Tobias Menzies discovered acting through his mother. “My mom has always been an avid theatergoer. She did some acting when she was young before I was born. It’s always been a great passion of hers. And it’s really through her that I saw a lot of theater as a young person growing up.” Menzies told HFPA journalist Margaret Gardiner.

He saw the best theatre plays in London in the ’80s and early ’90s. “I didn’t do a huge amount of acting at school. I actually got into it a little bit later once I’d left school. And initially, I was very interested in people, companies that were making their own work, like Complicité, Shared Experience, Cheek by Jowl, that kind of flowering of visual, physical theater that was going on then. I thought I wanted to go to the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and form my own company and do my own shows which hasn’t really worked out very well because I haven’t really done that.”

But he has been a successful actor in movies like Casino Royale, Underworld: Blood Wars and on TV shows such as Rome, Game Of Thrones, Outlander, and The Crown. Is it more challenging portraying someone who’s so well known? Leonardo DiCaprioHelena Bonham CarterThe Crown