Toby Williams is a British actor, writer and award-winning stand-up comedian performing both as himself and Dr George Ryegold. He is known for a number of appearances on television including regular or recurring roles on '' Vanity Fair'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

His stand-up accolades include

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's 'Top 10 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe' 2012, winner of 'Best Show' at The

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2011, winner of a Three Weeks Editors' Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 (for 'The Fudge Shop') and a nomination for 'The

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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'', ''Paddington'' and ''The Drowning of Arthur Braxton''. He has appeared in ''

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'' (BBC 1), ''

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'' (BBC 2) and in the sitcoms ''Bull'' (UKTV GOLD), ''Raised By Wolves'' (Channel 4), ''Trying Again'' (Sky Living), ''

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'' (Sky 1) and ''Benidorm'' (ITV). He appears in ''Island Queen'' – nominated for the

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– and is known as the voice of Rumple the Rhino in

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(CBeebies). He also appears in the popular

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TV commercial as the short-sighted vet. In 2019 he appeared as Tim in the second episode of ''

'' (Netflix), reprising the role in the second series in 2020. Also in 2019 he appeared as 'Doctor' Davey Scholes in an episode of ''

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'' (BBC1), and Colin in ''

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'' (BBC1), a man delivering a gazebo to

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(

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) at the caravan park where she is staying, who is convinced by

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(

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) and Martin Fowler ( James Bye) to let their daughter

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(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 ''

'' (Dave) whom he originally portrayed in Series 1. Williams appeared as a panellist on the 2016 pilot episode of ITV show ''

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,'' presented by

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, returning for the series in October 2020.

Filmography

References

External links

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Toby Williams at Yakety Yak
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Toby Living people British stand-up comedians British male film actors British male television actors British male stage actors 21st-century British male actors Comedians from Hampshire Year of birth missing (living people)