By Chikamso Chukwuenyem For Mailonline
15:48 24 Jan 2024, updated 15:48 24 Jan 2024
A former James Bond star is unrecognisable as he transforms into Greek sea god Poseidon in the Disney+ series Percy Jackson And The Olympians.
Toby Stephens, 54, played James Bond villain Gustav Graves in 2002’s Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan’s last hurrah as the eponymous super spy.
Now, Toby plays the recurring character Poseidon, the father of Percy Jackson, in the series which premiered in December 2023 and has been airing weekly.
Toby appeared in the penultimate episode, and fans are anticipating a repeat in Tuesday’s series finale, the eighth episode overall.
Walker Scobell stars as Percy, Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, Percy’s best friend.
Percy’s mother is Sally Jackson (Virginia Kull), Poseidon’s human ex-lover.
Percy Jackson And The Olympians is an American fantasy television series created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, based on the book series of the same name, also by Rick.
The series follows two films – The Lightning Thief (2010) and Sea Of Monsters (2013) – each starring Logan Lerman as Percy.
There has also been a musical, The Lightning Thief, which ran from 2014 to 2019 both off-Broadway and on.
Before Percy Jackson, Toby enjoyed the lead role in Alex Rider, a 2021 British spy thriller television programme based on the novel series of the same name by Anthony Horowitz.
His last film appearance was in 2018 American action thriller Hunter Killer, alongside Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman.
Later in 2024, Toby, the son of Maggie Smith, is due to appear in ongoing British crime series McDonald & Dodds on ITV.
Toby is married to New Zealander actress Anna-Louise Plowman who has starred in Holby City. Together they have Eli, 16, Tallulah, 14, and Kura, 13.
Also appearing in Percy Jackson And The Olympians is Adam Copeland.
Adam, 50, is a professional wrestler better known as Edge and currently singed to All Elite Wrestling.
From 1998 to 2023 he acted in WWE and he is married to another former WWE superstar, Elizabeth Copeland (Beth Phoenix).
Beth is Adam’s third wife, and he her second husband, and they have two children together from their 12-year relationship.
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