Toby Truslove

Last updated

Toby Truslove
Born
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Spouse Michala Banas (m. 29 April 2019) [1]

Toby Truslove is an Australian film, theatre and television actor.

Contents

Early life

Truslove grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and holidayed on Rottnest Island with his family every summer. [2] His father Mike Dad went to the seminary for three years with the idea of becoming a priest, before he met wife Georgia, while he was singing in a folk band. They got married and moved to London for a few years, before moving back to Perth where Truslove was born. He grew up living next door to his paternal grandparents, Eileen and Gary. [3]

Career

In 2001, Truslove appeared on the television drama series Crash Palace as Bryan Rossiter. [4] He has since made guest appearances on Australian TV series including All Saints , McLeod's Daughters , The Strip , Thank God You're Here and The Librarians . [5]

In 2011 he starred in two ABC TV comedy series Laid and Outland . He also appears in the comedy feature Scumbus . In 2012 he was the lead in The Strange Calls . Onstage he has played Sam in the Belvoir St. Theatre's 2012 production of Strange Interlude, as well as the pompous Victor Prynne in Noël Coward's play Private Lives – another Belvoir production.

Truslove was one of the team captains on Channel 7's Slide Show and went on to star in the comedy TV series Utopia and U.S. series La Brea .

Truslove co-hosted the 2014 New Year's Eve broadcast for the ABC with Julia Zemiro. [6]

Truslove in 2024 would return for the second series of Scrublands. [7]

Truslove also works as a host and MC in the corporate arena. He has been the co-host of Splendour In The Grass music festival and has hosted nationwide events for Canadian Tourism Commission attests. [8]

Personal life

Truslove dated actress Tory Mussett for seven years. He went on to date comedian Celia Pacquola from 2008 to 2013. They broke up due to the strain of a long-distance relationship. He then dated actress Michala Banas, whom he had met many years earlier. [3] After three years together, they eloped in Central Park on 29 April 2019, while on holiday in New York. [9] [1]

Truslove's father Mike died in 2014, within a year of being diagnosed with a brain tumour. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
2003 The Pact AttendantFeature film
2008Soft CopPolice OfficerShort film
2009I Can't Believe It's Not BetterBob HilbertTV movie
2010Smoking Will Kill YouBillShort film
2011 I Love You Too Racquetball Guy #1Feature film
2012 The Strange Calls Officer Tony BanksShort film
2011How to Make a MonsterRossShort film
2011ClickedJakeShort film
2012 Scumbus Jessie RedmondFeature film
2013The 8 Inch PinchConstable Benchley
2013Martha ArthurEric ColbyShort film
2014JoshJosh HemsworthShort film
2016Comedy Showroom: BleakMattTV movie
2019 Koko: A Red Dog Story Kriv StendersFeature film
2019PentimentoNoahShort film
2020Teenage RangersDavisShort film
2021Don't Come In..Yet!Short film
2023AshesGreta GarboShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
2001 Crash Palace Bryan RossiterTV series
2003 All Saints Chris WileyTV series, 1 episode
2004 McLeod's Daughters GaryTV series, 1 episode
2008 The Strip Dayne GibsonTV series, 1 episode
2010 The Librarians DaveTV series, 1 episode
2010 Sleuth 101 Nigel HayTV series, season 1, episode 6: "Late and Live starring Julia Morris"
2012 The Strange Calls Officer Tony BanksMiniseries, 6 episodes
2012 Outland MaxMiniseries, 6 episodes
2012 Tangle Josh GrayTV series, 1 episode
2011–12 Laid ZachTV series, 12 episodes)
2012 Lowdown Brent MorrisonTV series, 1 episode
2013#7DaysLaterPrime Minister Toby MannTV series, 1 episode
2014 Offspring StephenTV series, 1 episode
2014 Night Terrace Hostile Takeover Commander / VraxnolPodcast series, 2 episodes
2014–19 Utopia Karsten LeithTV series, seasons 1–4, 16 episodes
2015 House Husbands JoelTV series, 1 episode
2016 Molly MorrisMiniseries, 1 episode
2017 Get Krack!n Hunter JackTV series, 1 episode
2018 Wrong Kind of Black BarryMiniseries, 4 episodes
2018 True Story with Hamish & Andy Boyfriend AndyTV series, season 2, episode 9: "Jeremy's Nerd Candy Story"
2019 Bad Mothers Detective HollandMiniseries, 5 episodes
2019 Metro Sexual Nurse FletcherTV series, 1 episode
2019–21 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Samuel BirnsideTV series, 12 episodes
2021 La Brea Senior Agent Adam MarkmanTV series, 8 episodes
2023 North Shore Justin MakepeaceTV series, 5 episodes
Rock Island MysteriesRadio DJTV series:3 episodes
2023–presentScrublandsDoug MonktonTV series

