Tobias Menzies - wikipedia Tobias Menzies Tobias Menzies Menzies at the Outlander premiere in New York ( 1974 - 03 - 07 ) 7 March 1974 ( age 43 ) London, England, U.K. Education Frensham Heights School Stratford - upon - Avon College Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Occupation Actor Years active 1998 -- present Tobias Menzies ( born 7 March 1974 ) is an English stage, television and film actor. While working in theatre, he starred in television shows such as Rome ( 2005 -- 2007 ) where he played Brutus and Game of Thrones ( 2013 -- 2016 ) where he played Edmure Tully. He is probably best known for his dual role as Frank Randall and Jonathan `` Black Jack '' Randall in Outlander ( 2014 -- present ), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Radio 3.2 Film 3.3 Television 3.4 Theatre 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links Early years Tobias Menzies was born in North London, England, the son of Gillian ( née Simpson ), a teacher, and Peter Menzies, a BBC radio producer. He has one younger brother, Luke, who is a solicitor. Menzies attended the Perry Court Rudolf Steiner School in Canterbury, Kent, where he was trained in the Steiner System, which includes movement, singing and musical instrumentation. Next he attended the Frensham Heights School near Farnham in Surrey at the same time as Hattie Morahan and Jim Sturgess. He went on to attend Deborah Moody 's Year Out Drama Company in Stratford - Upon - Avon in 1993 -- 94. He studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 1998 with a BA degree in Acting. Career Menzies worked with the Spontaneity Shop, a British 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 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 HBO / BBC epic series Rome ( 2005 -- 07 ). Menzies had a major role in The Low Down with Aidan Gillen, and was featured in the 2006 reboot of the James Bond film franchise, Casino Royale, as M 's aide, Villiers. He has worked extensively on the stage, with credits including the young teacher Irwin in Alan Bennett 's The History Boys ( which Nicholas Hytner directed at the Royal National Theatre ), and Michael Blakemore 's West End production of Three Sisters for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award. Of his role in The History Boys, one reviewer wrote : There is a remarkable performance, too, from Tobias Menzies as the slick supply - teacher historian, who believes academic success is merely a matter of tricks and spin. But Menzies also discovers a surprisingly attractive vulnerability in the character I missed the first time around. -- Charles Spencer, The Telegraph Menzies played the title role in Rupert Goold 's production of Hamlet, at the Royal Theatre, Northampton to an appreciative critical reception : One of Shakespeare 's greatest innovations was to dramatise people 's thought processes : the articulation of the mind 's search for meaning and identity. This is where Menzies ' performance is most thrilling. He shows how language strives to express the self and to pin down the truth. Who am I ? What do I think and feel ? Menzies ' delivery of the `` To be or not to be... '' speech burns with intelligence. This is one of the finest and most exciting Hamlets I 've seen. Observe his face : it seems to mature, grow softer, more observant and expressive, and his death becomes a fulfilment as well as a failure -- John Peter, The Sunday Times The Independent noted that Menzies, `` enjoying his antic disposition... plays the fool dazzlingly : a stage natural... He gives it everything, even the fight. '' In April 2007 Menzies appeared as William Elliot in ITV 's production of Jane Austen 's classic, Persuasion, and also played Peter Trifimov in The Cherry Orchard with Joanna Lumley ( at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield ). The Yorkshire Post said, `` The one who burns the brightest is Tobias Menzies as the idealistic perpetual student Trofimov. His performance is breathtaking. '' He appeared as Derrick Sington in Channel 4 's dramatisation of The Relief of Belsen broadcast 15 October 2007 and then he filmed Forget Me Not, a Quicksilver Films production, in which he starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly. He also was the Home Secretary in the long - running television drama Spooks, since December 2009. Menzies plays Edmure Tully, the heir to House Tully of Riverrun in HBO 's Game of Thrones. In 2012, he appeared in the political satire series The Thick of It during series 4 as Simon Weir, as part of the Goolding Inquiry. In 2014, Menzies played Maggie Gyllenhaal 's bodyguard, Nathaniel Bloom, in the TV mini-series The Honourable Woman. The same year, Menzies also began co-starring in the Starz period TV series, Outlander as two characters : Frank Randall, a 20th - century historian, and Jonathan `` Black Jack '' Randall, his brutal 18th - century ancestor. In 2016 Menzies was cast to play a lead role in AMC 's anthology series The Terror to be broadcast in 2018. In August 2017 it was announced that Menzies was cast to play a family doctor in an adaptation of Carmilla, a Gothic novella by Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu. In 2018 Menzies will appear as Cornwall in a BBC2 adaptation of King Lear starring Anthony Hopkins. Filmography Radio Year Title Role