{{Short description|New Zealand actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Joel Tobeck | image = | image_size = 180px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|6|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | partner = Yvette Tobeck | children = 3 | relatives = Phil Holloway (grandfather) | mother = Liddy Holloway | footnotes = }} '''Joel Tobeck''' (born 2 June 1971 in Auckland) is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in the television series ''Tangle'', ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'', ''Xena Warrior Princess'', ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', and ''Young Hercules'' and ''Sons of Anarchy''.<ref name=Yahoo2016 /><ref name=Perrott2011 /> In 2016 Tobeck began performing as the demon Baal on the show ''Ash vs Evil Dead''.<ref name=AVClub2016 />
==Career== Tobeck is known for his roles in the television series ''Tangle'', ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'', ''Xena Warrior Princess'', ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', ''Young Hercules'' and ''Sons of Anarchy''.<ref name=Yahoo2016>{{Cite news|url=https://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/TV/blogs/a/30568219/joel-tobeck-and-the-doctor-blake-mysteries/|title=Joel Tobeck and The Doctor Blake Mysteries|access-date=31 October 2016|via=Yahoo New Zealand}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=Perrott2011>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10737750|title=Joel Tobeck's act of faith|last=Perrott|first=Alan|date=11 July 2011|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> In 2016 Tobeck began performing as the demon Baal on the show ''Ash vs Evil Dead''.<ref name=AVClub2016>{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/ash-vs-evil-dead-gets-locked-up-in-the-slammer-1798189531|title=Ash Vs. Evil Dead gets ugly real fast in the slammer|date=30 October 2016|access-date=31 October 2016|via=The AV Club}}</ref>
Just before playing ethical police superintendent Lawson of the 1950s and 1960s in ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'' from 2013 to 2017, he took a turn playing a crooked cop of the 1920s in one episode, ''Blood and Circuses'', in the ''Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries'', the 11th episode of the first series, in 2012.
==Personal life== Tobeck lives in Cambridge with his partner Yvette, with whom he has three children.<ref name=Nealon2016 /> He is the son of actress Liddy Holloway, and the grandson of former Labour Party minister Phil Holloway.
== Filmography ==
=== Films === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1990 |''The Shrimp on the Barbie'' |Lance, bar patron |Film |- |1992 |''The Summer the Queen Came'' |Miles |Film |- |1993 |''Sure to Rise'' |Parachutist |Short film |- |1994 |''Old Bastards'' |Waiter |Short film |- |1999 |''Channelling Baby'' |Tony |Film |- |2003 |''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' |Guritz |Film |- |2005 |''Little Fish'' |Moss |Film |- |2005 |''Stealth'' |Black Ops Leader |Film |- |2006 |''A.K.A'' |Unknown |TV movie |- |2006 |''The Silence'' |Ross Moss |TV movie |- |2007 |''Eagle vs Shark'' |Damon |Film |- |2007 |''Ghost Rider'' |Redneck |Film |- |2007 |''30 Days of Night'' |Doug Hertz |Film |- |2007 |''The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep'' |Sgt. Walker |Film |- |2009 |''Accidents Happen'' |Ray Conway |Film |- |2010 |''Feud'' |Lindsay Ferguson |Film (short) |- |2010 |''The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell'' |Ron |Film |- |2011 |''Sleeping Beauty'' |Businessman |Film |- |2015 |''Venus and Mars'' |Ross Grantham |Film |- |2018 |''Mortal Engines'' |Burgermeister |Film |- | 2024 | ''A Mistake'' | Alistair | Film |}
=== Television series === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! TV series ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1996 |''Shortland Street'' |Craig Develter | Guest role<ref name=Nealon2016>{{cite web|last1=Nealon|first1=Sarah|title=Joel Tobeck: Shortland Street's Daddy Cool|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/tv-guide/67455311/joel-tobeck-shortland-streets-daddy-cool|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|accessdate=31 October 2016}}</ref> |- |1996–1999 |''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' |Strife and Deimos |Recurring character<ref>{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949–2001|date=2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-1395-6|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SE2nCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA54|accessdate=31 October 2016}}</ref> |- |1998–1999 |''Young Hercules'' |Strife and Deimos |Recurring character |- |2000–2001 |''Cleopatra 2525'' |Creegan |Recurring character |- |2000–2001 |''Xena: Warrior Princess'' |Strife and Deimos |Recurring character |- |2003 |''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' |Footzilla & Slob Goblin (voices) |2 episodes |- |2004 |''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' |Jupitor (voice) |Episode "A Ranger Exclusive" |- |2005 |''Interrogation'' |Unknown |S01E09 – "Family Matters" |- |2007 |''Without a Trace'' |Jeff Henry |S05E19 – "At Rest" |- |2009 |''30 Seconds'' |Martin Manning |Main character |- |2009–2012 |''Tangle'' |Tim Williams |Main character |- |2010 |''This Is Not My Life'' |Richard Foster |Main character |- |2010 |''Hawaii Five-0'' |Kurt Miller |S01E11 – "Palekaiko" |- |2010 |''Sons of Anarchy'' |Donny |Recurring character |- |2010 |''City Homicide'' |Richard McCallister |Recurring character |- |2011 |''Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud'' |Gary Majors |Recurring character |- |2012 |''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' ("Blood and Circuses" episode) |Snr Sgt Grossmith |Guest role |- |2012 |''Power Rangers Samurai'' |Duplicator (voice) |episode "Runaway Spike" |- |2013–2014 |''Power Rangers Megaforce'' |Yuffo & Gorgax (voices) |2 episodes |- |2013 |''Spartacus: War of the Damned'' ("Season 3 Episode 10 "Victory") |Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey The Great) |Cameo |- |2013 - 2016 |''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'' | Chief Supt Matthew Lawson |Main character |- |2015–2016 |''Shortland Street'' |Jimmy Isaac |Recurring |- |2015–2016 |''Westside'' |Des McEwen |Recurring |- |2016–2018 |''Ash vs. Evil Dead'' |Baal |Recurring<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Debi|title=First Look at Baal from Ash vs. Evil Dead Season 2|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/181331/first-look-baal-ash-vs-evil-dead-season-2/|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=31 October 2016}}</ref> |- |2018 |''Harrow'' |Tom Pimfold |S01E10 – "Mens Rea" |- |2019 |''Secret City'' |Jim Hellier |Season 2 |- |2020 |''One Lane Bridge'' |Stephen |Main character<ref>{{cite web|title=One Lane Bridge (TV Series) 2|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10901134/|publisher=Great Southern Film & Television|accessdate=20 April 2020}}</ref> |- |2020 |''Power Rangers Beast Morphers'' |Digitron (voice) |Episode "Cruisin for a Bruisin" |- |2020 |''The New Legends of Monkey'' |Cranius |Recurring Character |- |2020 |''Black Hands'' |Robin Bain |Main Character |- |2022 |''The Brokenwood Mysteries'' |Bobby Oades |Episode "From the Cradle to the Grave" |- |2022 |''The Luminaries'' |Ben Lowenthal |Recurring character |- |2026 |''Spartacus: House of Ashur'' |Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey The Great) |Guest |}
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