Tony Way
{{short description|English actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Tony Way
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|10|7}}
| birth_place = Rochford, Essex, England
| occupation = Actor, writer, comedian
| years_active = 1995–present
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Tony Paul Way (born 7 October 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for playing characters in a number of British comedy TV series including Extras, After Life, Black Books and Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer, as well as comedy movies including Sightseers and Ali G Indahouse. He has since moved into drama, appearing as Plague in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Dontos Hollard in HBO's Game of Thrones, and Thomas Nashe in Anonymous.
Early life
Career
Way started his career in comedy and acting at the age of 17 when he, Rhys Thomas, Stephen Burge, and Glynne Wiley started making comedy videos as sketch group Stay Alive Pepi while at college. The videos were noticed by Bob Mortimer and Charlie Higson, who gave Way his first television appearances in a sketch on The Fast Show and in several sketches in Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer. Way went on to write for and perform in more comedy shows, including Blunder, Mongrels, Extras, Spaced, and Tittybangbang.
Way has also performed in many television shows and feature films, including The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Anonymous,{{cite web|last1=Fordy|first1=Tom|title=Anonymous: Interview With Tony Way|url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2011/10/31/anonymous-interview-with-tony-way/|website=The Hollywood News|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=31 October 2011|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002152708/http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2011/10/31/anonymous-interview-with-tony-way/|url-status=live}} Tunnel of Love, Finding Neverland, Cheeky, Ali G Indahouse, Fairytales, Down Terrace{{cite web|title=Down Terrace (2010) Review|url=http://www.workingauthor.com/down-terrace-2010-review|website=workingauthor.com|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=15 October 2010|archive-date=17 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017164732/http://www.workingauthor.com/down-terrace-2010-review|url-status=live}} and Sightseers. From 2012 to 2014, Way appeared as Ser Dontos Hollard on HBO's Game of Thrones.{{cite web|last1=Ortiz|first1=Jen|title=The Game of Thrones Exit Interview: The Drunk Knight Who Saved Sansa (and Maybe Killed Joffrey) Talks Postmortem|url=https://www.gq.com/story/game-of-thrones-interview-dontos-hollard-tony-way|website=gq.com|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=21 April 2014|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309073837/https://www.gq.com/story/game-of-thrones-interview-dontos-hollard-tony-way|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Tony Way talks Ser Dontos, Purple Wedding, Sansa & Littlefinger|url=http://flicksandthecity.com/game-of-thrones-dontos-hollard-interview-tony-way/|website=flicksandthecity.com|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=22 October 2014|archive-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026185542/http://flicksandthecity.com/game-of-thrones-dontos-hollard-interview-tony-way/|url-status=dead}} In 2014, he co-starred in the sci-fi film Edge of Tomorrow,{{cite web|title='Edge of Tomorrow' Review|url=http://screenrant.com/edge-of-tomorrow-reviews/|website=screenrant.com|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=6 June 2014|archive-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606134852/http://screenrant.com/edge-of-tomorrow-reviews/|url-status=live}} and made an appearance on Doctor Who.{{cite web|title=Tony Way's Appointment With The Doctor|url=https://thevelvetonion.com/2014/01/30/tony-ways-appointment-with-the-doctor/|website=The Velvet Onion|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=30 January 2014|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203205249/https://thevelvetonion.com/2014/01/30/tony-ways-appointment-with-the-doctor/|url-status=dead}} Since 2013 he has played Terry in BBC Radio 4 sitcom Seekers, written by his friend and collaborator Stephen Burge. Way also still regularly works with Rhys Thomas on the Thomas and Way Podcast, which they have been recording irregularly since 2011.
