He was born in Hong Kong where he attended the King George V School in Kowloon, Hong Kong; he is of mixed parentage, being half English and half Chinese. Shyness kept him out of school drama productions and it wasn't until the age of 18 while living in Asia, and ready to return to the UK to study law at university, that he verbalized his dream to become an actor. Tobin has appeared in over twenty films and also in several television productions. He also stars as the main character Eddy Tsai in the Asian American "serial killer" film, Chink directed by Stanley Yung, written by Koji Steven Sakai and produced by Quentin Lee. The film also stars Eugenia Yuan and Tzi Ma. For his performance in the film, Tobin won a "Best Actor" or "Breakout Performance for an Actor" award at the 2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Filmography

• 2027John Rambo
• 2026Kung Fu Deadly — T’ang
• A Thousand Blows — Mr Lao
• 2025Ballad of a Small Player — Mr. Huang
• 2022Fistful of Vengeance — William Pan
• 2021F9 — Earl
• 2019Sonora: The Devil’s Highway — Lee Wong
• Warrior — Young Jun
• 2015Jasmine — Leonard To, Story
• 2015Pound of Flesh — Liam
• 2014Covert Operation — Park
• 2014Stories Forlorn — Terrence
• 2013#1 Serial Killer — Eddy Tsai
• 2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee — Toby Jackson (scenes deleted)
• 2007Macau Twilight — Thomas
• 2007The Counting House — Eugene
• 2006Chromophobia — Fat Boy
• 2006Rob-B-Hood — Debt Collector
• 2006The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift — Earl
• 2006The Heavenly Kings — Sandy
• 2005House of Fury — Rocco's Fighter
• 2003Better Luck Tomorrow — Virgil Hu
• 2002Hammerlock — Victor
• The Division — Parking Attendant
• The King of Queens — Delivery Guy
• 1998The Party Crashers — Record Exec.'s Boyfriend
• 1998Yellow — Yo Yo
• 1997Beverly Hills Ninja — Busboy
• Nash Bridges — Greg lee

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2020Searching for Anna May Wong — Self