Tony David Clay (born 8 August 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying the role of

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'' since 2018.

Early and personal life

Clay was born in

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on 8 August 1991 to Christopher and Suzanne Clay. He attended the

Arts Educational Schools, London Arts Educational Schools, or ArtsEd, is an independent performing arts school based in Chiswick in the London Borough of Hounslow. Overview ArtsEd provides specialist vocational training at secondary, further and higher education level in musi ...

and graduated with a BA in acting in 2013. Clay has been in a relationship with Olivia Griffin since August 2016.

Career

Clay's first role was in a short film called ''An Ordinary Life'' in 2012. In 2017, he played the role of Woody Gilbert in the show ''

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''. He has also appeared in ''

Foyle's War ''Foyle's War'' is a British detective fiction, detective drama television series set during and shortly after the Second World War, created by ''Midsomer Murders'' screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV (TV network), ...

'' and several theatre productions. In January 2018, Clay joined the cast of ''

'' as

and is introduced as a friend of the

Carter family Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. ...

. During his initial stint on the show, the character is decipted as a "happy-go-lucky" character who wears shabby clothing and beanie hats. Originally contracted for two months, Clay reprised the role in April 2018 and since then the character's storylines have included a relationship with

Whitney Dean Whitney Dean (also Carter) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shona McGarty. The character is the ward of long-running character Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) and was introduced on 1 April 2008 when Pal ...

(

Shona McGarty Shona McGarty (born 14 October 1991) is an English actress and singer who portrays Whitney Dean in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Career Before joining ''EastEnders'', McGarty had been involved in amateur musical theatre for six years, in ...

), the introduction of the Halfway's brother

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(

Ricky Champ Ricky Champ (born 1 July 1980) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Paul Parker in the BBC Three sitcom ''Him & Her'', and Stuart Highway in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Champ has also appeared in ''Crims'', ''Plebs'', and th ...

) and the character coming out as gay and beginning a relationship with Ben Mitchell (

Max Bowden Max Bowden (born 31 December 1994) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Justin Fitzgerald in the BBC One school-based drama series ''Waterloo Road (TV series), Waterloo Road'', and his portrayal of Ben Mitchell (EastEnders), Be ...

). Ben and Callum were married in May 2021.

Filmography

Television and film

Stage

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* 1991 births 21st-century English male actors Living people English male soap opera actors {{DEFAULTSORT:Clay, Tony