Who Is Margot Robbie’s Husband, Tom Ackerley? From His Career to the Time He Met Ellen DeGeneres in Short-Shorts

You know Margot Robbie for her incredible roles (The Wolf of Wall Street, I, Tonya and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, anyone?) and her killer style. Most recently, the actress starred in the Barbie movie, which earned her a 2024 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy).

But, have you ever wondered about her personal life? The 33-year-old Oscar nominee has actually been married for years. “If I’m looking into my future 30 years from now, I want to see a big Christmas dinner with tons of kids there,” she told Grazia magazine. “But definitely not at the moment. That’s 100 percent certain.”

Here, everything you need to know about Margot Robbie’s husband, Tom Ackerley.

The couple wed in a private ceremony in Australia’s Byron Bay in December 2016 (the wedding was a total surprise to the public). In a classic Robbie move, she announced the news of their nuptials with a photo of her ring at the time on Instagram.

That’s actually a great story. As Robbie explained on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2018, she and her new husband jetted off to Tahiti to enjoy their honeymoon. It was all post-matrimonial bliss…until Ackerley ran into Barack Obama, DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in some rather revealing shorts. Robbie recounted the story on the show, saying, “Tom puts on these shorts, his oldest gym shorts…And they’re, like, really short and there’s nothing underneath. So he gets on his bicycle to ride there, and I’m like, ‘Whoa. Babe, you cannot wear those shorts. They’re like—you can see everything.’ And he’s like, ‘C’mon. Who are we going to run into?’” Famous last words.

Not yet, but according to Robbie, they definitely plan to in the future. The actress told the Australian publication Sunday Style, “I want tons of children. Well, maybe not too many. I grew up in a family of four kids, so that sounds like a good number.” For now, the couple shares a dog named Boo Radley who’s been known to make Instagram appearances every now and again.

Ackerley used to be fairly active on social media (his handle is @alpha_meows), but don’t expect to see loads of photos of him and Robbie. They’re generally private about their romance and he mostly shares photos of him and his bros golfing and surfing. Every now and again he throws in a pic with his wife or dog, though.

Ackerley’s schedule has been pretty jam-packed. The 33-year-old served as a producer for the Barbie movie (starring his wife). 

Back in December, Warner Bros. released the official trailer for the movie and Robbie fully embodied the iconic fashion doll. Viewers saw many famous faces in the teaser, including Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa. Barbie—directed and written by Greta Gerwig—debuted in theaters on July 21, 2023.

“I’m a great advocate of doing business with your partner,” Robbie told Grazia magazine. “Being married is actually the most fun ever, life got way more fun somehow.”

Yes, Ackerley actually got his start in Hollywood by playing an extra in the first three Harry Potter films. The English-born actor is listed as “Student” on the cast lists for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Robbie revealed this tidbit while visiting The Graham Norton Show, where she said, “Fun fact: My husband was in the Harry Potter movies...He was an extra. When he was a little kid he was one of the Slytherin kid extras.”