Tyger Drew-Honey

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Tyger Drew-Honey
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Drew-Honey at Sport Relief 2012 in London
Born
Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey

(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28)
Epsom, Surrey, England
Occupation(s)Actor, television presenter
Years active2006–present
Parents
Website tygerdrew-honey.com

Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey (born 26 January 1996) [1] is an English actor and television presenter. He is best known for his role as Jake Brockman in the British sitcom Outnumbered , in Citizen Khan as Richard Scab before later appearing in Horrid Henry: The Movie [2] and the television series Cuckoo .

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Early life

Tyger Drew-Honey is the son of pornographic film stars Ben Dover and Linzi Drew. [3] He was educated at Danes Hill School, [4] in Oxshott, followed by Epsom College. [5] [6]

Career

Acting and presenting

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Drew-Honey at the BAFTA Awards in 2009

Between 2007 and 2016, Drew-Honey played Jake Brockman in the British sitcom Outnumbered . [7] Other appearances have included The Armstrong & Miller Show and Doctors . He co-presented the CBBC series Friday Download from 2011 until 2012. He played Mr. Lovett in The Ministry of Curious Stuff for CBBC and the role of Dylan in the BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo (2012–2019).

He has done more than 200 voiceovers for television and radio, including for Red Bull and Dell, and was the voice of Lester Large in the children's animated series The Large Family . He was a presenter on the CBBC show Friday Download .

In 2014, Drew-Honey started presenting his own documentary series on BBC Three called Tyger Takes On... , presenting on pornography, the "perfect body", love, sexuality, and sexism. In this series he stated that he might be bisexual, clarifying his belief in a sexuality spectrum where he is not entirely straight. [8]

In 2015, Drew-Honey appeared in the four-part series 24 Hours in the Past , along with five other celebrities, to experience what life was like in Victorian Britain. He also had guest roles in Citizen Khan , Midsomer Murders , and Death in Paradise . In 2016, he took part in the E4 dating series Celebs Go Dating . In 2018, he co-presented Episode 33 of The Calum McSwiggan Show on FUBAR Radio. [9]

Drew-Honey has also appeared in a number of driving and car maintenance videos. [10]

Film

He starred as Stuck-Up Steve in the 2011 film Horrid Henry: The Movie and had a role in the 2015 film Up All Night .

Music

In October 2011, Drew-Honey and his co-stars from Outnumbered , Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez, covered "(Theme From) The Monkees" to raise funds for the BBC charity campaign Children in Need. A music video featuring them performing the song on the set of Outnumbered appeared on the Children in Need programme and was released on YouTube in November 2011.

In September 2022, Drew-Honey joined The Celebs alongside Jo O'Meara and Anne Hegerty to mark the 40th anniversary of the Michael Jackson classic album Thriller and raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital, with a new rendition of the title track. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Stuck-Up Steve
2015 Up All Night Caleb
2021Me, Myself and DiJon Craven
TBAA Midsummer's Night Dream Demetrius

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The Large Family Lester LargeSeries 2
2007–2010 The Armstrong & Miller Show Various charactersSeries 1–3
2007–2016 Outnumbered Jake BrockmanRegular role; all episodes
2009 Doctors Tom BarryEpisode: "Much Ado About Something"
2011–2013 Friday Download HimselfSegment presenter
2012 The Magicians Himself1 episode
Threesome Chris Silverson1 episode
2012—2019 Cuckoo Dylan Thompson (32 episodes)Regular role; series 1–5
2012–2013The Ministry of Curious StuffMr LovettRegular role; series 1–2
2014 Midsomer Murders Ferdy Linklater1 episode
Sweat the Small Stuff HimselfSeries 3, episode 7
Virtually Famous Series 1, episode 1
2014–2015 Tyger Takes On... Presenter (5 episodes)
2015–2016 Citizen Khan Richard 'Scab' Series 4, episode 6, Series 5, episode 4
2015 24 Hours in the Past HimselfParticipant
Death in Paradise Ryan Davison1 episode
2015–2017 Scream Street Luke Watson (voice)Regular role; all episodes
2016 BBC Click HimselfSpecial presenter, 1 episode
The Chase: Celebrity Special Contestant, 1 episode
Celebs Go Dating Participant
Celebrity Mastermind Contestant, 1 episode
2017 Celebrity MasterChef Participant [12]
2018 Richard Osman's House of Games HimselfParticipant
2019 Sadie Sparks Blaine (voice)
2021’’ [Grantchester TV Series’’Malcy Smith1 episode

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 All the Blood in My Veins Paolo [13] BBC Radio 4
2012Mr Blue SkyRobbie Easter [14] BBC Radio 4
2013The High Lodge of Revelatory PleasuresTristan
2017BlueBlue
2021 HarlandDan
2023The Ballad of Syd & MorganSyd Barrett [15] BBC Radio 4

Awards

Drew-Honey was nominated for Best Male Newcomer at the 2009 British Comedy Awards for his role in Outnumbered, [16] but lost to Charlie Brooker. [17]

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