# Toby Truslove

Toby Truslove is an Australian film, theatre and television actor.

## Early life

Truslove grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and holidayed on Rottnest Island with his family every summer. His father Mike Dad went to the seminary for three years with the idea of becoming a priest, before he met wife Georgia, while he was singing in a folk band. They got married and moved to London for a few years, before moving back to Perth where Truslove was born. He grew up living next door to his paternal grandparents, Eileen and Gary.

## Career

In 2001, Truslove appeared on the television drama series Crash Palace as Bryan Rossiter. He has since made guest appearances on Australian TV series including All Saints, McLeod's Daughters, The Strip, Thank God You're Here and The Librarians.
In 2011 he starred in two ABC TV comedy series Laid and Outland. He also appears in the comedy feature Scumbus. In 2012 he was the lead in The Strange Calls. Onstage he has played Sam in the Belvoir St. Theatre's 2012 production of Strange Interlude, as well as the pompous Victor Prynne in Noël Coward's play Private Lives – another Belvoir production.
Truslove was one of the team captains on Channel 7's Slide Show and went on to star in the comedy TV series Utopia and U.S. series La Brea.
Truslove co-hosted the 2014 New Year's Eve broadcast for the ABC with Julia Zemiro.
Truslove in 2024 would return for the second series of Scrublands.
Truslove also works as a host and MC in the corporate arena. He has been the co-host of Splendour In The Grass music festival and has hosted nationwide events for Canadian Tourism Commission attests.

## Personal life

Truslove dated actress Tory Mussett for seven years. He went on to date comedian Celia Pacquola from 2008 to 2013. They broke up due to the strain of a long-distance relationship. He then dated actress Michala Banas, whom he had met many years earlier. After three years together, they eloped in Central Park on 29 April 2019, while on holiday in New York.
Truslove's father Mike died in 2014, within a year of being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2003 | The Pact | Attendant | Feature film |
| 2008 | Soft Cop | Police Officer | Short film |
| 2009 | I Can't Believe It's Not Better | Bob Hilbert | TV movie |
| 2010 | Smoking Will Kill You | Bill | Short film |
| 2011 | I Love You Too | Racquetball Guy #1 | Feature film |
| 2012 | The Strange Calls | Officer Tony Banks | Short film |
| 2011 | How to Make a Monster | Ross | Short film |
| 2011 | Clicked | Jake | Short film |
| 2012 | Scumbus | Jessie Redmond | Feature film |
| 2013 | The 8 Inch Pinch | Constable Benchley | |
| 2013 | Martha Arthur | Eric Colby | Short film |
| 2014 | Josh | Josh Hemsworth | Short film |
| 2016 | Comedy Showroom: Bleak | Matt | TV movie |
| 2019 | Koko: A Red Dog Story | Kriv Stenders | Feature film |
| 2019 | Pentimento | Noah | Short film |
| 2020 | Teenage Rangers | Davis | Short film |
| 2021 | Don't Come In..Yet! | | Short film |
| 2023 | Ashes | Greta Garbo | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2001 | Crash Palace | Bryan Rossiter | TV series |
| 2003 | All Saints | Chris Wiley | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters | Gary | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2008 | The Strip | Dayne Gibson | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010 | The Librarians | Dave | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2010 | Sleuth 101 | Nigel Hay | TV series, season 1, episode 6: "Late and Live starring Julia Morris" |
| 2012 | The Strange Calls | Officer Tony Banks | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Outland | Max | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Tangle | Josh Gray | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011–12 | Laid | Zach | TV series, 12 episodes) |
| 2012 | Lowdown | Brent Morrison | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | #7DaysLater | Prime Minister Toby Mann | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Offspring | Stephen | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Night Terrace | Hostile Takeover Commander / Vraxnol | Podcast series, 2 episodes |
| 2014–19 | Utopia | Karsten Leith | TV series, seasons 1–4, 16 episodes |
| 2015 | House Husbands | Joel | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Molly | Morris | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Get Krack!n | Hunter Jack | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2018 | Wrong Kind of Black | Barry | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2018 | True Story with Hamish & Andy | Boyfriend Andy | TV series, season 2, episode 9: "Jeremy's Nerd Candy Story" |
| 2019 | Bad Mothers | Detective Holland | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Metro Sexual | Nurse Fletcher | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2019–21 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Samuel Birnside | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 2021 | La Brea | Senior Agent Adam Markman | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2023 | North Shore | Justin Makepeace | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2023 | Rock Island Mysteries | Radio DJ | TV series:3 episodes |
| 2023–present | Scrublands | Doug Monkton | TV series |

