Toby Wallace

Toby Wallace
Born	(1995-06-06) 6 June 1995 (age 29) United Kingdom
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.

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
	Grandad
	A Great Man	Dusty	Short film
	The Last Time I Saw Richard	Jonah	Short film
	The Turning	Blakey
2016	Boys in the Trees	Corey
	St Elmo	Joshua	Short film
2017	Smashed	Dean	Short film
	Tangles and Knots	Taylor	Short film
2018	Acute Misfortune	Erik Jensen
	Entrenched	Thomas	Short film
	Nursery Rhymes	Metalhead Boy	Short film
2019	Babyteeth	Moses
2023	Finestkind	Charlie
	The Royal Hotel	Matty
	The Bikeriders	The Kid
2024	Inside		Post-production
	Eden	TBA	Post-production
TBA	The Last Days of John Allen Chau	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2011	Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away	David Junior	TV movie
2012	Neighbours	Corey O'Donaghue	TV series
2014	It's a Date	Nathan	TV series
	Parer's War	Lieutenant Ron 'Judy' Garland	TV movie
	INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	Young Michael	TV movie
2018	Romper Stomper	Kane	TV series
2019	The Society	Campbell Eliot	TV series
2022	Pistol	Steve Jones	Miniseries

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. "Toby Wallace". CPMGT. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
2. "Alumni". Jells Park Primary School. 2 January 1975. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
3. "Toby Wallace" (PDF). Catherine Poulton Management. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
4. Capone, Alesha (20 December 2011). "Star Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook". Acting Adam coaches kids. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
5. 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.

External links

• Toby Wallace at IMDb