Notes A Nice Little Holiday Tony Richardson BBC Radio 4 2011 Now All Roads Lead to France Narrator BBC Radio 4 2012 John Charrington 's Wedding Narrator BBC Radio 4 Extra 2013 Plays inspired by James Lees - Milne diaries : Sometimes into the Arms of God The Unending Battle What England Owes James Lees - Milne BBC Radio 4 2013 Serious Money Zak Zackerman BBC Radio 3 2014 As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning Narrator BBC Radio 4 2015 Landmarks Narrator BBC Radio 4 2015 Fifteen Minutes Andy Warhol BBC Radio 4 2016 Trapped Narrator BBC Radio 3 2016 Comment Is Free Ben BBC Radio 4 2017 RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR Narrator BBC Radio 4 Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 The Audition short film 2000 The Low Down 2002 The Knowledge David short film Piccadilly Jim Reg Finding Neverland Theatre Patron 2005 Pierrepoint Lt. Llewelyn Titled Pierrepoint : The Last Hangman in the US 2006 Casino Royale Villiers M 's assistant 2007 Atonement Naval Officer 2009 Jackboots on Whitehall Captain English ( voice ) Spoof war film using puppets. 2009 The Genius of Christopher Marlowe Mephistophilis Rose Theatre Bankside film The Duel Von Koren adaptation of an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov, The Duel Forget Me Not Will 2011 The Door Man with the Wings of a Swan short film 2011 Hysteria Mr. Squyers 2012 Nora Richard short film 2014 The Birthday Gift David short film 2014 Black Sea Lewis 2014 Off the Page : Groove Is in the Heart Mark short film London Film Festival 2015 official selection 2016 Una Mark 2016 The Velvet Abstract Narrator short film 2016 Underworld : Blood Wars Marius 2018 Carmilla Family doctor Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 -- 2000 Casualty Frank Gallagher 11 episodes 2000 Longitude Halleys Secretary 2000 Summer in the Suburbs School Psychologist 2000 Midsomer Murders Jack Dorset 2002 The Escapist Policeman 2002 I Saw You Vince 2002 Ultimate Force Box 500 3 episodes 2002 Foyle 's War Stanley Ellis 2005 A Very Social Secretary Keith 2005 -- 2007 Rome Marcus Junius Brutus Main cast, 17 episodes 2007 Persuasion William Elliot 2007 The Relief of Belsen Derrick Sington 2008 Fairy Tales Aidee Episode `` The Empress 's New Clothes '' 2008 Bonekickers Scott Wilson 2009 Kingdom David Morston 2009 Pulling Stephan 2009 Spooks Andrew Lawrence 2 episodes The Deep Raymond 5 episodes Any Human Heart Ian Fleming 2 episodes 2011 The Shadow Line Ross McGovern 5 episodes 2012 Eternal Law Richard Pembroke Main cast, 6 episodes 2012 Simon Schama 's Shakespeare Henry V miniseries 2012 Secret State Charles Flyte 1 episode 2012 The Thick of It Simon Weir 1 episode 2012 Getting On Dr. Tom Kersley 3 episodes 2013 Black Mirror Liam Monroe Episode `` The Waldo Moment '' 2013 Doctor Who Lieutenant Stepashin Episode : `` Cold War '' 2013 Up All Night Narrator ( voice ) TV Series documentary, episode The Nightclub Toilet 2013 Imagine Narrator ( voice ) TV Series documentary, episode Edmund De Waal : Make Pots or Die 2013 -- 2016 Game of Thrones Edmure Tully 8 episodes 2014 Silent Witness Greg Walker 2 episodes 2014 Puppy Love Alexander 1 episode 2014 The Honourable Woman Nathaniel Bloom miniseries, 3 episodes 2014 -- 2017 Outlander Frank Randall / Jonathan `` Black Jack '' Randall Main cast, 23 episodes 2015 -- present Catastrophe Dr Kenneth Harries 4 episodes 2016 The Night Manager Geoffrey Dromgoole miniseries, 5 episodes 2016 The Circuit Sasha 2018 The Terror James Fitzjames miniseries, main cast 2018 King Lear Cornwall Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Colonel Bird Deaf Actor Directed by Rupert Goold for The Gate Theatre, London 2000 The Way of the World Witwoud Directed by Matthew Lloyd at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 2000 Light Directed by Simon McBurney for the Complicite theatre company 2001 Over the Rainbow Donmar Warehouse, London 2001 Platonov Sergei Voynitzev Directed by Jonathan Kent at the Almeida 2002 Arcadia Valentine Coverly Directed by Rupert Goold at the Royal Theatre, Northampton and at the Salisbury Playhouse 2003 Three Sisters Tusenbach Directed by Michael Blakemore at the Playhouse Theatre, London. Filmed by BBC Four and aired in 2004 2003 Serjeant Musgrave 's Dance Hurst Directed by Sean Holmes. Oxford Stage Company 2005 Hamlet Hamlet Directed by Rupert Goold at the Royal Theatre, Northampton 2005 The History Boys Irwin Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Touring cast and Royal National Theatre, London 2006 As You Desire Me Directed by Jonathan Kent at the Playhouse Theatre, London 2007 The Cherry Orchard Peter Trofimov Directed by Jonathan Miller at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 2007 Cloud Nine Harry Bagley / Martin Directed by Thea Sharrock at the Almeida Theatre, London 2009 King Lear Edgar Directed by Rupert Goold at the Young Vic Theatre, London and at the Liverpool Playhouse 2011 The Children 's Hour Dr Joseph Cardin Directed by Ian Rickson at the Comedy Theatre, London ( currently known as Harold Pinter Theatre ) 2011 Decade Scott Forbes Directed by Rupert Goold for Headlong, London 2012 The Recruiting Officer Captain Plume Directed by Josie Rourke at the Donmar Warehouse, London 2013 Rough Cuts : Searched Directed by Carrie Cracknell at the Royal Court Theatre, London 