About
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...
Known for
Death in ParadiseSeries • 2011
Doctor WhoSeries • 2005
Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997
Father BrownSeries • 2013
Not Going OutSeries • 2006
Sister Boniface MysteriesSeries • 2022
LovejoySeries • 1986
M.I. HighSeries • 2007
Drop the Dead DonkeySeries • 1990
The Thick of ItSeries • 2005
LovesickSeries • 2014
Cold FeetSeries • 1998
Fresh MeatSeries • 2011
PlebsSeries • 2013
My Parents Are AliensSeries • 1999
StellaSeries • 2012
InnocentSeries • 2018
The LarkinsSeries • 2021
Lead BalloonSeries • 2006
Last Tango in HalifaxSeries • 2012
VexedSeries • 2010
Bluestone 42Series • 2013
The Escape ArtistSeries • 2013
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansMovie • 2019