Toby Proctor

Toby Proctor is a  and  who voiced Darien/Tuxedo Mask in the first and second seasons of the original  of the Sailor Moon anime.

Personal Life
Toby Proctor was born 1974, in. He grew up in a family of actors, both of his parents were proactive in the industry during his childhood. His mother, Diana Nyland-Proctor, was a ballerina, choreographer, director and actor. She gained notoriety in the, The Trouble With Tracy, as the title character, Tracy Young. Proctor’s father was a radio announcer.

Proctor is the father of three children, Sydney, Ellie and Sam, and married to a woman named Kaite. he spends most of his free time with his family. His hobbies include skateboarding, playing the guitar, and riding his bike. He is also a practiced photographer.

Film and Television
Influenced by his parents, Proctor pursued a acting career at a young age. When he was eight, he started his career on stage. As a teenager, he began working film and television, eventually forging a career in the area of voice acting.

Including the voice work on Sailor Moon, Proctor's other credits as a voice actor include Alex in ', and Copycat Ken in '. Proctor is also a noted cinematographer.

Sailor Moon
One of Proctor's first roles as a voice actor was Darien Shields in Sailor Moon, then produced by DiC Entertainment. He was only twenty one years old at the time he was cast in the role following the departure of Rino Romano, who voiced the character for eleven episodes before quitting the production.

Proctor expressed he experienced difficulties reading and memorizing scripts during recording sessions. He only became a proficient reader in his early twenties during the production of the show, and had fear of public speaking. Proctor's impression of his character, Darien, was that he was a "jerk" to the title character, Serena Tsukino, but had a "cool" and "royal" element about him that he enjoyed.

Proctor voiced the character of Darien/Tuxedo Mask for a total of 54 episodes (from episode 12 to 65). After the 2 year hiatus, the final 17 episodes of Sailor Moon R, the role of Darien was given to Vince Corazza, who went on to voice the character in the three feature films (R, S, and Super S), as well as the following 2 TV seasons (Sailor Moon S, and Sailor Moon SuperS), licensed by Cloverway Inc..

Proctor's work on the series garnered him a fanbase. In at least one instance, his agency arranged a phone call between him and an eight year old girl whose mother asked him to call on her birthday "as Tuxedo Mask". Several years later at a in, he met the eight year old as a young woman, who introduced him to her fiance and later invited him to her wedding. Proctor continues to make public appearances at anime conventions for Sailor Moon discussion panels.