Tobias Menzies

Tobias was born in London. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1998 and began his acting career in popular UK series such as _Foyle's War (2002)_ (qv), _Midsomer Murders (1997)_ (qv), and _Casualty (1986)_ (qv). He also appeared in the controversial drama _A Very Social Secretary (2005)_ (qv). He is best known to international audiences as Marcus Junius Brutus in the television series _Rome (2005)_ (qv).He had a major film role in _The Low Down (2000)_ (qv) with 'Aidan Gillen' (qv) and featured in the 2006 reboot of the James Bond franchise, _Casino Royale (2006)_ (qv). 2007 sees him appearing as William Elliot in ITV's production of Jane Austin's classic book, _Persuasion (2007)_ (qv) and as Derrick Sington in the Channel 4 drama _The Relief of Belsen (2007)_ (qv).On TV, he guest starred on seasons 3 and 6 of HBO's _Game of Thrones (2011)_ (qv) as Edmure Tully, and starred as Jack Randall and Frank Randall on Starz's _Outlander (2014)_ (qv). He has played Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on the Netflix historical drama series _The Crown (2016)_ (qv) since its third season.On stage, his credits include the young teacher Irwin in Alan Bennett's The History Boys and Michael Blakemore's West End production of Three Sisters for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award. He was a critically acclaimed Hamlet in Rupert Goold's Hamlet at the Royal Theatre.::ceramicpiece