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Tony Gardner

Acting 62 January 10, 1964

Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Tony Gardner (born 10 January 1964) is an English actor and doctor. He sits on the national governing body of the actors' trade union Equity. He attended St Augustine's Catholic…

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Tony Gardner (born 10 January 1964) is an English actor and doctor. He sits on the national governing body of the actors' trade union Equity. He attended St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge. Gardner qualified as a physician at Guy's Hospital in 1987, then as a general practitioner in 1993. He combined medicine and comedy during the 1990s as half of the award-winning comedy duo Struck Off and Die with Phil Hammond. Gardner eventually left medicine to become an actor, starring in a number of TV commercials, including that for the Renault Mégane. He reached prominence playing Brian Johnson in CITV's My Parents Are Aliens (episodes of which he also wrote) and Michael, the café owner in Jack Dee's BBC sitcom Lead Balloon. In 2009–10 he starred in three plays directed by Sir Peter Hall. In 2011 he played Professor Tony Shales in the Channel 4 series Fresh Meat. Between 2012 and 2020, he played John in five series of the critically acclaimed romantic drama series Last Tango in Halifax. The programme attracted impressive ratings for BBC One, with the third series posting an average of 7.8 million viewers. Between 2013 and 2015, he appeared as Lieutenant Colonel Phillip Smith in three series of the wartime comedy Bluestone 42, about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan during Operation Herrick. He appeared as Dan Miller MP in the BBC political comedy The Thick of It. He was a main character of the music video "Giant Peach" by Wolf Alice. He appeared in a variety of roles in Tracey Ullman's Show from 2016. He also appeared in an episode of the Netflix show, Lovesick, portraying Dylan’s father at surprise wedding anniversary party. In January 2021, Gardner appeared in S11E1 of Not Going Out as a neighbour to Lee and Lucy. He then appeared again in S12E4 in 2022.

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2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV show Martin Hubbard
2021
Britney
TV show Bobby
2021
The Larkins
TV show Alec Norman
2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Movie Antonius
2018
Death on the Tyne
Movie Justin Valentine
2018
Innocent
TV show Chief Supt. Hillman
2017
Tracey Breaks the News
Movie Various
2016
Minutes Past Midnight
Movie Detective Inspector Jack Bailie (segment Crazy for You)
2016
Young Hyacinth
Movie Claude Cooper-Smith
2015
Tripped
TV show Henry
2014
Lovesick
TV show Julian
2013
The Escape Artist
TV show Trevor Harris
2013
Big Bad World
TV show Dr Tim
2013
Crazy for You
Movie Detective
2013
Plebs
TV show
2013
Bluestone 42
TV show Lieutenant Colonel Smith