Steve Toussaint

Steve Toussaint is a multi talented actor having made a name for himself on English soil as well as in Hollywood with all-encompassing roles from Hollywood blockbuster movies to TV and the stage.

This year is a busy and exciting year for Steve who undertook a major theatre role as well as two new TV projects. Steve has most recently starred as Doctor Rank in Henrik Ibsen’s critically acclaimed ‘A Doll’s House’ at the Young Vic Theatre, which he will continue to perform in as it is transferred to New York early next year.

Between rehearsals Steve has also been busy shooting two new TV roles for BBC1’s Silent Witness as well as for the second series of critically acclaimed cop drama Line of Duty on BBC2. Line of Duty received over 4.2 million viewers for its first series in 2012 making it BBC2's biggest new drama since 2005. Steve will star alongside Keeley Hawes, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston. These two projects will air early next year.

Steve got his first taste for acting when he took on a role in a play whilst he was at the University of Sussex studying for a politics degree. After Graduating Steve worked in various banks and in hospital admin before realising he wanted to pursue his career as an actor. After spending a couple of months in Hollywood Steve was offered a place at a top London drama school but unfortunately due to funding was unable to accept. Still determined to achieve his goals, Steve decided to take evening classes as well as doing some Amateur Dramatics in order to manage his time between his passion and his need to hold a 9-5 job. At one of the classes, a tutor took Steve aside and suggested he audition for theatre companies; so he did. Steve landed a role in a pantomime at the Churchill Theatre in Kent and the rest is history!

Since this Steve has worked as a full time actor playing everything from policemen, soldiers, gay hat shop owners, criminals and everything in between. Steve’s film credits include, Prince of Persia (2012) alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton and Ben Kingsley Shooting Dogs (2005) with John Hurt and Hugh Dancy, Mutant Chronicles (2008), Broken Lines (2008) and cult classic I.D. (1995) to name a few. Steve is known for his many TV appearances which include Silent Witness, Spooks, Doctors, Skins, Holby City, New Tricks, CSI Miami, Murder in Mind, Waking the Dead, Casualty, Family Affairs, The Bill, Murphy’s Law and The Knock.

Steve’s talents do not stop here and he continues to make waves in the industry as a stage actor with theatre credits that include Macbeth and Merchant of Venice for The Royal Shakespeare Company, Fix Up (The National Theatre), Ruined (Almeida Theatre), The Amen Corner (Bristol Old Vic), Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Vaudeville Theatre).

Steve was born in Birmingham but moved to South East London (New Cross, Brockley) at the age of three and attended Grammar School in Deptford. Aside from acting Steve has a massive passion for Photography and always says it is a profession he would have liked to try if he wasn’t an Actor. Steve enjoys playing the guitar and loves to cook. Steve is also trying his hand at writing and is currently in the process of writing a screenplay for a 2-part TV drama.

Steve has a curiosity about a lot of things and will give most things a try at least once.