Background
Theobald was born in Great Yarmouth. He grew up in Lowestoft where he studied at The Denes High School around 1985 and went to dance school at an early age.
Theobald was born in Great Yarmouth. He grew up in Lowestoft where he studied at The Denes High School around 1985 and went to dance school at an early age.
He graduated from the Drama Centre London in 2000, to work with Theatre de Complicite.
This has been mentioned by Brand on his British Broadcasting Corporation radio show and in his autobiography, My Booky Wook. A quote from Theobald was used among quotes from others in Brand"s book:
As well as appearing in Green Wing, Theobald has written comedy for the television programmes The Sketch Show and Smack the Pony. He also appeared in the radio sitcom The Exterminating Angels.
In 2008, Theobald joined the cast of Independent Television science fiction series Primeval as Oliver Leek.
Theobald appeared in the 2010 film Get Him to the Greek, alongside former partner Brand, playing his assistant. In 2014, he starred in the independent British feature film Downhill, with Ned Dennehy, Jeremy Swift and Richard Lumsden, which is a comedy about four men attempting Alfred Wainwright"s Coast to Coast Walk.
The film is directed by James Rouse and the screenplay was written by Torben Betts.