Personal life
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2000
| Cheeky | Rick | |
| 2002
| Dave | |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| Set Mover | |
| Tunnel of Love
| Spiff | |
| 2008
| Trimming the Fat | James "Hendy" Henderson | |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| Landlord | |
| Down Terrace
| Garvey | Winner Fantastic Fest – Best Feature and Best Screenplay & Best British Film at London's Raindance Film Festival |
| 2010
| Lone Pap | |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
| Plague | |
| 2012
| Crich Tourist | |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Gus and His Dirty Dead Dad | Taxi Gavin | |
| Convenience
| Stoner 2 | |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Legend of the Golden Fishcake | Gavin | |
| The Riot Club
| Mugger | |
| Edge of Tomorrow
| Kimmel | |
| rowspan="4"|2015
| Gun Dealer/Santa | |
| Aaaaaaaah!
| Sitcom Lee | |
| High-Rise
| Robert the Caretaker | |
| Trespass Against Us
| Norman | |
| 2016
| Mindhorn | Dad with Newspaper | |
| 2024
| Here | Ted |
=Television=
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1994
| New Boy | |
| 1998–2001
| | Writer |
| rowspan="3"|1999
| Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer | Various characters |
| Small Potatoes
| Elwood | |
| Spaced
| Paper Boy |
| 2000–2001
| Hammer of God | |
| 2000–2004
| Cinema Clerk/Burger Boy | |
| 2000–2011
| Himself | Guest cast |
| 2001–2002
| Gwynne Thomas | |
| 2003–2004
| Hardware | Cliff | |
| 2004
| Nick | |
| rowspan="2"|2005
| Various characters | |
| Extras
| Chef | |
| 2005–2007
| |
| 2006
| Blunder | | Writer |
| rowspan="4"|2008
| Rapunzel | |
| No Heroics
| Praying Mantis |
| The Wall
| Various characters | Writer |
| Torn Up Tales
| Clint "The Beast" Beastwood | |
| 2008–2009
| Crash | Various characters | Writer |
| rowspan="2"|2009–2011
| Various characters | Writer |
| The Impressions Show
| Various characters | Writer |
| 2009
| 2009 Unwrapped with Miranda Hart | Arthur | |
| rowspan="3"|2010
| Money | Fat Paul | |
| Mongrels
| Gary | |
| Above Their Stations
| Techno Benson | |
| 2011
| | |
| 2012
| Sherlock | | |
| 2012; 2014
| Ser Dontos Hollard | |
| 2013
|Fit |Various | |
| rowspan="4"|2014
| Derek | Pete | |
| Doctor Who
| Alf | |
| Not Going Out
| Tony | |
| The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
| Ned/Captain Cupnutz/Rick Parfitt | |
| rowspan="8"|2015
| Asylum | Alan | |
| Pompidou
| Merrick | |
| Drunk History
| Various characters | |
| ''House of Fools
| Punter/Butcher Brother | |
| Inside No. 9
| Michael | |
| Murder in Successville
| Harry Styles | |
| SunTrap
| Glenn | |
| Jekyll and Hyde
| Silas | |
| 2016
| Brian Pern: 45 Years of Prog and Roll | Ned | |
| 2016–2017
| Zapped | Chestnut | |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Carmichael | |
| Tracey Breaks the News
| Various characters | |
| 2018
| Conor | |
| 2019–2022
| Lenny | |
| 2019
| Roy | |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| Mandy | Sergei | |
| Des
| Dyno Rod Engineer | |
=Radio=
- Seekers (BBC Radio 4) – Terry
- Thomas and Way Podcast
- The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook – Various characters, also writer
=Stage=
- Richard Sandlings Perfect Movie – Queen's Head, London
- Lenny Beige's Night of Legends – Pigalle Club, London
- Oram and Meeten's Club Fantastico – Lowdown, The Albany, London
- Stay Alive Pepi – Canal Cafe, London
- Stay Alive Pepi – Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
- Stay Alive Pepi – De Hems, London
References
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External links
- [http://www.tonyway.co.uk Official website]
- {{IMDb name|0915453}}
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male radio actors
Category:Male actors from Essex
Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:English male comedians
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hackney