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 Sawyer (Liverpool Playhouse), "Brassed Off" (Birmingham Rep), "Saved" (Bolton Octagon), "Huddersfield" and "Company Along The Mile" (West Yorkshire Playhouse), and "Our Share of Tomorrow" (Real Circumstance Theatre Company and York Theatre Royal). Toby is brother to British writer and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer. Toby Sawyer Toby Sawyer (born 27 March 1969, Wilmslow, Cheshire) is an English actor. He has appeared in a number of British television dramas, including the role of Aiden Lester in "Coronation Street", "Born and Bred, Crossroads, Rosemary and Thyme, Casualty, Keen Eddie, The Royal, Elizabeth" and for three years was original, main cast in teen drama "Hollyoaks", playing