Toby Williams (comedian)

Toby Williams is a British actor, writer and award-winning[1] stand-up comedian[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] (performing both as himself and as Dr George Ryegold). He appears in the movies High-Rise,[13] Paddington[14] and The Drowning of Arthur Braxton.[15] He has appeared in Holby City[16] (BBC 1), Morgana Robinson's The Agency[17] (BBC 2) and in the sitcoms Bull[18] (UKTV GOLD), Raised By Wolves[19] (Channel 4) and Trying Again[20] (Sky Living) and is soon to appear in Carters Get Rich[21] (Sky 1) and Benidorm (ITV). He appears in Island Queen[22] – nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film[23] – and is known as the voice of Rumple the Rhino in Iconicles[24] (CBeebies). He also appears in the popular Specsavers TV commercial as the short-sighted vet.[25]

His stand-up accolades include Dave's 'Top 10 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe' 2012,[26] winner of 'Best Show' at The Leicester Comedy Festival 2011,[1] winner of a Three Weeks Editors' Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011[27] (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'.

References

  1. 1 2 "Leicester Comedy Festival". comedy-festival.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "George Ryegold: Iron Face in a Velvet Beard". WOW247. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Comedy review: George Ryegold: Adulterated". WOW247. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "George Ryegold – Adulterated (Toby Williams) | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh". www.threeweeksedinburgh.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "George Ryegold's God-in-a-Bag". Edinburgh Festival. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Fudge Shop | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh". www.threeweeksedinburgh.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Kettle, James (20 August 2010). "This week's new comedy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "George Ryegold's News : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  9. ↑ carpoolUK (20 July 2011), Toby Williams | Carpool, retrieved 10 October 2016
  10. ↑ "Toby Williams brings Dr George Ryegold back to Fringe". Edinburgh Festival. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "London's new comedy talent – Time Out Comedy". Time Out London. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  12. ↑ COMCOMEDY (31 July 2014), Toby Williams – AKA Dr George Rygold – Edinburgh 2014 | ComComedy, retrieved 10 October 2016
  13. ↑ "Toby Williams in High Rise | Ebdon Management". ebdonmgt.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Paddington". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Cutforth, Luke (6 August 2016), The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, retrieved 10 October 2016
  16. ↑ "It Tolls For Thee, Series 18, Holby City – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Episode 2, Morgana Robinson's The Agency – BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  18. ↑ Earnshaw, Jessica (23 July 2015). "Robert Lindsay and Maureen Lipman to star in new antiques shop sitcom Bull". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  19. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Raised By Wolves Series 2, Episode 3 – The Old School – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  20. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Trying Again Series 1, Episode 5 – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  21. ↑ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Sky orders dotcom millionaire comedy : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  22. ↑ Watch Island Queen () online – Amazon Video, retrieved 10 October 2016
  23. ↑ "Film in 2014 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  24. ↑ "Actor Biographies | Iconicles". www.iconicles.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  25. ↑ "Shortsighted vet the star of new Specsavers ad". The Drum. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  26. ↑ "Beckhams the butt of Fringe's 'funniest joke'". ITV News. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  27. ↑ "ED2011 | Editors' Awards | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh". www.threeweeksedinburgh.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

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