Toby Alexander Smith has played the abusive Gray Atkins on EastEnders since arriving with his onscreen wife Chantelle, played by Jessica Plummer, in March 2019.The actor, who has also appeared alongside Anna Paquin in TV series Flack, has filmed difficult scenes with Jessica over the past year for their long-running harrowing storyline about domestic abuse.
Gray has regularly terrorised his wife onscreen both mentally and physically, and the 30 year old actor has been working closely with charity Women's Aid to provide a realistic account of the type of abuse people experience .
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