Television (as self)

YearTitleRoleType
2008–09 This Is Your Laugh Improvisational actorTV series
2009 Thank God You're Here SelfTV series, 2 episodes
2009 The Breast Darn Show in Town GuestTV special
2011Some Say LoveVarious charactersTV series, 1 episode
2012 The Unbelievable Truth GuestTV series
2012 Randling PanellistTV series
2013 Tractor Monkeys Team memberTV series, season 1, episode 3
2013–14 Slide Show Team CaptainTV series
2014 New Year's Eve broadcast for the ABC Co-host (with Julia Zemiro TV special
2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest CommentatorTV special
2015 Darren & Brose GuestTV series, episode 4
2016 The Big Music Quiz GuestTV series, episode 7

Audio series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021 The Bazura Project's Radio Free Cinema Guest
2023 Night Terrace Vraxnall / Hostile Takeover CommanderEpisodes: "Moving House" / "The Outsourcing"

Stage

YearTitleRoleType
1994 A Streetcar Named Desire New Dolphin Theatre, Perth
2000–01 Troilus and Cressida Troilus Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, Canberra & Sydney Opera House for Bell Shakespeare
2006–07Like There's No Tomorrow Old Fitzroy Theatre & Newtown Theatre
2006Eddie, Eddie's Id, Eddie's Ego and Every-eddie-elseNewtown Theatre
2007Strangelove The Musical Fortyfivedownstairs
2008Beaconsfield: A Musical in A-Flat MinorThe Butterfly Club, Melbourne
2009Beaconsfield: A Musical In No Particular KeyArthur's Bar at Rosati, Melbourne
2009 33 Variations Mike Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
2012 Strange Interlude Sam Belvoir St. Theatre
2012 Private Lives Victor Prynne Belvoir St Theatre
2013 The Cherry Orchard Trofimov Southbank Theatre for MTC
2014The SpeechmakerEd Playhouse, Melbourne for MTC
2014 Children of the Sun Protasov Sydney Opera House for STC
2016The BeastRob Sydney Opera House, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne & Lyric Theatre, QPAC
2018BlissHarry Joy Malthouse Theatre & Belvoir St Theatre
2020 Home, I'm Darling Johnny Southbank Theatre for MTC
2020 Summerfolk Belvoir St Theatre
2021The Boomkak PantoJohn Belvoir St Theatre
2023Starfish the Redacted La Mama for The New Rich Theatre Co
Wolf Lullaby
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet

[10]

Awards and nominations

YearFestivalAwardNominated workResult
2012 Monte-Carlo Television Festival Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Laid Nominated
2012 Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Laid Nominated
2013 Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Outland Nominated
2013 Equity Ensemble Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Laid Nominated
2020The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF)Best ActorPentimentoNominated
2020Top Shorts Film FestivalBest ActorPentimentoWon

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Roxburgh</span> Australian actor

Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including four AACTA Awards, three Logie Awards, and two Helpmann Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Denton</span> Australian television producer, comedian and host

Andrew Christopher Denton is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie–nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program Enough Rope and the ABC game show Randling. He is known for his comedy and interviewing technique. He is also responsible for introducing the troupe of The Chaser to Australian audiences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacqueline McKenzie</span> Australian actress

Jacqueline Susan McKenzie is an Australian film and stage actress.

