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Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, comedian |
Years active | 1995–present |
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 .
Way was born in Rochford, Essex and grew up in Wickford, Essex.
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 , [1] Tunnel of Love, Finding Neverland , Cheeky , Ali G Indahouse , Fairytales , Down Terrace [2] and Sightseers . From 2012 to 2014, Way appeared as Ser Dontos Hollard on HBO's Game of Thrones . [3] [4] In 2014, he co-starred in the sci-fi film Edge of Tomorrow , [5] and made an appearance on Doctor Who . [6] 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.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Cheeky | Rick | |
2002 | Ali G Indahouse | Dave | |
2004 | Finding Neverland | Set Mover | |
Tunnel of Love | Spiff | ||
2008 | Trimming the Fat | James "Hendy" Henderson | |
2009 | Beyond the Pole | Landlord | |
Down Terrace | Garvey | Winner Fantastic Fest – Best Feature and Best Screenplay & Best British Film at London's Raindance Film Festival | |
2010 | London Boulevard | Lone Pap | |
2011 | Anonymous | Thomas Nashe | |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Plague | ||
2012 | Sightseers | Crich Tourist | |
2013 | Gus and His Dirty Dead Dad | Taxi Gavin | |
Convenience | Stoner 2 | ||
2014 | Legend of the Golden Fishcake | Gavin | |
The Riot Club | Mugger | ||
Edge of Tomorrow | Kimmel | ||
2015 | Brand New-U | Gun Dealer/Santa | |
Aaaaaaaah! | Sitcom Lee | ||
High-Rise | Robert the Caretaker | ||
Trespass Against Us | Norman | ||
2016 | Mindhorn | Dad with Newspaper |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | The Fast Show | New Boy | |
1998–2001 | Eleven O'Clock Show | Writer | |
1999 | Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer | Various characters | |
Small Potatoes | Elwood | ||
Spaced | Paper Boy | ||
2000–2001 | Randall and Hopkirk | Hammer of God | |
2000–2004 | Black Books | Cinema Clerk/Burger Boy | |
2000–2011 | My Family | Himself | Guest cast |
2001–2002 | Fun at the Funeral Parlour | Gwynne Thomas | |
2003–2004 | Hardware | Cliff | |
2004 | EastEnders | Nick | |
2005 | Monkey Trousers | Various characters | |
Extras | Chef | ||
2005–2007 | Tittybangbang | ||
2006 | Blunder | Writer | |
2008 | Fairy Tales | Rapunzel | |
No Heroics | Praying Mantis | ||
The Wall | Various characters | Writer | |
Torn Up Tales | Clint "The Beast" Beastwood | ||
2008–2009 | Crash | Various characters | Writer |
2009–2011 | Shooting Stars | Various characters | Writer |
The Impressions Show | Various characters | Writer | |
2009 | 2009 Unwrapped with Miranda Hart | Arthur | |
2010 | Money | Fat Paul | |
Mongrels | Gary | ||
Above Their Stations | Techno Benson | ||
2011 | Life's Too Short | ||
2012 | Sherlock | ||
2012; 2014 | Game of Thrones | Ser Dontos Hollard | |
2013 | Fit | Various | |
2014 | Derek | Pete | |
Doctor Who | Alf | ||
Not Going Out | Tony | ||
The Life of Rock with Brian Pern | Ned/Captain Cupnutz/Rick Parfitt | ||
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 | |
2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Carmichael | |
Tracey Breaks the News | Various characters | ||
2018 | Collateral | Conor | |
2019–2022 | After Life | Lenny | |
2019 | Giri/Haji | Roy | |
2020 | Mandy | Sergei | |
Des | Dyno Rod Engineer | ||
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