Tobias Alistair Patrick KebbellBirths, Marriages & Deaths: Toby is married to Arielle Wyatt. They got married in 2020 and they have one child together. Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com (born 9 July 1982) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in films such as Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Control (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), War Horse (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), Warcraft (2016), A Monster Calls (2016), Ben-Hur (2016), Gold (2016), and Bloodshot (2020). He is also known for his work in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You" (2011) and starred in the MonsterVerse film Kong: Skull Island (2017) and the Apple TV+ series Servant (2019–2023) and For All Mankind (2023–present).
Early life Kebbell, the fourth of five children, was born on 9 July 1982 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, but grew up in Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire where he attended The Grove School (now the Newark Academy) in Balderton. He was brought up by his mother, Michelle (née Mathers), a cook and landscape gardener, and his father, Robert Kebbell, an engineer from Zimbabwe. He was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic primary school.
Kebbell trained in acting at the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham along with Andrew Shim and Vicky McClure.
Career Kebbell's first movie appearance was as Anthony, a young man with a learning difficulty, in the Shane Meadows directed Dead Man's Shoes. He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards 2004 The same year, Kebbell appeared in Oliver Stone's Alexander and Woody Allen's Match Point.
In 2007, Kebbell played Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division in Anton Corbijn's award-winning biopic of Ian Curtis, Control, for which his performance won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2007. He was also nominated for the London Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 Best Supporting British Actor Award.
In December 2007, Kebbell took the lead in an episode of season 2 of Jimmy McGovern's BBC series The Street, which subsequently won the BAFTA for Best Drama series. His other work for the BBC included a modern retelling of Macbeth alongside James McAvoy, while his theatre roles included spells at the Almeida Theatre in David Hare's reworking of Maxim Gorky's Enemies and at the Playhouse in R.C. Sherriff's classic, Journey's End.
In September 2008, Kebbell was featured in RocknRolla (winner of the Empire Award for Best British Film), written and directed by Guy Ritchie, alongside actors Tom Wilkinson, Gerard Butler and Thandiwe Newton. Kebbell played a heroin-addicted musician, Johnny Quid, for which he was nominated for BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award of the 2009 BAFTA Awards, an award voted for by the public. Kebbell was also nominated for the Empire Award for Best Newcomer, but lost out to his friend Gemma Arterton. Kebbell appeared in the 2009 film Cheri, directed by Stephen Frears, in which he took a small role alongside Michelle Pfeiffer. He filmed in Morocco and London with Jake Gyllenhaal for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
In 2011, Kebbell played a leading role in "The Entire History of You", the finale of the first series of Charlie Brooker's anthology series Black Mirror, which was written by Jesse Armstrong. Robert Downey Jr. has since bought the rights to adapt the script for a forthcoming film.
In 2014, Kebbell took over the role of Koba in the sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Kebbell played the Marvel antagonist, Doctor Doom, in the 2015 Fantastic Four film, and an orc, Durotan, in the 2016 Warcraft. He played Jack Chapman in the monster film Kong: Skull Island (2017), while also providing guidance for Kong's motion capture sequences.
Acting credits Film
Year Title Role Notes 2004 Dead Man's Shoes Anthony Northern Soul Mark Sherbert Short film Alexander Pausanias of Orestis 2005 Match Point Policeman 2006 Wilderness Callum 2007 Control Rob Gretton 2008 RocknRolla Johnny Quid The German Barton Short film Clubbed Man in queue (voice) Uncredited 2009 Cheri Patron 2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince Garsiv The Sorcerer's Apprentice Drake Stone The Conspirator John Wilkes Booth 2011 The Veteran Robert Miller War Horse Colin 2012 Wrath of the Titans Agenor 2013 The East Doc / Thomas Ayres The Counselor Tony 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Koba 2015 Fantastic Four Victor Von Doom / Dr. Doom Buddha's Little Finger Pyotr Voyd 2016 Warcraft Durotan / Antonidas Ben-Hur Messala Severus A Monster Calls Dad Gold Agent Paul Jennings 2017 Kong: Skull Island Jacksford "Jack" Chapman / Kong Motion capture for Kong The Female Brain Kevin War for the Planet of the Apes Koba 2018 A Wizard's Tale Terry Dexter The Hurricane Heist Will Destroyer Silas Howe The Angel Danny Aroya 2019DanielJames Foley 2020Becoming Alex Bloodshot Martin Axe 2025 Salvable Sal 2026 I Play Rocky Robert Chartoff
Television
Year Title Role Notes 2000 Peak Practice Graham Episode: "Keeping Up the Act" 2005 ShakespeaRe-Told Malcolm Episode: "Macbeth" 2006 Born Equal Beggar 2 Television film 2007 The Commander: Windows of the Soul Jimmy Bannerman Television film The Street Paul Billerton 3 episodes 2011 Black Mirror Liam Foxwell Episode: "The Entire History of You" 2013 The Escape Artist Liam Foyle 3 episodes 2018 Dream Corp LLC Patient 101 / Leslie Krux Episode: "The Krux" 2019–2023 Servant Sean Turner Main role 2023–present For All Mankind Miles Dale Main role (season 4–present)
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Additional voices
Music videos Year Title Artist Role 2020 "Clarity" Saleka
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref2004British Independent Film Awards 2004Most Promising NewcomerDead Man's Shoes2007British Independent Film Awards 2007Best Supporting Actor/ActressControlLondon Film Critics Circle Awards 2007British Supporting Actor of the YearControl200862nd British Academy Film AwardsOrange Rising Star Award 200914th Empire AwardsBest NewcomerRocknRolla
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