Tobias Menzies Movies and Career Information

Tobias Menzies (7 March, 1974) is a British stage, television, and film actor, best known for his role as Brutus in the 2005/2007 TV series Rome. Tobias attended the distinguished liberal Frensham Heights School near Farnham in Surrey at the same time as Hattie Morahan and Jim Sturgess. He went on to attend Stratford-upon-Avon College's "Year-out" drama course in 1993–94. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998, and was trained in the Steiner System, which includes movement, singing and musical instrumentation on a daily basis. Early in his career, Menzies worked with The Spontaneity Shop, the UK's premiere improv comedy company. He began his TV and film career in some of British television's most popular series, including Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and Casualty. He also appeared in the controversial drama A Very Social Secretary directed by Jon Jones, which launched UK Channel 4's spin-off station, More4. He is best known to international audiences for his starring role as Marcus Junius Brutus, Julius Caesar's friend and later co-assassin, in the award-winning but short-lived HBO/BBC epic series Rome (2005/2007). He had a major role in The Low Down with