, directed by Jon Jones, which launched UK Channel 4's spin-off station, More4.

Tobias Menzies next appeared as William Elliot in ITV's production of Jane Austen's classic Persuasion, and Derrick Sington 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.

In 2008, Tobias Menzies starred in two stylistically different miniseries; the first was BBC's anthology mini-series Fairy Tales, in an episode entitled The Empress's New Clothes, where he portrayed Aidee.

In 2011, Tobias Menzies featured as tabloid journalist Ross McGovern in BBC Two's seven part mini-series The Shadow Line, opposite Stephen Rea and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The next year, in ITV's supernatural courtroom drama Eternal Law, Tobias Menzies portrayed a fallen angel who had become a prosecuting attorney in York, England.

Tobias Menzies would go on to feature in an episode of BBC Two's political satire The Thick of It, an episode of Channel 4's political thriller mini-series Secret State, three episodes of BBC's medical satire Getting On, and two episodes of BBC's Shakespearean documentary Simon Schama's Shakespeare.

That same year, Tobias Menzies starred in the series two finale of Channel 4's anthology series Black Mirror, and a two episode stint on BBC's long-running crime drama Silent Witness.

Tobias Menzies portrayed the recurring dual roles of Frank Randall, a 20th-century historian, and Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall, his brutal 18th-century ancestor.

In 2017, in his first voice over work on television, Tobias Menzies portrayed Mandalorian warrior Tiber Saxon on Disney XD's animated series Star Wars Rebels.

In March 2018, it was announced that Tobias Menzies had been cast to portray Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in seasons three and four of Netflix's hit series The Crown, opposite Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II.

The next year, Tobias Menzies appeared in the romantic comedy Piccadilly Jim, opposite Sam Rockwell, and director Adrian Shergold's drama Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman, opposite Timothy Spall.

Tobias Menzies featured in Casino Royale, Columbia Pictures' 2006 reboot of the James Bond film franchise, as personal aide to M, chief of British secret intelligence agency Mi6.

In 2007, Tobias Menzies portrayed a Naval officer on the beaches of Normandy, opposite James McAvoy, in the Academy Award-nominated adaptation of Ian McEwan's WWII drama Atonement.

Tobias Menzies would go on to appear in three films in 2010.

In 2012, Tobias Menzies starred in director Carrie Cracknell's Nora, a short film inspired by the Young Vic's theatrical production of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House.

In late 2001, Tobias Menzies appeared in Almeida Theatre's production of Anton Checkhov's play Platonov, an adaptation of the early, unnamed play that was Checkhov's first large scale drama.

Tobias Menzies would go on to star 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, at the Royal Theatre, Northampton.

Tobias Menzies took on a supporting role in Playhouse Theatre's 2006 presentation of Pirandello's play As You Desire Me.

Late 2008 saw Tobias Menzies portray Edgar opposite Pete Postlethwaite in Liverpool Playhouse's production of King Lear, which continued with a run at London's Young Vic Theatre in early 2009.

In 2011, Tobias Menzies featured as Dr Joseph Cardin, opposite Keira Knightley's Karen Wright, in Lillian Hellman's 1934 drama The Children's Hour, which focuses on the harmful effects of wrongful accusations and rumors.

Wallace Shawn's monologue play The Fever, which explored the main character's internal struggle with the morality of a privileged existence, saw Tobias Menzies perform to a micro audience at London's decadent May Fair Hotel in early 2015.

Tobias Menzies appeared in series three of the project, which has featured artists such as Ian McKellen, Fiona Shaw, and Andrew Scott.

Early 2019 saw Tobias Menzies appear in the Gate Theatre's production of Sarah Ruhl's Dear, Elizabeth.

Later that year, Tobias Menzies starred in Almeida Theatre's production of The Hunt, which was set in Denmark and adapted from 2012's thriller film Jagten.

In 2014, Tobias Menzies featured in a five-part series for BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week where he read Laurie Lee's As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, an account of his travels in 1930s Spain, in sections released over a five-day period.

Tobias Menzies would go on the next year to star as Andy Warhol in Sarah Wooley's BBC Radio 4 drama Fifteen Minutes, opposite Adrian Rawlins, and a second five-part Book of the Week series where he, along with the author, would read British travel writer Robert Macfarlane's celebration of language, Landmarks.

Once again reading for BBC radio 4's series Book of the Week, Tobias Menzies narrated author Philip Hoare's exploration of our fascination with water and the sea in 2017's five-part RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR.