Toby Kebbell
Tobias Alistair Patrick Kebbell (born 9 July 1982) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in films such as Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Control (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), War Horse (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), Warcraft (2016), A Monster Calls (2016), Ben-Hur (2016), Gold (2016), and Bloodshot (2020). He is also known for his work in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You" (2011) and starred in the MonsterVerse film Kong: Skull Island (2017) and the Apple TV+ series Servant (2019–2023) and For All Mankind (2023–present).
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- Name
- Toby Kebbell
- Birth Name
- Tobias Alistair Patrick Kebbell
- Born
- 9 July 1982
- Birthplace
- Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
- Education
- Central Junior Television Workshop
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Tobias Alistair Patrick Kebbell (born 9 July 1982) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in films such as Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Control (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), War Horse (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), Warcraft (2016), A Monster Calls (2016), Ben-Hur (2016), Gold (2016), and Bloodshot (2020). He is also known for his work in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You" (2011) and starred in the MonsterVerse film Kong: Skull Island (2017) and the Apple TV+ series Servant (2019–2023) and For All Mankind (2023–present).
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• Name — Toby Kebbell • Birth Name — Tobias Alistair Patrick Kebbell • Born — 9 July 1982 • Birthplace — Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England • Education — Central Junior Television Workshop • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2000–present • Children — 1
Early life
Early life
Kebbell, the fourth of five children, was born on 9 July 1982 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, but grew up in Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire where he attended The Grove School (now the Newark Academy) in Balderton. He was brought up by his mother, Michelle (née Mathers), a cook and landscape gardener, and his father, Robert Kebbell, an engineer from Zimbabwe. He was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic primary school. Kebbell trained in acting at the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham along with Andrew Shim and Vicky McClure.
Career
Career
Kebbell's first movie appearance was as Anthony, a young man with a learning difficulty, in the Shane Meadows directed Dead Man's Shoes. He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards 2004 The same year, Kebbell appeared in Oliver Stone's Alexander and Woody Allen's Match Point. In 2007, Kebbell played Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division in Anton Corbijn's award-winning biopic of Ian Curtis, Control, for which his performance won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2007. He was also nominated for the London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 Best Supporting British Actor Award. • Illustration — Kebbell at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2009 In December 2007, Kebbell took the lead in an episode of season 2 of Jimmy McGovern's BBC series The Street, which subsequently won the BAFTA for Best Drama series. His other work for the BBC included a modern retelling of Macbeth alongside James McAvoy, while his theatre roles included spells at the Almeida Theatre in David Hare's reworking of Maxim Gorky's Enemies and at the Playhouse in R.C. Sherriff's classic, Journey's End. In September 2008, Kebbell was featured in RocknRolla (winner of the Empire Award for Best British Film), written and directed by Guy Ritchie, alongside actors Tom Wilkinson, Gerard Butler and Thandiwe Newton. Kebbell played a heroin-addicted musician, Johnny Quid, for which he was nominated for BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award of the 2009 BAFTA Awards, an award voted for by the public. Kebbell was also nominated for the Empire Award for Best Newcomer, but lost out to his friend Gemma Arterton. Kebbell appeared in the 2009 film Cheri, directed by Stephen Frears, in which he took a small role alongside Michelle Pfeiffer. He filmed in Morocco and London with Jake Gyllenhaal for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. In 2011, Kebbell played a leading role in "The Entire History of You", the finale of the first series of Charlie Brooker's anthology series Black Mirror, which was written by Jesse Armstrong. Robert Downey Jr. has since bought the rights to adapt the script for a forthcoming film. In 2014, Kebbell took over the role of Koba in the sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Kebbell played the Marvel antagonist, Doctor Doom, in the 2015 Fantastic Four film, and an orc, Durotan, in the 2016 Warcraft. He played Jack Chapman in the monster film Kong: Skull Island (2017), while also providing guidance for Kong's motion capture sequences.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — Peak Practice — Graham — Episode: "Keeping Up the Act" • 2005 — ShakespeaRe-Told — Malcolm — Episode: "Macbeth" • 2006 — Born Equal — Beggar 2 — Television film • 2007 — The Commander: Windows of the Soul — Jimmy Bannerman — Television film • The Street — Paul Billerton — 3 episodes • 2011 — Black Mirror — Liam Foxwell — Episode: "The Entire History of You" • 2013 — The Escape Artist — Liam Foyle — 3 episodes • 2018 — Dream Corp LLC — Patient 101 / Leslie Krux — Episode: "The Krux" • 2019–2023 — Servant — Sean Turner — Main role • 2023–present — For All Mankind — Miles Dale — Main role (season 4–present)
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Voice role — Notes • 2011 — Star Wars: The Old Republic — Additional voices
Music videos
Music videos
• Year — Title — Artist — Role • 2020 — "Clarity" — Saleka
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — Dead Man's Shoes — Anthony • Northern Soul — Mark Sherbert — Short film • Alexander — Pausanias of Orestis • 2005 — Match Point — Policeman • 2006 — Wilderness — Callum • 2007 — Control — Rob Gretton • 2008 — RocknRolla — Johnny Quid • The German — Barton — Short film • Clubbed — Man in queue (voice) — Uncredited • 2009 — Cheri — Patron • 2010 — Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Prince Garsiv • The Sorcerer's Apprentice — Drake Stone • The Conspirator — John Wilkes Booth • 2011 — The Veteran — Robert Miller • War Horse — Colin • 2012 — Wrath of the Titans — Agenor • 2013 — The East — Doc / Thomas Ayres • The Counselor — Tony • 2014 — Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — Koba • 2015 — Fantastic Four — Victor Von Doom / Dr. Doom • Buddha's Little Finger — Pyotr Voyd • 2016 — Warcraft — Durotan / Antonidas • Ben-Hur — Messala Severus • A Monster Calls — Dad • Gold — Agent Paul Jennings • 2017 — Kong: Skull Island — Jacksford "Jack" Chapman / Kong — Motion capture for Kong • The Female Brain — Kevin • War for the Planet of the Apes — Koba • 2018 — A Wizard's Tale — Terry Dexter (voice) • The Hurricane Heist — Will • Destroyer — Silas Howe • The Angel — Danny Aroya • 2019 — Daniel — James Foley • 2020 — Becoming — Alex • Bloodshot — Martin Axe • 2025 — Salvable — Sal • 2026 — I Play Rocky — Robert Chartoff
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Ref • 2004 — British Independent Film Awards 2004 — Most Promising Newcomer — Dead Man's Shoes • 2007 — British Independent Film Awards 2007 — Best Supporting Actor/Actress — Control • London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 — British Supporting Actor of the Year — Control • 2008 — 62nd British Academy Film Awards — Orange Rising Star Award • 2009 — 14th Empire Awards — Best Newcomer — RocknRolla

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