Oliver Tobias

Known for Acting

8/6/1947(Age 78)

Zurich, Switzerland

Biography

Oliver Tobias is a Swiss-born UK-based film, stage, and television actor and director.

Known For (68 credits)

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow

8.0

Movie

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow

2023

Go back to the 1980s and discover the extraordinary true story of Cliff Twemlow! You’ve never heard of him… but polymath Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, singer, screenwriter, producer and actor who was the most prolific indie filmmaker in the UK for a decade! Witness how this 20th-century Renaissance man created his own innovative micro-film industry in Manchester. Shooting his feature films on clunky early pioneering video technology, G.B.H. (1983) was even branded a Video Nasty! A warmly hilarious portrait that will take you back to an era where literally anything could happen. And did!

5.0

Movie

Dad's Army

2016

A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

Movie

Open My Eyes

2016

The story follows the mysterious and sinister disappearance of a quantum physicist who is involved in a ground-breaking scientific discovery at CERN in Geneva.

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

7.2

Movie

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

7.3

Movie

Lord Montagu

2013

As the youngest member in parliament and sole heir to his family's estate, Lord Montagu's life was rich and privileged. However, in 1954 he become the focus of a national scandal that changed his life forever and set him on course to be one of England's most controversial and iconic aristocrats.

2.2

Movie

Eldorado

2012

The Stranger, a tall striking creature dressed in white sets into motions a series of events whilst reciting the Edgar Allen Poe Poem "Eldorado", which will have an effect on those heading towards the mythical city.

Rewind The 60s

2010

It is now fifty years since the start of the 1960s – ten years of change, innovation, excitement and creativity that revolutionised our lives. To celebrate this amazing decade, Lulu presents Rewind the 60s - five entertaining programmes that explore all aspects of the 1960s: from where we lived, to what we ate, to how we dressed, and what we listened to. With the help of some very special guests, Lulu shows us how that extraordinary decade transformed Britain and the world forever – and how much fun it was to live through.

7.3

Movie

Hunkeler macht Sachen

2008

Two dead with their earlobes slashed. Inspector Hunkeler believes that the brothel owner Garzoni is the culprit. However, his colleagues Madörin and Lüdi are researching the drug milieu. Then prosecutor Suter withdraws Commissioner Hunkeler from the case because of bias. Has Hunkeler grown old? The third film adaptation of a case with the Basel inspector Hunkeler based on the novel by Hansjörg Schneider.

6.2

Movie

Rosamunde Pilcher: Flügel der Hoffnung

2007

Auf der Isle of Wight spielt sich heute ein besonders kompliziertes Familiendrama ab: Tom (Oliver Boysen) gerät zwischen seine neue Verlobte Sam und seine alte Liebe Virginia.

8.0

Mord in bester Gesellschaft

2007

Mord in bester Gesellschaft is a German television series.

4.8

Movie

Method

2004

The line between fantasy and reality blurs when an actress begins behaving like the 19th-century murderer she is playing.

5.5

Unter weißen Segeln

2004

Unter weißen Segeln is a German television series.