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 at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA 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 suburb of Wheelers Hill until Year 6, before transferring to Caulfield Grammar School, where he trained in drama and theatre.
Career Wallace's first appearance in a feature film, aged 13, was in Lucky Country, a 2009 film by Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders. 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 Michael Hutchence in the miniseries about the rock band INXS, called INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, released in 2014.
Wallace played a leading role in the Australian feature Acute Misfortune, starring Daniel Henshall as the artist Adam Cullen and Wallace as his biographer, and was in the TV miniseries Romper Stomper, both released in 2018.
Wallace plays Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, in the 2022 TV series Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
In February 2025, it was announced that Wallace had joined the third season of the HBO series Euphoria.
In December 2025, it was announced that Wallace was cast in an undisclosed regular role in the upcoming live-action television adaptation of the Assassin's Creed video game series.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRole(s)Notes 2009 Lucky Country (aka Dark Frontier) Tom 2011Surviving GeorgiaAlbie 2013Return to Nim's IslandEdmund GaloreDannyGrandadA Great ManDustyShort filmThe Last Time I Saw RichardJonahShort filmThe TurningBlakey 2016Boys in the TreesCoreySt ElmoJoshuaShort film2017SmashedDeanShort filmTangles and KnotsTaylorShort film2018Acute MisfortuneErik JensenEntrenchedThomasShort filmNursery RhymesMetalhead BoyShort film2019BabyteethMoses 2023FinestkindCharlie Eldridge The Royal HotelMatty The BikeridersThe Kid 2024 Inside Adrian Murfett Eden Robert Phillipson 2025 Last Days Chandler 2026 Closing Night Theo Completed
Television YearTitleRole(s)Notes2011Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got AwayDavid Junior TV movie2012NeighboursCorey O'Donaghue TV series2014It's a DateNathan TV series Parer's WarLieutenant Ron 'Judy' GarlandTV movieINXS: Never Tear Us ApartYoung MichaelTV movie2018Romper StomperKane TV series 2019The SocietyCampbell Eliot TV series 2022PistolSteve Jones Miniseries2026EuphoriaWayneTV seriesAssassin's CreedTV series
Recognition Wallace was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Young Actor in Lucky Country.
He won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020, for his role in Babyteeth.
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