Tyger Drew-Honey

Tyger Drew-Honey

Drew-Honey in 2009
Born (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996
Epsom, Surrey, England
Residence Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Education Danes Hill School, Surrey
Epsom College, Surrey
(independent boarding school)
Occupation Actor, musician, television presenter
Years active 2006–present
Television The Armstrong & Miller Show
Outnumbered
Friday Download
Cuckoo
Tyger Takes On...
Parent(s) Simon James Honey
Linzi Drew
Website TygerDrew-Honey.com

Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey (born 26 January 1996),[1] known professionally as Tyger Drew-Honey, is an English actor, musician and television presenter, best known for his role as Jake Brockman in the British sitcom Outnumbered.[2]

Early life

Drew-Honey was born in Epsom, Surrey, the son of Simon James Honey and Linzi Drew.[3]

Education

Drew-Honey was educated at Danes Hill School,[2] a junior independent school in the village of Oxshott in Surrey, followed by Epsom College, a senior boarding independent school in the town of Epsom (also in Surrey).[4][5]

Career

Acting and presenting

Between 2007 and 2014, Drew-Honey played Jake Brockman in the British sitcom Outnumbered.[6] Other roles have included The Armstrong and 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 currently plays the role of Dylan in the BBC Three sitcom Cuckoo (2012–present).

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, he started presenting his own documentary series on BBC Three, entitled Tyger Takes On..., presenting on pornography, the "perfect body", love, sexuality and sexism.[7]

In 2015 he 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.

Film

He starred as Stuck-Up Steve in the 2011 film Horrid Henry: The Movie.

He had a role in the 2015 film Up All Night based on the CBBC show Friday Download.

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. Drew-Honey is an accomplished drummer, having started playing at the age of seven, and also plays guitar and keyboards.[8]

Awards

He was nominated for Best Male Newcomer at the 2009 British Comedy Awards for his role in Outnumbered but lost to Charlie Brooker.

Outnumbered has been nominated for a number of awards including a National Television Award and a Royal Television Society Award.

Personal life

Drew-Honey has lived with his mother in Walton-on-Thames since 2005.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Stuck-Up Steve
2015 Up All Night Caleb

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Large Family, TheThe Large Family Lester Large Series 2
2007–2010 Armstrong and Miller Show, TheThe Armstrong and Miller Show Various characters Series 1–3
2007–2014 Outnumbered Jake Brockman Regular role; all episodes
2009 Doctors Tom Barry Episode: "Much Ado About Something"
2011–2013 Friday Download Himself Segment presenter
2012 The Magicians Himself 1 episode
Threesome Chris Silverson 1 episode
2012— Cuckoo Dylan Thompson Regular role; series 1–3
2012–2013 The Ministry of Curious Stuff Mr. Lovett Regular role; series 1–2
2014 Midsomer Murders Ferdy Linklater 1 episode
Sweat the Small Stuff Himself Series 3, episode 7
Virtually Famous Himself Series 1, episode 1
2014— Tyger Takes On... Himself Presenter
2015 Citizen Khan Richard 'Scab' Series 4, episode 6
2015 24 Hours in the Past Himself Participant
2016 BBC Click Himself Special presenter, 1 episode
2016 The Chase Celebrity Special (TV programme) Himself Contestant 1 episode, SE12E13

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
2010 All the Blood in My Veins Paolo[9] BBC Radio 4
2012 Mr. Blue Sky Robbie Easter[10] BBC Radio 4

References

  1. "BBC - Tyger Drew-Honey plays Jake Brockman - Media centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  2. 1 2 "Tyger, tyger burnin bright in new sitcom". Surrey Comet. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. "Porn to be a star". Wimbledon Guardian. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 Nathanson, Hannah (26 August 2011). "Tyger Drew-Honey's My London". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  5. Wightman, Catriona (15 May 2014). "Outnumbered star Tyger Drew-Honey: 12 things I know about porn - TV Feature - Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. "Outnumbered characters". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  7. "BBC Three - BBC Three Trails, Trail: Tyger Takes On Porn, The Pefect Body & Love". bbc.co.uk.
  8. "About Tyger". tygerdrew-honey.com.
  9. "Radio 4 Programmes - Afternoon Play, Children in Need: All the Blood in My Veins". BBC. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  10. "BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Mr Blue Sky, Series 2, Good Luck!". BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

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