Biography - Steve Toussaint

Who is Steve Toussaint?

Steve Toussaint is an actor, writer by profession, and British, Barbadian by nationality. He is well known for starring in the TV series House of the Dragon as Lord Corlys Velaryon and in the films Judge Dredd, Shooting Dogs, and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Steve Toussaint – Age, Parents, Siblings

Steve Toussaint was born on 22 March 1965 in Birmingham, England. His parents are of Barbadian descent. He was raised in New Cross, South London by his mother who worked as a nurse, and his father, who worked for the transit system London Underground. There are no details of his siblings as well.

Education, Ethnicity

After completing high school, Steve Toussaint attended the University of Sussex where he studied politics. He later took drama classes in the evening.

His ethnicity is Barbadian.

Steve Toussaint – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Like his early life, the past relationships or girlfriends of Steve Toussaint have not been made known to the public. Also, there is no information available to suggest he is married to a wife and has children or is a divorced man.

Steve Toussaint – Career

Early Days

While a student at the University of Sussex, Toussaint was scouted and cast in a play. He later joined the drama society and after graduation from college, he worked in merchant banking and hospital administration. However, after a brief while, he decided to try acting, joined evening acting classes, and eventually decided to pursue a career as an actor.

Steve Toussaint’s debut screen role was in the TV Mini-Series The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) as Steve Dixie. This was followed by minor appearances in the films Judge Dredd (1995), Circus (2000), Dog Eat Dog (2001), Shooting Dogs (2005), Mutant Chronicles (2008), etc. 

During his time, he also worked in the episodes of the TV series The Knock (1994-2000), The Bill (1994-2005), Crucial Tales (1996), Jack of Hearts (1999), Holby City (1999-2009), Doctors (2002-2010), Family Affairs (2004), My Dad's the Prime Minister (2004), Broken News (2005), CSI: Miami (2007-2008), among others.

Finally his role as Seso in the episodes of the 2010 film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in which he gained undivided attention.

Films, TV Series

Since then Steve Toussaint has starred in the films A Doll's House (2012), Asylum (2014), Point Break (2015), Masters of Love (2019), Gassed Up (2012), etc. Moreover, Toussaint has portrayed characteristics of the TV series Silent Witness (2007-2014), Line of Duty (2014), Inspector Lewis (2015), Berlin Station (2016), Pine Gap (2018), Deep Water (2019), In the Long Run (2020), House of the Dragon (2022) as Lord Corlys Velaryon / The Sea Snake, Before We Die (2021-2022) as Kane, among others.

Co-stars

On the set of House of the Dragon, Steve Toussaint has worked alongside Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, Jefferson Hall, Bethany Antonia, and Bill Paterson.

Steve Toussaint – Net Worth, Salary

The figure on the net worth and annual income/salary of Steve Toussaint is under review.

Steve Toussaint – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Toussaint is active on social media handles such as Instagram and Twitter while absent from Facebook.