Toby Wallace
Born (1995-06-06) 6 June 1995
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.

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

Year Title Role(s) Notes
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
TBA Inside Post-production
Eden TBA Filming

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes
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
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

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Toby Wallace". CPMGT. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Alumni". Jells Park Primary School. 2 January 1975. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Toby Wallace" (PDF). Catherine Poulton Management. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 Capone, Alesha (20 December 2011). "Star Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook". Acting Adam coaches kids. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Groves, Don (19 November 2017). "Toby Wallace on playing a white supremacist in Stan's 'Romper Stomper'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Official Awards of the 76th Venice Film Festival". La Biennale di Venezia. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Jefferson, Dee (30 November 2020). "'That we made it at all seems like a miracle': Cate Blanchett's refugee drama sweeps AACTA awards". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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