Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey (born 26 January 1996) is an English actor and television presenter. He is best known for his role as Jake Brockman in the British sitcom ''
Outnumbered'', Citizen Khan as Richard Scab before later appearing in ''
Horrid Henry: The Movie'' and the television series ''
Cuckoo
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separ ...
''.
Early life
Tyger Drew-Honey is the son of pornographic film stars
Ben Dover
Simon James Honey (born 23 May 1956), better known as Ben Dover, is an English pornographic actor, director and producer. He has also worked under several other pseudonyms including Steve Perry as producer and Lindsay Honey as an actor and mus ...
and
Linzi Drew
Lindsey Jane Drew (born 11 May 1958), known professionally as Linzi Drew, is an English former glamour model, producer, adult model and pornographic actress.
Career
Linzi Drew was born on 11 May 1958 in Bristol, England. During a varied career ...
. He was educated at
Danes Hill School
Oxshott is a suburban village in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England. Oxshott includes hilly acidic heath which is partly wooded (see Esher Commons and Prince's Coverts) and occupies the land between the large towns of Esher and Leatherh ...
,
in
Oxshott
Oxshott is a suburban village in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England. Oxshott includes hilly acidic heath which is partly wooded (see Esher Commons and Prince's Coverts) and occupies the land between the large towns of Esher and Leatherhead ...
, followed by
Epsom College
Epsom College is a co-educational independent school on Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was founded in 1853 as a boys' school to provide support for poor members of the medical profession such as pensioners and orpha ...
.
Career
Acting and presenting
Between 2007 and 2016, Drew-Honey played Jake Brockman in the British sitcom ''
Outnumbered''. Other appearances have included ''
The Armstrong & Miller Show
''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' is a British sketch comedy television show produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One. It features the double act Armstrong and Miller and a number of notable scriptwriters including Andy Hamilton, co-creator ...
'' and ''
Doctors
Doctor or The Doctor may refer to:
Personal titles
* Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree
* A medical practitioner, including:
** Physician
** Surgeon
** Dentist
** Veterinary physician
** Optometrist
*Other roles
** ...
''. He co-presented the
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
series ''
Friday Download
''Friday Download'' was a British children's entertainment television programme, produced by Saltbeef Productions on CBBC. It premiered on 6 May 2011. The final presenting team consisted of Molly Rainford, Anaïs Gallagher, Harvey Cantwell, Ak ...
'' from 2011 until 2012. He played Mr. Lovett in ''The Ministry of Curious Stuff'' for CBBC and the role of Dylan in the
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...
sitcom ''
Cuckoo
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separ ...
'' (2012–2019).
He has done more than 200 voiceovers for television and radio, including for
Red Bull
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and
Dell
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Dell sells personal computers (PCs), servers, data ...
, and was the voice of Lester Large in the children's animated series ''
The Large Family
''The Large Family'' ( French: ''La Famille Trompette'') is a British-French animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name written by Jill Murphy and published by Walker Books in the United Kingdom. The series ...
''. He was a presenter on the CBBC show ''
Friday Download
''Friday Download'' was a British children's entertainment television programme, produced by Saltbeef Productions on CBBC. It premiered on 6 May 2011. The final presenting team consisted of Molly Rainford, Anaïs Gallagher, Harvey Cantwell, Ak ...
''.
In 2014, Drew-Honey started presenting his own documentary series on BBC Three called ''
Tyger Takes On...'', presenting on pornography, the "perfect body", love, sexuality, and
sexism
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls.There is a clear and broad consensus among academic scholars in multiple fields that sexism refers primari ...
. In this series he stated that he might be bisexual, clarifying his belief in a sexuality spectrum where he is not entirely straight.
In 2015, Drew-Honey appeared in the four-part series ''
24 Hours in the Past'', along with five other celebrities, to experience what life was like in
Victorian Britain
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. He also had guest roles in ''
Citizen Khan
''Citizen Khan'' is a British sitcom produced by the BBC and created by Adil Ray. Five series have been shown so far. It is set in Sparkhill, South Birmingham, described by its lead character, a British Pakistani man Mr Khan (Ray), as "the capita ...
'', ''
Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...
'', and ''
Death in Paradise''. In 2016, he took part in the
E4 dating series ''
Celebs Go Dating
''Celebs Go Dating'' is a British dating reality series. It began broadcasting on 29 August 2016 on E4, with the first series having 15 episodes. Paul Carrick Brunson and Anna Williamson currently appear as the dating agents, with Tom Read Wi ...
''. In 2018, he co-presented Episode 33 of ''The
Calum McSwiggan
Calum McSwiggan (born 21 May 1990) is a British YouTuber, blogger, and online radio presenter. McSwiggan creates video content on LGBT+ issues, mental health, and sex and relationships. He began creating YouTube videos in 2013 and began hosting ' ...
Show'' on
FUBAR Radio
FUBAR Radio is an internet radio station based in the United Kingdom.
History
FUBAR received £125,000 from the Early Advantage Fund, managed by Midven on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the European Regio ...
.
Drew-Honey has also appeared in a number of driving and car maintenance videos.
Film
He starred as Stuck-Up Steve in the 2011 film ''
Horrid Henry: The Movie'' and had a role in the 2015 film ''
Up All Night''.
Music
In October 2011, Drew-Honey and his co-stars from ''
Outnumbered'',
Daniel Roche
Daniel Peter Roche ( ; born 14 October 1999) is an English actor, known for playing Ben Brockman in the BBC One sitcom '' Outnumbered''.
Life
Roche was born on 14 October 1999 to an English mother and an Irish father. He grew up in north London ...
and
Ramona Marquez, covered "
(Theme From) The Monkees
"(Theme from) ''The Monkees''" is a 1966 pop rock song, written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart as the signature tune for the TV series ''The Monkees''. Two versions were recorded – one for their first album ''The Monkees'' and a second shorter r ...
" to raise funds for the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board ex ...
charity campaign
Children in Need. A music video featuring them performing the song on the set of ''Outnumbered'' appeared on the ''Children in Need'' programme and was released on
YouTube
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in November 2011.
Filmography
Film
Television
Radio
Awards
Drew-Honey was nominated for Best Male Newcomer at the 2009
British Comedy Awards
The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year.
The British Comedy Awards (1 ...
for his role in ''Outnumbered'', but lost to
Charlie Brooker
Charlton Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English television presenter, writer, producer and satirist. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the sci-fi drama anthology series ''Black Mirror'', and has written for comedy series such as ''Bras ...
.
References
External links
Official website*
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1996 births
Living people
21st-century English male actors
English male child actors
English male film actors
English male radio actors
English male television actors
English television presenters
People educated at Epsom College
People from Epsom
People from Walton-on-Thames