Anita Hegh is an Australian actress, known for starring in the television series Stingers, Janet King, and the ABC drama Total Control.

Constance Lalage "Lally" Katz is an American and Australian dramatist writing for theater, film, and television. She now resides in Los Angeles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Noni Hazlehurst</span> Australian actress

Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazelhurst, is an Australian actress, director, writer, presenter and broadcaster who has appeared on television and radio, in dramas, mini-series and made for television films, as well also on stage and in feature films since the early 1970s. Hazlehurst has been honoured with numerous awards including Australian Film Institute Awards, ARIA Awards and Logies, including being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016.

Monica Cresswell Maughan was an Australian actor with roles in theatre, radio, television, film and ballet over a career spanning 52 years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catherine McClements</span> Australian actress

Catherine McClements is an Australian stage, film and television actress and television presenter. She is known for her TV roles in Water Rats and Tangle, for which she won Logie Awards, and has performed in stage productions for theatre companies such as Belvoir St Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Michala Elizabeth Laurinda Banas is a New Zealand television actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Marissa Taylor in Always Greener and as Kate Manfredi in McLeod's Daughters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julia Zemiro</span> Australian television host and comedian

Julia Zemiro is a French-born Australian television presenter, radio host, actress, singer, writer and comedian. She is best known as the host of the music quiz and live performance show RocKwiz. Zemiro is a fluent French speaker and has acted in French.

Tory Mussett is an Australian film and television actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bojana Novakovic</span> Australian actress

Bojana Novakovic is an Australian actress. She is known for starring in the police procedural television series Instinct (2018–2019).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Toby Schmitz</span> Australian actor and playwright

Toby Schmitz is an Australian actor and playwright.

Rebecca Massey is an Australian film, television, and theatre actress. She is best known for her comic roles as Beverley in Utopia, and as Lucy Canon in Chandon Pictures. She has worked in leading roles with major theatre companies nationwide such as The Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir St Theatre, Bell Shakespeare Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, and Griffin Theatre Company. She has performed alongside many Australian actors and actresses including Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, and Barry Otto.

The Strange Calls is an Australian television comedy series based on a short film with the same title, which had been produced by Daley Pearson and released in 2011. The series, broadcast in 2012, follows the adventures of Toby Banks, a young and recently disgraced police constable transferred from the city to a small town, and his elderly companion, Gregor, who every night receive strange calls from townspeople.

Mitchell Patrick Butel is an Australian actor, singer, director and writer. He is best known for his work in theatre, including musical and opera productions. He was the artistic director of the State Theatre Company of South Australia from 2019 to 2024 and will take up the position of artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company in November 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miranda Tapsell</span> Australian actress (born 1987)

Miranda Tapsell is a Larrakia Aboriginal Australian actress of both stage and screen, best known for her role as Cynthia in the Wayne Blair film The Sapphires and her 2015 performance as Martha Tennant in the Nine Network drama series Love Child. In 2016, she portrayed Fatima in the Stan series Wolf Creek.

Fam Time is an Australian television comedy series produced by the Seven Network. The series is created by Michael Horrocks and directed by Hayden Guppy.

At Home Alone Together is an Australian comedy series which is a satire of lifestyle television in the era of lockdowns, self-isolation and social distancing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The nine part series was produced by the ABC with production investment from the ABC and Screen Australia.

Elaine Crombie is an Aboriginal Australian actress, known for her work on stage and television. She is also a singer, songwriter, comedian, writer and producer.

References

  1. 1 2 "Instagram".
  2. "On the Couch with Toby Truslove". 30 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Toby Truslove: What I know about women". 16 June 2018.
  4. "Australian Television: Crash Palace: biographies". australiantelevision.net.
  5. "TV and Australian TV Guide". yahoo.com.
  6. "News and Gossip". yahoo.com.
  7. Knox, David (5 June 2024). "Filming underway on Scrublands: Silver | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  8. "Toby Truslove". Archived from the original on 8 March 2023.
  9. "EXCLUSIVE: Michala Banas spills on celebrating her wedding anniversary and expanding their family in lockdown". 31 August 2020.
  10. "AusStage".