Toby Schmitz is a versatile Australian actor as well as a playwright. He was born on May 4, 1997 in Perth, Western Australia. At first, though he was a student of law and studied law at the University of Western Australia, he became attracted towards acting in that very time. Thus, he graduated from the National Institute of dramatic Art with a degree in acting. Having completed the acting course, he started to stare in stage plays, which brought him the chance to work in movies and TV shows.
As a young boy just entered into the acting career, he was full of enthusiasm and vitality. This vitality is seen in its full throttle in some of the plays acted by him such as ‘The School of Scandal’, ‘The Great Man’, ‘Major Barbara’, and ‘Travesties’ etc. Produced by the Sydney Theatre Company and directed by the then well-known directors like Judy Davis and Robyn Nevin. These theatre plays have become the stairs of success in his acting career.
Apart from working for the Sydney Theatre company, he has also worked with Griffin Theatres and Company B and produced a remarkable piece of acting. For the Griffin Theatres, He acted in ‘The Marvelous Boy’, ‘The Emperor of Sydney’ etc. On the other hand, for Company B, he acted in ‘The Lonesome West’, ‘Hamlet’ etc. Most of the plays for these two theatres was acted by Toby during the peak time of his acting career.
He is seen in a number of Australian television serials like The ‘Heartbreak Tour’, ‘The Cooks’, ‘Water Rats’ and most importantly ‘The pacific’, directed by Stephen Spielberg. Apart from these serials, he starred in the television films like ‘The Man Who Got Away’. Moreover, he is seen participating in Australian Television shows like ‘Randling’, a show hosted by Andrew Danton. However, in this 2012-year show, he was only seen in one single season. Currently, he is working in ‘Black Sails’, a dramatic television show where he is seen portraying the character of Calico Jack Rackham, a historical pirate.
As far as the filming career of Toby is concerned, though he does not get high success in the filming career, but the critics praised his acting skill. He was seen acting in films like ‘The Rage in Placid Lake’, ‘Griff the Invisible’ as well as in ‘Three Blind Mice.’ Toby Schmitz was though unable to get an award for his performance in this film, this film got attention from a wide range of audience. Apart from being a good actor, he is passionate about writing. He even worked as a playwright for many movies and TV shows.
Toby is still not married as per the media reports. The Australian press does not seem to pay attention to his personal life as till date there is no news about whom he is dating or who his girlfriend is. Toby has a Twitter account, though he does not have much fan following in Twitter like the other stars. Toby as a new comer in twitter seems to increase the fan following in upcoming years as his wonderful acting has created chances for working in Hollywood for him.
| Birth Date: | 4 May, 1977 |
| Age: | 42 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Film actor Television actor |
| Citizenship: | Australia |
| Birth Place: | Perth |
| Education: | University of Western Australia |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Australian actor |
