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 Whithouse is also a stand up comedian and has played several gigs under the "Laughing Horse" banner. Toby Whithouse Toby Lawrence Whithouse (; born 5 July 1970) is an English actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series "Being Human". He also created the Channel 4 television drama series "No Angels" (2004–06), and has written for BBC One's "Hotel Babylon" and "Doctor Who". One of his "Doctor Who" episodes, titled "School Reunion", featured the return of the robot dog K-9 and 1970s companion Sarah Jane Smith. After initially attending art