Tony Gardner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 10, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Biography
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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Filmography
The Marlow Murder Club
TV · as Terrence · 2 eps
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV · as Martin Hubbard · 1 ep
Britney
TV · as Bobby · 1 ep
The Larkins
TV · as Alec Norman · 11 eps
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Movie · as Antonius
Death on the Tyne
Movie · as Justin Valentine
Innocent
TV · as Chief Supt. Hillman · 3 eps
Tracey Breaks the News
Movie · as Various
Young Hyacinth
Movie · as Claude Cooper-Smith
A Little Grey
Movie · as Grey
Minutes Past Midnight
Movie · as Detective Inspector Jack Bailie (segment Crazy for You)
Tripped
TV · as Henry · 3 eps
Lovesick
TV · as Julian · 1 ep
Crazy for You
Movie · as Detective
Bluestone 42
TV · as Lieutenant Colonel Smith · 20 eps
The Escape Artist
TV · as Trevor Harris · 3 eps
Plebs
TV · 1 ep
Father Brown
TV · as Monsignor Russo · 1 ep
Big Bad World
TV · as Dr Tim · 1 ep
Cockneys vs Zombies
Movie · as Clive
Last Tango in Halifax
TV · as John · 24 eps
Stella
TV · 10 eps
Gates
TV · as Aiden · 5 eps
Death in Paradise
TV · as Ian Matlock · 1 ep
Fresh Meat
TV · as Professor Tony Shales · 16 eps
Vexed
TV · as Andy (neighbour) · 1 ep
Mad Sad & Bad
Movie · as Graham
May Contain: Nuts
Movie · as Philip Russell
May Contain Nuts
TV · 2 eps
Moving Wallpaper
TV · as George · 1 ep
Spinners and Losers
Movie · as Dan Miller
Blaired Vision
Movie · as Narrator
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Movie · as Self
M.I. High
TV · as Prime Minister · 1 ep
Lead Balloon
TV · as Michael · 27 eps
Not Going Out
TV · as Stuart · 2 eps
The Thick of It
TV · as Dan Miller · 5 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Douglas · 1 ep
The Lenny Henry Show
TV · 16 eps
Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Armando Iannucci Shows
TV · as Television Executive #1 · 8 eps
Double Income, No Kids Yet
TV · as Andy · 6 eps
My Parents Are Aliens
TV · as Brian Johnson · 106 eps
People Like Us
TV · as John · 1 ep
Cold Feet
TV · as Roger · 1 ep
Sunnyside Farm
TV · 6 eps
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Russell Grundy · 1 ep
Grown Ups
TV · as Murray · 6 eps
Crossing the Floor
Movie · as TV Interviewer
Restoration
Movie · as Gallant
Joking Apart
TV · as Lawyer, Michael · 1 ep
Drop the Dead Donkey
TV · 1 ep
Lovejoy
TV · as Jonathan · 1 ep