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Oliver Tobias is a Actor Suisse born on 6 august 1947 at Zürich (Suisse)

Oliver Tobias

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Birth name Oliver Tobias Freitag
Nationality Suisse
Birth 6 august 1947 (76 years) at Zürich (Suisse)

Oliver Tobias (born 6 August 1947) is a Swiss-born UK-based film, stage, and television actor and director.

Born Oliver Tobias Freitag in Zürich, Switzerland, he is the son of Austrian-Swiss actor Robert Freitag and German actress Maria Becker. He came to the United Kingdom at the age of eight and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. In 1968 he appeared in the original London production of Hair, playing the prime rebel role of Berger. The following year he starred in, directed, and choreographed the rock opera in Amsterdam and again directed a production in 1970 in Tel Aviv.

Tobias's first role was in the feature film Romance of a Horsethief, co-starring with Yul Brynner, Serge Gainsbourg and Eli Wallach. He then co-starred with Charlotte Rampling in the Jacobean tragedy 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, a film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. He became popular as Arthur in the TV series Arthur of the Britons (1972). Peter Weir then directed him in the TV series Luke's Kingdom. Tobias also starred in Smuggler (1981) a children's drama series, set in Cornwall in 1801. Many other successful films followed including The Stud in 1978 in which he co-starred with Joan Collins, helping her to restart her career. In 1981 he starred in the British television series Dick Turpin's Greatest adventure where he played the character Noll Bridger a Colonial North American. Oliver also appeared in the pop promo video for pop group Ultravox's 1982 hit "Hymn".

In 1996 Tobias played Rebecque, an aide to the Prince of Orange (Paul Bettany), in Sharpe's Waterloo. In 2000, he starred in the West End musical La Cava. Three years later he portrayed Percival Brown in the 50th anniversary production of The Boy Friend and the next year toured in the rock musical Footloose. In 2005 he finished shooting the film An Airfield in England. He has been acting in a variety of roles for German and Swiss TV and has recently played the role of Bassa Selim again in Mozart's Seraglio at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Italy. Tobias is famous for his voiceover work and was the narrator on the opening track of DJ Shadow's 2006 album The Outsider.

Tobias is divorced from Camilla Ravenshear, with whom he had one daughter, Angelika. In 2001 he married Polish-born Arabella Zamoyska, with whom he has two boys. They live in London.

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Filmography of Oliver Tobias (21 films)

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Dad's Army
Dad's Army (2016)

Directed by Oliver Parker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, Bill Paterson, Daniel Mays
Roles Canaris
Rating51% 2.5978352.5978352.5978352.5978352.597835
En 1944, alors que la Seconde Guerre mondiale touche à sa fin, un groupe de soldats de la Home Guard, mené par le Capitaine Mainwaring (Toby Jones), et basé à Walmington-on-Sea, accumule les déboires. C'est alors que la journaliste Rose Winters (Catherine Zeta-Jones) arrive en ville pour écrire un article sur ce petit groupe de soldats. Parallèlement, on apprend qu'un espion nazi sévit dans les environs.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, 1h46
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Menahem Golan, Molly Ringwald, Yoram Globus, Dolph Lundgren, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis
Roles Self - Actor
Rating73% 3.696143.696143.696143.696143.69614
Mélangeant interviews, extraits de films et images d’archives, ce documentaire retrace l’histoire de la société de production Cannon Films, créée par Menahem Golan et Yoram Globus. Dans les années 1980, ces deux producteurs ont sans aucun doute produit les plus grands nanars du cinéma, s’emparant de force de la machine hollywoodienne, et changeant à jamais l’histoire du cinéma bis.
Eldorado
Eldorado (2012)

Directed by Richard Driscoll
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Musical, Western
Themes Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Comedy horror films
Actors Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Steve Guttenberg, Richard Driscoll, Peter O'Toole
Roles Dick Wheeler
Rating24% 1.228351.228351.228351.228351.22835
The Stranger, a tall striking creature dressed in white sets into motions a series of events whilst reciting the Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Eldorado", which will have an effect on those heading towards the mythical city. The evening was going to be a normal Blues Brothers tribute gig for Oliver and Stanley Rosenblum, The Jews Brothers at a local Bar Mitzvah, but things were not going to go to plan for Stan and Ollie. After being wrongly sent to entertain the annual conference of Neo Nazi's instead of the stripper, which was sent to the Bar Mitzvah by their inept Manager JJ. The Jews Brothers are chased out of town by the head of the Californian Chapter of Neo Nazi's General Zwick, and after contacting their agent JJ who makes amends for the mix up by sending the boys and the stripper Lesley Dean to do a show at the Eldorado Festival.
Hunkeler macht Sachen, 1h30
Genres Crime
Actors Mathias Gnädinger, Oliver Tobias, Arben Biba, Gilles Tschudi
Roles Thomas Garzoni
Rating63% 3.1987053.1987053.1987053.1987053.198705
La prostituée Amsler a été retrouvée étranglée dans l'Allschwiler Weiher, le lobe de l'oreille fendu. Lorsque Hunkeler trouve également son copain de boisson Schirmer mort et le lobe de l'oreille coupé, il commence à douter de ses capacités. Il serait sur la bonne voie. L'agresseur est Gazoni, propriétaire d'un bordel et amant de l'ex-petite amie de Schirmer, Marlene Mauch. Il souffre de son passé et cherche inconsciemment le contact avec Hunkeler. Mais la Kripo traite l'affaire Schirmer comme un meurtre dans un environnement de drogue. Mais Hunkeler a une opinion différente.
Method
Method (2004)
, 1h33
Directed by Duncan Roy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Elizabeth Hurley, Jeremy Sisto, Oliver Tobias, Carmen du Sautoy, John Barrowman, Sam Douglas
Roles Teddy
Rating44% 2.2142852.2142852.2142852.2142852.214285
During filming the lead actress (Elizabeth Hurley), tries to get deeply into character since the film is very important to her career. She may go too far when incidents on the set begin to pattern themselves after the real-life story.
Grizzly Falls, 1h34
Directed by Stewart Raffill
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals
Actors Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson, Daniel Clark, Richard Harris, Oliver Tobias
Roles Genet
Rating3% 0.1788640.1788640.1788640.1788640.178864
The film starts with an old man, Harry Banks (Richard Harris) telling his grandson and granddaughter about his life as a young boy in the early 20th century.
Diana & Me
Diana & Me (1997)

Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Toni Collette, Serena Gordon, Dominic West, John Simm, Victoria Longley, Marshall Napier
Roles Self
Rating52% 2.6211052.6211052.6211052.6211052.621105
An Australian named Diana travels to London to try to get a glimpse of her namesake, Princess Diana. Just as she is about to shake hands with the princess, she is pushed out of the way by a photographer. While she is furious with him at first, they slowly strike up a relationship.
Sharpe's Waterloo, 1h40
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Hugh Fraser, Oliver Tobias, Paul Bettany
Rating79% 3.9896053.9896053.9896053.9896053.989605
In 1815, war breaks out once more as Napoleon returns to France from exile on Elba. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) cannot resist the chance to finally see his enemy and breaks his promise to his French lover Lucille (Cécile Paoli) to fight no more. However, unlike his adulterous wife Jane (Abigail Cruttenden), she forgives him and accompanies him to the battlefield, where he finds employment as a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Prince William of Orange (Paul Bettany) and makes the acquaintance of his aide de camp Colonel Rebecque (Oliver Tobias).
The Brylcreem Boys, 2h4
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Billy Campbell, Angus Macfadyen, Gabriel Byrne, Joe McGann, Marc Sinden, John Gordon Sinclair
Roles Hans Jorg Wolff
Rating61% 3.092083.092083.092083.092083.09208
In World War II all Allied and Axis service personnel that end up in Ireland are to be interned for the duration of the conflict. Two pilots, Canadian Billy Campbell and Angus Macfadyen of the Luftwaffe, both fall in love with local Irish girl, Jean Butler. The relationship is further complicated by Gabriel Byrne, who plays the unceasingly vigilant internment camp commander.
Vendetta
Vendetta (1995)
, 2h15
Directed by Mikael Håfström
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Ennio Fantastichini, Stig Engström, Erland Josephson, Renato Carpentieri, Roland Hedlund, Oliver Tobias
Roles Da Piemonte
Rating58% 2.903162.903162.903162.903162.90316
Carl Hamilton gets assigned to go to Sicily in order to free two Swedish business men who are kept captured by a local villain named Don Tommaso. The Don wants a Swedish naval robot system in exchange for his hostages. In the beginning Hamilton acts merely as a negotiator, but when he cannot accept the demands of his counterpart the situation escalates.
Cobra Mission
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Oliver Tobias, John Steiner, Ethan Wayne, Donald Pleasence, Gordon Mitchell, Luciano Pigozzi
Roles Richard Wagner
Rating50% 2.5249352.5249352.5249352.5249352.524935
Dix ans après la guerre du Vietnam, quatre anciens marines retournent sur place pour libérer des prisonniers que le gouvernement tente de faire oublier.
The Wicked Lady, 1h38
Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Denholm Elliott, Hugh Millais, Prunella Scales
Roles Kit Locksby
Rating48% 2.407632.407632.407632.407632.40763
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, and marries him herself, but, despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills.
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, 1h50
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias, David Niven, Elke Sommer, Gloria Grahame, Richard Johnson
Roles Foxy
Rating57% 2.864472.864472.864472.864472.86447
Tout juste sorti de prison, "Pinky" Green est déterminé à aller dans le droit chemin et, comme il est un électricien qualifié, il est engagé par une société appelée Global Group Security. Cette entreprise l'envoie travailler au système de sécurité de l'Atlantic and Pacific Bank dans le quartier de Mayfair. Un certain Ivan le Terrible le fait alors chanter pour qu'il les aide à dévaliser la banque de Berkeley Square.
Arabian Adventure, 1h38
Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Christopher Lee, Oliver Tobias, Milo O'Shea, Peter Cushing, Capucine, Puneet Sira
Roles Prince Hasan
Rating56% 2.808712.808712.808712.808712.80871
Un magicien adepte de la magie noire, Alquazar, obtient des forces du mal, en échange de son âme, le secret pour devenir le maître du monde. Mais les deux héros, le jeune Majeed et le prince Hasan, vont tout faire pour l'en empêcher.