Tobias Menzies
Born: 7 March
1974; London, UK
Nationality: British Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Spouse(s): Unknown Children: Unknown Character in Spooks: Andrew Lawrence Tobias attended the liberal Frensham Heights School near Farnham in Surrey at the same time as Hattie Morahan and Jim Sturgess. He went on to attend Stratford-upon-Avon College's "Year-out" drama course in 1993–94. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1998) and was trained in the Steiner System, which includes movement, singing and musical instrumentation. Menzies worked with the Spontaneity Shop, a British improv comedy company. He began his TV and film career in some of British television's most popular series, including Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and Casualty. He also appeared in A Very Social Secretary directed by Jon Jones, which launched UK Channel 4's spin-off station, More4. |
He is best known to international audiences for his starring
role as Marcus Junius Brutus, Julius
Caesar's friend and later co-assassin, in the award-winning but short-lived HBO/BBC
epic series Rome (2005–07).
Menzies had a major role in The Low Down with Aidan Gillen, and was featured in the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale, as M's aide, Villiers.
He has worked extensively on the stage, with credits including the young teacher Irwin in Alan Bennett's The History Boys (which Nicholas Hytner directed at the National Theatre), and Michael Blakemore's West End production of Three Sisters for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award. Menzies played the title role in Rupert Goold's production of Hamlet, at the Royal Theatre, Northampton to an appreciative critical reception. Of this role John Peters from the Sunday Times wrote,
“One of Shakespeare's greatest innovations was to dramatise people's thought processes: the articulation of the mind's search for meaning and identity. This is where Menzies' performance is most thrilling. He shows how language strives to express the self and to pin down the truth. Who am I? What do I think and feel? Menzies' delivery of the "To be or not to be..." speech burns with intelligence. This is one of the finest and most exciting Hamlets I’ve seen. Observe his face: it seems to mature, grow softer, more observant and expressive, and his death becomes a fulfilment as well as a failure.”
In April 2007 Menzies appeared as William Elliot in ITV's production of Jane Austen's classic, Persuasion, and also played Peter Trifimov in The Cherry Orchard with Joanna Lumley at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. He appeared as Derrick Sington in Channel 4's dramatisation of The Relief of Belsen and then he filmed Forget Me Not, a Quicksilver Films production, in which he starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly.
He appeared in Spooks for two episodes in 2009 as Home Secretary Andrew Lawrence.
In 2012, he appeared in the political satire series The Thick of It during series 4 as Simon Weir, as part of the Goolding Inquiry and has recently appeared in Game of Thrones and Doctor Who.
Next year (2014) he will star with Genevieve O’Reilly once more in The Honourable Woman, an upcoming spy thriller miniseries directed and written by Hugo Blick for the BBC Two.
You can find a full filmography for Tobias Menzies at IMDb.
Menzies had a major role in The Low Down with Aidan Gillen, and was featured in the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale, as M's aide, Villiers.
He has worked extensively on the stage, with credits including the young teacher Irwin in Alan Bennett's The History Boys (which Nicholas Hytner directed at the National Theatre), and Michael Blakemore's West End production of Three Sisters for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award. Menzies played the title role in Rupert Goold's production of Hamlet, at the Royal Theatre, Northampton to an appreciative critical reception. Of this role John Peters from the Sunday Times wrote,
“One of Shakespeare's greatest innovations was to dramatise people's thought processes: the articulation of the mind's search for meaning and identity. This is where Menzies' performance is most thrilling. He shows how language strives to express the self and to pin down the truth. Who am I? What do I think and feel? Menzies' delivery of the "To be or not to be..." speech burns with intelligence. This is one of the finest and most exciting Hamlets I’ve seen. Observe his face: it seems to mature, grow softer, more observant and expressive, and his death becomes a fulfilment as well as a failure.”
In April 2007 Menzies appeared as William Elliot in ITV's production of Jane Austen's classic, Persuasion, and also played Peter Trifimov in The Cherry Orchard with Joanna Lumley at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. He appeared as Derrick Sington in Channel 4's dramatisation of The Relief of Belsen and then he filmed Forget Me Not, a Quicksilver Films production, in which he starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly.
He appeared in Spooks for two episodes in 2009 as Home Secretary Andrew Lawrence.
In 2012, he appeared in the political satire series The Thick of It during series 4 as Simon Weir, as part of the Goolding Inquiry and has recently appeared in Game of Thrones and Doctor Who.
Next year (2014) he will star with Genevieve O’Reilly once more in The Honourable Woman, an upcoming spy thriller miniseries directed and written by Hugo Blick for the BBC Two.
You can find a full filmography for Tobias Menzies at IMDb.