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Tony Way Biography

Tony Paul Way (born 7 October 1978) is an English actor, comedian and writer, originally best known for playing comedy characters on many British sit-coms and sketch shows, and playing the character Dave in the comedy film, Ali G Indahouse. More recently he has moved into film and drama where he has played Plague in David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Dontos Hollard in HBO's Game of Thrones and Thomas Nashe in Roland Emmerich's Anonymous.

Way was born in Rochford, Essex, and grew up in Wickford, Essex, where he attended the Beauchamps School. He now lives in Hackney, London

Career

Way started his career in comedy and acting aged 17 when he, Rhys Thomas, Stephen Burge and Glynne Wiley started making amateur comedy videos as sketch group Stay Alive Pepi while still at sixth form college in their home town of Wickford, Essex. The videos were viewed and enjoyed by Bob Mortimer and The Fast Shows Charlie Higson who gave Way his first television appearances in a Suit You sketch on the Fast Show and in several sketches in "Bang, Bang it's Reeves and Mortimer".

Way went on to write and perform in many popular television comedy shows, including Mongrels, Extras, "Spaced" and Tittybangbang. He also performed in many television dramas and feature films including The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Anonymous, Tunnel of Love, Finding Neverland, Cheeky, Ali G Indahouse and Fairytales. In 2012, he appeared as Ser Dontos Hollard in the second season of HBO's Game of Thrones and has recently completed filming Doug Liman's epic, sic-fi feature film "All You Need is Kill" starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt

Way also still regularly works with Rhys Thomas on the "Thomas and Way Podcast" which they have been recording irregularly since 2011

Filmography

Film

  • Edge of Tomorrow (2014) (Kimmel)
  • Sightseers (2012)
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) (Plague)
  • Anonymous (Thomas Nashe)
  • London Boulevard (Lone Pap)
  • Down Terrace (Garvey) - Winner Fantastic Fest - Best Feature and Best Screenplay & Best British Film at London's Raindance Film Festival
  • Legend of the Golden Fishcake (Gavin)
  • Trimming the Fat - Short Film (James 'Hendy' Henderson)
  • Beyond the Pole - Film (Landlord)
  • Finding Neverland - Film (Set Mover),
  • Ali G Indahouse - Film (Dave)
  • Cheeky - Film (Rick)

Television

  • Game of Thrones (2012) (Ser Dontos Hollard)
  • Sherlock (2012)
  • Life's Too Short (2011)
  • Mongrels (Gary)
  • Money (Fat Paul)
  • 2009 Unwrapped with Miranda Hart (Arthur)
  • The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson (Various) + (Writer)
  • Shooting Stars 09-10 (Various) + (writer)
  • Above Their Stations (Techno Benson)
  • The Wall (Leona Lewis, Mark Ronson, Various) + (Writer)
  • No Heroics (Praying Mantis)
  • Torn Up Tales (Clint 'The Beast' Beastwood)
  • Fairy Tales - Rapunzel (Boris Stojkovic)
  • Tittybangbang 3 (Sketch performer)
  • Blunder (Sketch performer) + (Writer)
  • Extras (Chef)
  • Tittybangbang 2 (Sketch performer)
  • Tittybangbang (Sketch performer)
  • Tunnel of Love (Spiff)
  • Monkey Trousers (Various)
  • My Family
  • The All Star Comedy Show (Various)
  • Swiss Toni
  • Crash (Pilot for CH4), (Various) + (Writer)
  • Hardware (Cliff)
  • Eleven O'Clock Show (Writer)
  • Small Potatoes (Elwood)
  • Fun at the Funeral Parlour - Series 1 & 2 (Gwynne Thomas),
  • Bang Bang... It's Reeves & Mortimer (Various)
  • Black Books (Cinema Clerk/Burger Boy)
  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (Hammer of God)
  • Spaced (Paper Boy)
  • Barking (Sketch Performer) + (Writer)
  • The Fast Show (New Boy)

Radio

  • "Thomas and Way Podcast"
  • The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook (Radio), (Roger Mills, Various) + (Writer)
  • Loose Ends (Radio), (Guest sketch performer)

Stage

  • Richard Sandlings Perfect Movie - Queen's Head, London (Special Guest)
  • Lenny Beige's Night Of Legends - Pigalle Club, London (Guest Performer)
  • Oram and Meeten's Club Fantastico - Lowdown, The Albany, London, (Various, Guest Performer)
  • Stay Alive Pepi - Canal Cafe, London, (Various, Sketch Performer + Writer)
  • Stay Alive Pepi - Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, (Various, Sketch Performer + Writer)
  • Stay Alive Pepi - De Hems, London, (Various, Sketch Performer + Writer)



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