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Oliver Tobias est un Acteur Suisse né le 6 aout 1947 à Zurich (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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Nom de naissance Oliver Tobias Freitag
Nationalité Suisse
Naissance 6 aout 1947 (77 ans) à Zurich (Suisse)
Nationalité Suisse
Naissance 6 aout 1947 (77 ans) à Zurich (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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La British Compagnie (2016)
Réalisé par Oliver Parker
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Guerre, Comédie
Thèmes Bidasses, Politique
Acteurs Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, Bill Paterson, Daniel Mays
Rôle Canaris
Note51%
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 (2015)
, 1h46Genres Documentaire
Thèmes Documentaire sur le monde des affaires, Documentaire sur le cinéma
Acteurs Menahem Golan, Molly Ringwald, Yoram Globus, Dolph Lundgren, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis
Rôle Lui-même
Note73%
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 (2012)
Réalisé par Richard Driscoll
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Comédie horrifique, Horreur, Musical, Western
Thèmes Transport, Musique, Road movie, Comédie horrifique
Acteurs Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Steve Guttenberg, Richard Driscoll, Peter O'Toole
Rôle Dick Wheeler
Note24%
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.
, 1h30Genres Policier
Acteurs Mathias Gnädinger, Oliver Tobias, Arben Biba, Gilles Tschudi
Rôle Thomas Garzoni
Note63%
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 (2004)
, 1h33Réalisé par Duncan Roy
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Horreur
Thèmes Tueur en série
Acteurs Elizabeth Hurley, Jeremy Sisto, Oliver Tobias, Carmen du Sautoy, John Barrowman, Sam Douglas
Rôle Teddy
Note44%
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.
La légende de l'ours (1999)
, 1h34Réalisé par Stewart Raffill
Genres Drame, Aventure
Thèmes Mise en scène d'un animal
Acteurs Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson, Daniel Clark, Richard Harris, Oliver Tobias
Rôle Genet
Note3%
A Chicago, en 1913, à la mort de sa mère, le jeune Harry Bankston, 10 ans, retrouve son père, Tyrone, dont il n'avait aucune nouvelle depuis des mois. Pour se faire pardonner cette longue absence, Tyrone propose à son fils de l'emmener en expédition au Canada. Tyrone entend attraper un grizzly. Sans scrupule, le braconnier parvient à capturer deux oursons. Mais la mère, à la recherche de ses petits, enlève le jeune Harry.
Diana & Me (1997)
Genres Comédie, Comédie romantique, Romance
Acteurs Toni Collette, Serena Gordon, Dominic West, John Simm, Victoria Longley, Marshall Napier
Rôle Self
Note52%
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 (1997)
, 1h40Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Guerre, Action, Aventure, Historique
Thèmes Politique, Guerres napoléoniennes, Révolution française
Acteurs Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Hugh Fraser, Oliver Tobias, Paul Bettany
Note79%
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 (1996)
, 2h4Genres Drame, Guerre, Romance
Thèmes La prison, Politique
Acteurs Billy Campbell, Angus Macfadyen, Gabriel Byrne, Joe McGann, Marc Sinden, John Gordon Sinclair
Rôle Hans Jorg Wolff
Note61%
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 (1995)
, 2h15Réalisé par Mikael Håfström
Genres Thriller, Action
Acteurs Ennio Fantastichini, Stig Engström, Erland Josephson, Renato Carpentieri, Roland Hedlund, Oliver Tobias
Rôle Da Piemonte
Note58%
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.
Commando Cobra (1986)
Genres Action, Aventure
Thèmes Politique
Acteurs Oliver Tobias, John Steiner, Ethan Wayne, Donald Pleasence, Gordon Mitchell, Luciano Pigozzi
Rôle Richard Wagner
Note50%
Dix ans après la guerre du Vietnam, quatre anciens marines retournent sur place pour libérer des prisonniers que le gouvernement tente de faire oublier.
Mata Hari (1985)
Réalisé par Curtis Harrington
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Guerre, Thriller, Action, Romance
Thèmes Espionnage, Sexualité, Erotique, Politique
Acteurs Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias, Gottfried John, William Fox, Vernon Dobtcheff
Rôle Ladoux
Note41%
La Dépravée (1983)
, 1h38Réalisé par Michael Winner
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Aventure
Acteurs Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud, Denholm Elliott, Hugh Millais, Prunella Scales
Rôle Kit Locksby
Note48%
Sir Ralph Skelton est sur un petit nuage. Il va se marier avec une jolie jeune fille à peine sortie de l'enfance dont il s'est occupé depuis sa prime jeunesse et qui porte le doux nom de Caroline. Tout irait pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes des petits nobliaux d'Angleterre s'il n'avait fallu que sa belle pucelle invite une amie à elle pour son mariage. Cette superbe femelle aux yeux verts est une sacrée arriviste et la pauvre Caroline se contentera de laisser sa place de Lady Skelton à sa meilleure amie. Cette dernière, à peine mariée, tombe follement amoureuse d'un superbe séducteur du nom de Kit. Elle se résout mal à sa vie campagnarde auprès de ce généreux propriétaire terrien qui lui sert de mari et la plus petite occasion fera d'elle un détrousseur de grand chemin. Oui, mais, voilà, elle est sur le territoire du brigand légendaire Jerry Jackson... Brigand, oui, mais brigand au grand cœur.
Le Casse de Berkeley Square (1980)
, 1h50Réalisé par Ralph Thomas
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Comédie policière, Action, Policier
Thèmes Hold up, Gangsters, Escroquerie
Acteurs Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias, David Niven, Elke Sommer, Gloria Grahame, Richard Johnson
Rôle Foxy
Note57%
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.
, 1h38Réalisé par Kevin Connor
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Science-fiction, Fantastique, Fantasy, Aventure
Acteurs Christopher Lee, Oliver Tobias, Milo O'Shea, Peter Cushing, Capucine, Puneet Sira
Rôle Prince Hasan
Note57%
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.