Toby_Williams_(comedian)

Toby Williams (comedian)

Toby Williams (comedian)

British actor, writer and comedian

Toby Williams is a British actor, writer and award-winning[1] stand-up comedian[2][3] performing both as himself and Dr George Ryegold.[4] He is known for a number of appearances on television including regular or recurring roles on Vanity Fair, Porters and Sex Education.

Career

His stand-up accolades include Dave's 'Top 10 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe' 2012,[5] winner of 'Best Show' at The Leicester Comedy Festival 2011,[1] winner of a Three Weeks Editors' Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011[6] (for 'The Fudge Shop') and a nomination for 'The Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality' for his debut Edinburgh 2009 show as George Ryegold, 'Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead'.

He appears in the movies High-Rise,[7] Paddington[8] and The Drowning of Arthur Braxton.[9] He has appeared in Holby City[10] (BBC 1), Morgana Robinson's The Agency[11] (BBC 2) and in the sitcoms Bull[12] (UKTV GOLD), Raised By Wolves[13] (Channel 4), Trying Again[14] (Sky Living), Carters Get Rich[15] (Sky 1) and Benidorm (ITV). He appears in Island Queen[16] – nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film[17] – and is known as the voice of Rumple the Rhino in Iconicles[18] (CBeebies). He also appears in the popular Specsavers TV commercial as the short-sighted vet.[19]

In 2019 he appeared as Tim in the second episode of Sex Education (Netflix),[20] reprising the role in the second series in 2020.

Also in 2019 he appeared as 'Doctor' Davey Scholes in an episode of Doctors (BBC1), and Colin in Eastenders (BBC1), a man delivering a gazebo to Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) at the caravan park where she is staying, who is convinced by Stacey Fowler (Lacey Turner) and Martin Fowler (James Bye) to let their daughter Lily Fowler (Aine Garvey) hide in the gazebo box to gain entry to Jean's caravan. He also reprised the role of Terry Grimm in Series 2 of Porters (Dave) whom he originally portrayed in Series 1.[21]

Williams appeared as a panellist on the 2016 pilot episode of ITV show Sorry, I Didn't Know, presented by Jimmy Akingbola, returning for the series in October 2020.[22]

Filmography

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References

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    "Leicester Comedy Festival". comedy-festival.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    Kettle, James (20 August 2010). "This week's new comedy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "London's new comedy talent – Time Out Comedy". Time Out London. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Paddington". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    Cutforth, Luke (6 August 2016), The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, retrieved 10 October 2016
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    "It Tolls For Thee, Series 18, Holby City – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Episode 2, Morgana Robinson's The Agency – BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    Earnshaw, Jessica (23 July 2015). "Robert Lindsay and Maureen Lipman to star in new antiques shop sitcom Bull". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Raised By Wolves Series 2, episode 3 – The Old School". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Trying Again Series 1, episode 5". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Sky orders dotcom millionaire comedy : News 2016". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    Watch Island Queen online – Amazon Video, retrieved 10 October 2016
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    "Film in 2014 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Actor Biographies | Iconicles". www.iconicles.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Shortsighted vet the star of new Specsavers ad". The Drum. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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    "Sex Education Series 1, episode 2". Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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    "Porters Series 2, episode 3". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  22. [22]
    "Sorry, I Didn't Know Pilot - I'm Sorry, I Didn't Know". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  23. [23]
    Cutforth, Luke, The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, retrieved 7 November 2021
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