Toby Stephens April 2018. Stephens, the younger son of actors Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens, was born at the Middlesex Hospital in Fitzrovia, London. He was educated at Aldro and Seaford College where he was remarkably unhappy. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Stephens began his film career with the role of Othello in 1992, in Sally Potter's "Orlando". He has since made regular appearances on television (including in "The Camomile Lawn", 1992) and on stage. He played the title role in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Coriolanus" shortly after graduation from LAMDA;
Richie Stephens (actor) at the age of 10 under the instruction of acting coach Claire McDermott but worked a variety of different jobs before returning to the craft. Right before his acting career took off, Stephens was a carpenter until an accident in San Francisco resulted in a broken back. Stephens told The Anglo-Celt, "Before it happened, I was quite happy being a carpenter, so, I probably wouldn't have gotten back into acting if it hadn't happened." While working as a model, Stephens was discovered by director Weston Simpson, who cast him as a German hitman in his film Credence. Within months of