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 The Marcello Mastroianni Award (Italian: ''Premio Marcello Mastroianni'') is one of the awards given out at the Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'A ...

at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the

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for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020.

Early life and education

Wallace was born in the United Kingdom 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 Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...

suburb of

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until Year 6, before transferring to

Caulfield Grammar School , motto_translation = Work hard that you may rest content , established = 25 April 1881 , founder = Joseph Henry Davies , type = Independent, co-educational, day and boarding , denom ...

, where he trained in drama and theatre.

Career

Wallace's first appearance in a

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, aged 13, was in ''

Lucky Country ''The Lucky Country'' is a 1964 book by Donald Horne. The title has become a nickname for Australia and is generally used favourably, although the origin of the phrase was negative in the context of the book. Among other things, it has been use ...

'', a 2009 film by Australian filmmaker

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. It was for this role that he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor. In 2012, Wallace had a role in the TV movie '' Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away''. In 2012, Wallace played a month-long guest role in the long-running TV series '' Neighbours''. Wallace played the young

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in the miniseries about the rock band

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, called '' INXS: Never Tear Us Apart'', released in 2014. Wallace played a leading role in the Australian feature ''

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'', starring

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as the artist

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and Wallace as his biographer, and was in the TV miniseries ''

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'', both released in 2018. Wallace plays

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of the

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, in the 2022 TV series ''

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'', directed by

Danny Boyle Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer. He is known for his work on films including '' Shallow Grave'', '' Trainspotting'' and its sequel '' T2 Trainspotting'', '' The Beach'', ''28 Days Later'', '' S ...

Filmography

Film

Television

Recognition

Wallace was nominated for an

AFI Award The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsi ...

for Best Young Actor in ''Lucky Country''. He won the

at the 2019

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and the

for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020, for his role in ''Babyteeth''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Toby 21st-century Australian male actors Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Living people Best Actor AACTA Award winners 1995 births British emigrants to Australia Male actors from Melbourne People educated at Caulfield Grammar School