Tyger Drew-Honey


Tyger Drew-Honey Biography

Tyger Drew-Honey (born Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey; 26 January 1996) is an English actor from Weybridge, Surrey. He is best known for playing Jake Brockman in the British sitcom Outnumbered. Other roles have included The Armstrong and Miller Show and an appearance on Doctors. He co-presented the CBBC series Friday Download from 2011-2012 and played Mr Lovett in The Ministry of Curious Stuff for CBBC and Dylan in the BBC 3 sitcom Cuckoo.

Acting career

Tyger Drew-Honey was nominated for 'Best Male Newcomer' at the 2009 British Comedy Awards for his role as Jake in Outnumbered but lost out to Charlie Brooker. He has done more than 200 voiceovers for TV and radio, and was the voice of Lester Large in the children's animated TV series The Large Family. He also starred in his first movie Horrid Henry: The Movie as Stuck-up Steve (Henry's cousin) in 2011. Drew-Honey was a presenter on the CBBC show Friday Download and has also appeared as himself on shows including The Big Performance, The One Show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, National Television Awards and Children in Need.

Drew-Honey has supplied voice overs for multiple advertisements on TV. These include one for Red Bull, and one for Dell.

Music career

In October 2011 Drew-Honey and his co-stars from Outnumbered, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez, recorded the classic hit "The Monkees" to raise funds for the BBC charity campaign Children in Need. A music video featuring Drew-Honey performing the song with Daniel and Ramona on the set of Outnumbered appeared on the Children In Need programme and was released onto YouTube on 18 November 2011.

Drew-Honey is an accomplished drummer, having started playing when he was 7 years old. He also plays acoustic and electric guitars as well as keyboards.

For the majority of 2012 Drew-Honey worked on his debut album and has stated that he aimed to release it in 2012 but is now expected to be released in 2013.

Personal life

Drew-Honey's parents are adult movie director Lindsay Honey, best known for his role as the porn character Ben Dover, and ex-porn star and UK editor of Penthouse magazine Linzi Drew.

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 ' Lester Large TV series; series 2
2007"2010 ' Various characters TV series; series 1"3
2007"present Outnumbered Jake Brockman TV series; main cast member
2009 Doctors Tom Barry TV series; series 11, episode 12: "Much Ado About Something"
2011"2013 Friday Download Himself CBBC TV series; presenter of the latest games and gadgets
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Stuck-Up Steve 3D family comedy film
2012 The Ministry of Curious Stuff Mr. Lovett TV series; series 1, all episodes
2012 The Magicians Himself TV series; series 2, episode 1
2012 Cuckoo Dylan BBC Three TV series; series 1, all episodes
2012 Threesome Chris Silverson Comedy Central TV series; series 2,episode 1
Radio
Year Title Role Station Notes
2010 All the Blood in My Veins Paolo BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play, main cast member
2012 Mr Blue Sky Robbie Easter BBC Radio 4 Radio sitcom; series 2, main cast member.



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