Toby Schmitz
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Toby Schmitz | |
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Perth, Western Australia | |
| Education | University of Western Australia National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and playwright |
Toby Schmitz (born 4 May 1977) is an Australian actor and playwright.
He was born in
Theatre credits
His Sydney Theatre Company credits include
For Griffin Theatre Company, he played the central role of Luke Boyce in Louis Nowra's The Boyce Trilogy – The Woman with Dog's Eyes (2004), The Marvellous Boy (2005) and The Emperor of Sydney (2006), all directed by David Berthold.
For Company B he played the title role in Brendan Cowell's Ruben Guthrie (2008 and 2009). He performed the role of Coleman in The Lonesome West at Belvoir St Theatre in 2009. He also appeared in Strange Interlude in 2012 played the title role in Hamlet in 2013.
He also appeared in the premiere of Brendan Cowell's Men for Rogue Star Productions.
In 2000, he directed a production of Howard Korder's A Boy's Life at the Bondi Pavilion. In 2008 he directed Neil LaBute's This Is How It Goes.
In 2010, he played the eponymous character
In 2015, Schmitz appeared in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Chekhov's play Platonov, titled The Present, for the Sydney Theatre Company. The play was directed by John Crowley and featured Cate Blanchett, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marshall Napier, and Richard Roxburgh. That production moved in 2016/17 to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City for the Broadway debut of Schmitz and the rest of the cast.[4]
Television credits
His many television credits include .
He also be appeared in the third instalment of the Underbelly Files series of telemovies, titled 'The Man Who Got Away', portraying notorious drug smuggler and organised crime figurehead David McMillan.
In 2012, he teamed up with
In 2014, Schmitz joined an ensemble cast in the
In 2017, Schmitz starred in the ABC legal drama Newton's Law opposite Claudia Karvan, appearing as the SC Lewis Hughes.
In 2024, he appeared in Boy Swallows Universe as corrupt detective Tim Cotton.
Film credits
His film credits include
Schmitz as playwright
Schmitz is also an award-winning playwright. After a solid grounding in writing revue and stand-up comedy at university in Perth, Schmitz wrote his first play, dreamalittledreamalittle, while studying acting at NIDA. It was presented as a director's project there in 1998 and was later restaged at Belvoir St Theatre. In 2002, Schmitz won Sydney Theatre Company's
Awards
- 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards Nomination for 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role' for Measure for Measure
- 2008 Sydney Theatre Awards Nomination for 'Best Actor in a Supporting Role' for The Great
- 2008 Sydney Theatre Awards Nomination for 'Best Actor in a Lead Role' for Ruben Guthrie
- 2004 Recipient of the Australian National Playwrights' Centre/New Dramatists Award for Chicks Will Dig You
- 2003 Shortlisted for the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Awardfor Chicks Will Dig You
- 2002 Co-recipient of the Sydney Morning Herald Patrick White Playwrights' Awardfor Lucky
References
- ^ "Tim Minchin and Toby Schmitz: interview". Jo Litson: Scene and Heard. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Stars align as Tim Minchin and Toby Schmitz reunite in Tom Stoppard play". The Guardian. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Capture the Flag". Critical Stages. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ "The Present". Sydney Theatre Company. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- The Australian interview for Private Lives, 2012
- "Man of Many Parts": Sydney Morning Herald interview for I Want to Sleep with Tom Stoppard, 2012
- Time Out Sydney interview for Ruben Guthrie, 2009
- Putting on the Schmitz: Sydney Morning Herald interview for Travesties, 2009
- CitySearch interview for This is How It Goes, 2008
- Threedworld interview for Travesties, 2009
- Australian Stage Online interview for Ruben Guthrie, 2008
External links
- Toby Schmitz at IMDb
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