Tony Sampson

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Tony Sampson
Born
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
  • oiler
Years active
  • 1991–2009 (actor)
  • 2013–present (musician)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments

Tony Sampson is a Canadian musician, oiler and retired actor. From 1999 to 2009, he voiced Eddy in the Cartoon Network animated series Ed, Edd n Eddy .

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Biography

Tony Sampson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has played the role of Flash in the Canadian television drama The Odyssey and Eddy from Ed, Edd, n Eddy. Sampson has also worked for Vancouver's Ocean Productions and Voicebox Productions, primarily in anime.

After Ed, Edd n Eddy ended in 2009, he retired from acting to work in the oil sands industry in Fort McMurray, operating heavy equipment. [1] Sampson later revealed this was because the production company he was working under threatened to blacklist him from the acting industry after requesting a modest raise. [2]

Since 2013, he has been a musical artist with songs on Spotify and iTunes. [3] Sampson once made a guest appearance at the March Toronto Anime Con in 2006. [4]

Filmography

Animation

Video games

Live-action

Discography

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References

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