### Television (as self)

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 2008–09 | This Is Your Laugh | Improvisational actor | TV series |
| 2009 | Thank God You're Here | Self | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2009 | The Breast Darn Show in Town | Guest | TV special |
| 2011 | Some Say Love | Various characters | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | The Unbelievable Truth | Guest | TV series |
| 2012 | Randling | Panellist | TV series |
| 2013 | Tractor Monkeys | Team member | TV series, season 1, episode 3 |
| 2013–14 | Slide Show | Team Captain | TV series |
| 2014 | New Year's Eve broadcast for the ABC | Co-host (with Julia Zemiro | TV special |
| 2015 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest | Commentator | TV special |
| 2015 | Darren & Brose | Guest | TV series, episode 4 |
| 2016 | The Big Music Quiz | Guest | TV series, episode 7 |

## Audio series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | The Bazura Project's Radio Free Cinema | Guest | |
| 2023 | Night Terrace | Vraxnall / Hostile Takeover Commander | Episodes: "Moving House" / "The Outsourcing" |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1994 | A Streetcar Named Desire | | New Dolphin Theatre, Perth |
| 2000–01 | Troilus and Cressida | Troilus | Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, Canberra & Sydney Opera House for Bell Shakespeare |
| 2006–07 | Like There's No Tomorrow | | Old Fitzroy Theatre & Newtown Theatre |
| 2006 | Eddie, Eddie's Id, Eddie's Ego and Every-eddie-else | | Newtown Theatre |
| 2007 | Strangelove The Musical | | Fortyfivedownstairs |
| 2008 | Beaconsfield: A Musical in A-Flat Minor | | The Butterfly Club, Melbourne |
| 2009 | Beaconsfield: A Musical In No Particular Key | | Arthur's Bar at Rosati, Melbourne |
| 2009 | 33 Variations | Mike | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2012 | Strange Interlude | Sam | Belvoir St. Theatre |
| 2012 | Private Lives | Victor Prynne | Belvoir St Theatre |
| 2013 | The Cherry Orchard | Trofimov | Southbank Theatre for MTC |
| 2014 | The Speechmaker | Ed | Playhouse, Melbourne for MTC |
| 2014 | Children of the Sun | Protasov | Sydney Opera House for STC |
| 2016 | The Beast | Rob | Sydney Opera House, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne & Lyric Theatre, QPAC |
| 2018 | Bliss | Harry Joy | Malthouse Theatre & Belvoir St Theatre |
| 2020 | Home, I'm Darling | Johnny | Southbank Theatre for MTC |
| 2020 | Summerfolk | | Belvoir St Theatre |
| 2021 | The Boomkak Panto | John | Belvoir St Theatre |
| 2023 | Starfish the Redacted | | La Mama for The New Rich Theatre Co |
| | Wolf Lullaby | | |
| | Macbeth | | |
| | Romeo and Juliet | | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Festival | Award | Nominated work | Result |
| 2012 | Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | Laid | Nominated |
| 2012 | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Laid | Nominated |
| 2013 | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Outland | Nominated |
| 2013 | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Laid | Nominated |
| 2020 | The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF) | Best Actor | Pentimento | Nominated |
| 2020 | Top Shorts Film Festival | Best Actor | Pentimento | Won |