Toby Wallace | |
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Born | United Kingdom | 6 June 1995
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2009–present |
Toby Wallace (born 6 June 1995) is a British-born Australian actor, known for his role in Babyteeth (2019), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020.
Wallace was born in the United Kingdom [1] on 6 June 1995, living there until he was aged eight. After the family moved to Australia, he went to Jells Park Primary School in the Melbourne suburb of Wheelers Hill until Year 6, [2] before transferring to Caulfield Grammar School, where he trained in drama and theatre. [3]
Wallace's first appearance in a feature film, [4] aged 13, [5] was in Lucky Country , a 2009 film by Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders. It was for this role that he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor. [1]
In 2012, Wallace had a role in the TV movie Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away . [3] In 2012, Wallace played a month-long guest role in the long-running TV series Neighbours . [4] [3]
Wallace played the young Michael Hutchence in the miniseries about the rock band INXS, called INXS: Never Tear Us Apart , released in 2014. [5]
Wallace played a leading role in the Australian feature Acute Misfortune , starring Daniel Henshall as the artist Adam Cullen and Wallace as his biographer, [1] and was in the TV miniseries Romper Stomper , both released in 2018. [5]
Wallace plays Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, in the 2022 TV series Pistol , directed by Danny Boyle. [1]
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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2009 | Lucky Country (aka Dark Frontier) | Tom | |
2011 | Surviving Georgia | Albie | |
2013 | Return to Nim's Island | Edmund | |
Galore | Danny | ||
The Turning | Blakey | ||
Grandad | |||
2016 | Boys in the Trees | Corey | |
2018 | Acute Misfortune | Erik Jensen | |
2019 | Babyteeth | Moses | |
2023 | Finestkind | Charlie | |
The Royal Hotel | Matty | ||
The Bikeriders | The Kid | ||
2024 | Inside | Post-production | |
Eden | TBA | Post-production | |
TBA | Last Days | TBA | Filming |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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2012 | Neighbours | Corey O'Donaghue | TV series |
2014 | It's a Date | Nathan | TV series |
2018 | Romper Stomper | Kane | TV series |
2019 | The Society | Campbell Eliot | TV series |
2022 | Pistol | Steve Jones | Miniseries |
Other credits
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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2011 | Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away | David Junior | TV movie |
2013 | The Last Time I Saw Richard | Jonah | Short film |
2013 | A Great Man | Dusty | Short film |
2014 | INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | Young Michael | TV movie |
2014 | Parer's War | Lieutenant Ron 'Judy' Garland | TV movie |
2016 | St Elmo | Joshua | Short film |
2017 | Smashed | Dean | Short film |
2017 | Tangles and Knots | Taylor | Short film |
2018 | Entrenched | Thomas | Short film |
2018 | Nursery Rhymes | Metalhead Boy | Short film |
Wallace was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Young Actor in Lucky Country. [1]
He won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival [6] and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020, for his role in Babyteeth. [7] [1]
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