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;
Toby Stephens In 2018, he appears as John Robinson in "Lost in Space", the Netflix remake of the 1965 TV series. Stephens and New Zealand actress Anna-Louise Plowman were married in 2001. Their first child, son Eli Alistair, was born in May 2007. The renowned British playwright Simon Gray (who penned "Japes", a stage play, and "Missing Dates", a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens), was reported to be Eli's godfather. Their daughters, Tallulah and Kura, were born in May 2009 and in September 2010, respectively. Plowman and Stephens performed together as Sibyl and Elyot in Jonathan Kent's revival of "Private