Tony Way

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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.

Way lives in Hackney, London.

• Seekers (BBC Radio 4) – Terry
• Thomas and Way Podcast
• The Don't Watch With Mother Sketchbook – Various characters, also writer

• Richard Sandlings Perfect Movie – Queen's Head, London
• Lenny Beige's Night of Legends – Pigalle Club, London
• Oram and Meeten's Club Fantastico – Lowdown, The Albany, London
• Stay Alive Pepi – Canal Cafe, London
• Stay Alive Pepi – Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
• Stay Alive Pepi – De Hems, London

• Official website
• Tony Way at IMDb