Toby Wallace

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Toby Wallace
Born (1995-06-06) 6 June 1995 (age 28)
United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active2009–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.

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Early life and education

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2009 Lucky Country (aka Dark Frontier)Tom
2011Surviving GeorgiaAlbie
2013 Return to Nim's Island Edmund
GaloreDanny
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
TBA Inside Post-production
Eden TBAPost-production
Last Days TBAFilming

Television

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2012 Neighbours Corey O'DonaghueTV series
2014 It's a Date NathanTV series
2018 Romper Stomper KaneTV series
2019 The Society Campbell EliotTV series
2022 Pistol Steve Jones Miniseries

Other credits

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2011 Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away David JuniorTV movie
2013The Last Time I Saw RichardJonahShort film
2013A Great ManDustyShort film
2014 INXS: Never Tear Us Apart Young MichaelTV movie
2014Parer's WarLieutenant Ron 'Judy' GarlandTV movie
2016St ElmoJoshuaShort film
2017SmashedDeanShort film
2017Tangles and KnotsTaylorShort film
2018EntrenchedThomasShort film
2018Nursery RhymesMetalhead BoyShort film

Recognition

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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