2013 The Hush Directed by Matthew Herbert at the Shed for the Royal National Theatre, London 2015 The Fever Man Directed by Robert Icke at the Almeida ( performances at the May Fair Hotel ), London 2015 The Iliad Live reading directed by Rupert Goold and Robert Icke at the Almeida, London 2016 Uncle Vanya Dr. Michael Astrov Directed by Robert Icke at the Almeida, London 2016 The Dark Lady and the Tender Churl Live reading of William Shakespeare sonnets, Middle Temple Hall, London Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Result 2003 Ian Charleson Awards Commendation for the best classical stage performance in Britain by actor under age 30 Three Sisters Nominated 2015 Saturn Awards Best Actor on Television Outlander Nominated 2015 EWwy Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outlander Won 2016 Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film Outlander Nominated 2016 Satellite Awards Best Television Ensemble Outlander Won References Jump up ^ Roberts, Alison ( 16 February 2011 ). `` The man who kisses Keira, nightly ''. London Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Jump up ^ Osborne, Ben ( 19 December 2011 ). `` Eternal Law Interview : Tobias Menzies ''. One&Other. Retrieved 17 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Student & Graduate Profiles ''. RADA. Retrieved 27 June 2015. Jump up ^ Friedlander, Noam ( 16 June 2007 ). `` No place like Rome : Tobias Menzies tells Noam Friedlander why he hails the return of the BBC 's lavish and lusty Roman series ''. Telegraph. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Jump up ^ Quinn, Anthony ( 6 May 2011 ). `` Forget Me Not ( 15 ) ''. Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` ' Game of Thrones ' : Red Wedding actor breaks silence on surprise return ''. ew.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Jump up ^ Debnath, Neela ( 11 July 2013 ). `` Q&A interview with ' Game of Thrones ' star Tobias Menzies ''. Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley ( 8 August 2013 ). `` ' Game of Thrones ' Alum Nabs Dual Role in Starz 's ' Outlander ' ( Exclusive ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Jump up ^ Abrams, Natalie ( 8 August 2013 ). `` Game of Thrones ' Tobias Menzies Joins Ron Moore 's Outlander ''. TV Guide. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Jump up ^ Merriam, Allie ( 1 August 2014 ). `` Outlander Star Tobias Menzies Promises Plenty of Bodice - Ripping '' ( Video interview ). PopSugar. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( 9 September 2016 ). `` ' The Terror ' : Tobias Menzies To Star In AMC Anthology Series From Scott Free ''. Deadline.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 10. Jump up ^ `` ' Outlander ' Season 3 Cast : Tobias Menzies Bio ''. Starz. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Jessica Raine, Tobias Menzies board UK gothic drama ' Carmilla ' ''. ScreenDaily.com. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Outlander 's Tobias Menzies breaks down Frank 's final moments ''. Harper 's Bazaar. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 26. Jump up ^ `` The Genius And The Rose ''. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2017. Jump up ^ Taylor, Paul ( 12 April 1999 ). `` Theatre : It 's a mad world, my masters ''. The Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2015. Jump up ^ Gilbey, Ryan ( 27 July 2007 ). `` The three stages of Kristin ''. The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 January 2016. Jump up ^ Wilson, Benji ( 16 April 2011 ). `` In a taxi with... actor Tobias Menzies ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Jump up ^ Fricker, Karen ( 9 September 2011 ). `` Review : ' Decade ' ''. Variety. Retrieved 27 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Theatre review : The Recruiting Officer ''. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Rough Cuts : Searched ''. Retrieved 30 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Theatre review : The Hush ''. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2015. Jump up ^ Collins, Katie ( 16 July 2013 ). `` Matthew Herbert 's The Hush : seducing theatre audiences with sound ''. Wired.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Theatre review : The Fever ''. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` The Almeida announces huge casting for ' The Iliad ' ''. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` Uncle Vanya Cast Announcement ''. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` The Dark Lady and the Tender Churl - the Fourth Choir at Middle Temple Hall ''. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2017. Jump up ^ Nicol, Patricia ( 4 April 2004 ). `` Do put your daughter on the stage ''. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 November 2014. Jump up ^ Paddock, Terri ( 29 March 2004 ). `` Dillon Wins Ian Charleson Award for Master Builder ''. WhatsOnStage. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2014. Jump up ^ `` The 41st Annual Saturn Awards Nominations 2015 ''. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tobias Menzies. Tobias Menzies on IMDb `` Outlander Interview ''. ShowbizJunkies. July 2014. 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Question: who plays edmure tully in game of thrones
Answer: Tobias Menzies