Tobias Menzies

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Tobias Menzies
Tobias Menzies
Born	March 7, 1974 (age 33) London
Notable roles	Marcus Junius Brutus in Rome

Tobias Menzies, (born March 7, 1974), is an English stage, television and film actor, best known for his role as Marcus Junius Brutus in the television series Rome (2005)

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Television
4 Theatre
5 Interviews and Articles
6 External links

Tobias graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1998.

He is best known to international audiences for his starring role as Marcus Junius Brutus, Julius Caesar's assassin in the HBO/ BBC epic series Rome (2005). He began his acting career in some of British television's most popular series including Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, and Casualty. He also appeared in the controversial drama A Very Social Secretary directed by Jon Jones, which launched Channel 4's More4.

He had a major role in The Low Down with Aidan Gillen and features in the 2006 reboot of the James Bond franchise, Casino Royale. He plays the character of Villiers, who is an aide to Judi Dench's M.

On stage, his credits include the young teacher Irwin in Alan Bennett's The History Boys directed at the Royal National Theatre by Nicholas Hytner, and Michael Blakemore's West End production of Three Sisters for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award. He was also noted for his role as Hamlet in Rupert Goold's Hamlet at the Royal Theatre.

He has dated actress Kristin Scott Thomas.

He will appear as William Elliot in April 2007 in ITV's production of Jane Austin's classic book, Persuasion and is currently appearing at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in The Cherry Orchard with Joanna Lumley.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Jackboots on Whitehall	Captain English (voice)	Spoof war film using Puppets.
2006	Casino Royale	Villiers	Plays M's Assistant
2005	The Last Hangman	Lt. Llewelyn	The production was called Pierrepoint in the UK
2004	Finding Neverland	Theatre Patron
2004	Piccadilly Jim	Reg
2002	The Knowledge	David	Film Short
2000	The Low Down	John

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Relief of Belsen	Derrick Sington	Airing on Channel 4, date to be confirmed
2007	Persuasion	William Elliot	Airing on ITV 1st April 2007
2007	Rome (TV series)	Marcus Junius Brutus	Series 2 to air on BBC2 June 2007
2005	A Very Social Secretary	Keith
2004	Three Sisters	Tusenbach	Aired on BBC4 February 2004
2002	Foyle's War	Stanley Ellis
2002	Ultimate Force	Box 500
2002	I Saw You	Vince
2001	The Escapist	Policeman
2000	Casualty	Frank Gallagher
2000	Midsummer Murders	Jack Dorset
2000	Summer in the Suburbs	School Psychologist
2000	Longitude	Halleys Secretary

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Cherry Orchard	Peter Trifimov	Directed by Jonathan Miller at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2005	The History Boys	Irwin	Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Touring cast.
2005	Hamlet	Hamlet	Directed by Rupert Goold at The Theatre Royal.
2003	Serjeant Musgrave's Dance	Hurst	Directed by Sean Holmes. Oxford Stage Company
2003	Three Sisters	Tusenbach	Directed by Michael Blakemore at the Playhouse Theatre, London. Filmed by the BBC. Finalist for the 2003 Sunday Times-Royal National Theatre Ian Charleson Award
2002	Arcadia		Directed by Rupert Goold at the Royal Theatre.
2001	Platanov	Sergei Voynitzev	Directed by Jonathan Kent at the Almeida.
2000	The Way of the World	Witwoud	Directed by Matthew Lloyd at the Royal Exchange.
2000	Light		Directed by Simon McBurney. Theatre de Complicite