Toby Williams (comedian)
Toby Williams is a British actor, writer and stand-up comedian[1][2] performing both as himself and Dr George Ryegold.[3] He is known for a number of appearances on television including regular or recurring roles on Vanity Fair, Porters and Sex Education.
Career
Toby Williams and directing duo Big Red Button were named winners in the Best Video & Film: Weird category at the 29th Annual Webby Awards in New York City on 12th May 2025[4][5] for their short film Wet Fish, which Williams co-wrote and performed in. In 2023 he was part of the team that won the BBC Audio Award for Best Scripted Comedy (Sketch Show) as a co-writer and performer on BBC Radio 4's Please Use Other Door.[6]
His stand-up accolades include Dave's 'Top 10 Funniest Jokes of the Fringe' 2012,[7] winner of 'Best Show' at The Leicester Comedy Festival 2011,[8] winner of a Three Weeks Editors' Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011[9] (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,[10]Paddington[11] and The Drowning of Arthur Braxton.[12] He has appeared in Holby City[13] (BBC 1), Morgana Robinson's The Agency[14] (BBC 2) and in the sitcoms Bull[15] (UKTV GOLD), Raised By Wolves[16] (Channel 4), Trying Again[17] (Sky Living), Carters Get Rich[18] (Sky 1) and Benidorm (ITV). He appears in Island Queen[19] – nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film[20] – and is known as the voice of Rumple the Rhino in Iconicles[21] (CBeebies). He also appears in the popular Specsavers TV commercial as the short-sighted vet.[22]
In 2019 he appeared as Tim in the second episode of Sex Education (Netflix),[23] 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.[24]
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.[25]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Martian Gothic: Unification | Additional Voices | Video game, voice |
| 2006 | The Ship | Video game, voice | |
| 2007 | Rocket Science! | Jack Hersey | Short film |
| 2009 | IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey | English Voice, American Voices, Russian Voices | Video game, voice |
| 2010 | Grime City P.D. | Jack Hersey | Short film |
| 2011 | Iconicles | Rumple the Rhino | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Celebrity Bedlam | Fame Simulator Roadie | Episode: "Fame" |
| Step Right Up | Alex the Clown | Short film | |
| Island Queen | Fisherman | Short film | |
| 2013 | The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains! | Snake Charmer / Assorted Characters | Web series, 3 episodes |
| Battlecock! | Timothy Dukinson | Short film | |
| Saving Santa | Nutcracker | Voice | |
| 2014 | Trying Again | Shopkeeper | 1 episode |
| Paddington | Geographer (Present Day) | ||
| Agatha Raisin | Postman | Episode: "The Quiche of Death" | |
| Games Night | Steve | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Moody Good: Musicbx (Feat. Eryn Allen Kane) | The Addict | Music video |
| Milk! | Timothy Dukinson | Short film | |
| High-Rise | Bobby | ||
| Bull | Desmond | Episode: "A Faberge Egg (1905)" | |
| S-Band | Mr. Barrett | TV Short | |
| Guy and Doll | Short film | ||
| 2016-2020 | Sorry, I Didn't Know | Panellist | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Raised by Wolves | Headmaster | Episode: "The Old School" |
| Holby City | Richard 'Dickie' Bliss | Episode: "It Tolls for Thee" | |
| Jack and Dean of All Trades | Bank Manager | Episode: "Baking Bad" | |
| Morgana Robinson's the Agency | Planning Officer | 1 episode | |
| The Baby's Crying | Father | Short film | |
| Elderflower | Patrick | Short film | |
| 2017-2019 | Porters | Terry Grimm | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Benidorm | Wolfgang | 1 episode |
| Carters Get Rich | Mr. Summers | Episode: "The Launch" | |
| The Current War | Fort Worth Investment Banker | ||
| ManDate | Matt | Short film | |
| 2018 | Unspun with Matt Forde | Jonny - Department for Brexit | Episode: "Lord Andrew Adonis" |
| Damned | Dentist | 1 episode | |
| There Are No Dividends | Darren Hobbs | Short film | |
| In the Long Run | Coach | 1 episode | |
| Urban Myths | Mike | Episode: "Johnny Cash and the Ostrich" | |
| Vanity Fair | Hicks | 5 episodes | |
| 2019-2020 | Sex Education | Tim | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Total War: Warhammer II | Ikit Claw | Video game - The Prophet & The Warlock DLC |
| Doctors | 'Doctor' Davey Scholes | Episode: "Magic Bus" | |
| EastEnders | Colin | 1 episode | |
| Britannia | The Innkeeper | 1 episode | |
| The Mallorca Files | Mike Fowler | Episode: "Mallorca's Most Wanted" | |
| 2020 | Don't Walk | John | Short film |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Eadred / The Ash-Spear (Gifle) / Reeve Derby | Video game, voice | |
| 2021 | Dreaming Whilst Black | Tom | Television pilot |
| Please Help | Eddie | Television pilot | |
| The Drowning of Arthur Braxton | Mr. Worrell | [26] | |
| The Emily Atack Show | Various | 2 episodes | |
| 2022 | Babylon's Fall | Galenos / Background Voices | Video game, voice |
| Breeders | Pharmacist 1 | 1 episode | |
| 2023 | Django | Walter Breaver | 1 episode |
| Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria | Bolgagk / Troll King / Gundabad Orc / Red Eye Uruk / Goblin / Red Eye Orc / Deep Orc | Video Game | |
| Borrowed Time | Shane Woodley | Short film | |
| Andy and the Band | Farmer McFellows | Episode: "Ninja Pig"[27] | |
| Immune | Philip | Short film | |
| 2024 | Father Brown | Dr. Geoffrey Fleming | Episode: "The Kembleston Olimpicks"[28] |
| We Are Lady Parts | Dr. Saunders | Episode: "Villain Era"[29] | |
| 2026 | Pressure | Bryant |
References
- ^Kettle, James (20 August 2010). "This week's new comedy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"London's new comedy talent – Time Out Comedy". Time Out London. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"George Ryegold – Adulterated (Toby Williams) | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh". www.threeweeksedinburgh.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Officially the weirdest thing on the internet". Chortle. 23 April 2025.
- ^Si, Hawkins (25 April 2025). "Slap Shot: Toby Williams gets a big weird award for Wet Fish, and voices fantasy heavy-hitters". British Comedy Guide.
- ^"Ken Cheng and Please Use Other Door win BBC Audio Awards". British Comedy Guide. 20 March 2023.
- ^"Beckhams the butt of Fringe's 'funniest joke'". ITV News. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Leicester Comedy Festival". comedy-festival.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"ED2011 | Editors' Awards | ThreeWeeks Edinburgh". www.threeweeksedinburgh.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Toby Williams in High Rise | Ebdon Management". ebdonmgt.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Paddington". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^Cutforth, Luke (6 August 2016), The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, retrieved 10 October 2016
- ^"It Tolls For Thee, Series 18, Holby City – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Episode 2, Morgana Robinson's The Agency – BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^Earnshaw, Jessica (23 July 2015). "Robert Lindsay and Maureen Lipman to star in new antiques shop sitcom Bull". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Raised By Wolves Series 2, episode 3 – The Old School". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Trying Again Series 1, episode 5". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Sky orders dotcom millionaire comedy : News 2016". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^Watch Island Queen online – Amazon Video, retrieved 10 October 2016
- ^"Film in 2014 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Actor Biographies | Iconicles". www.iconicles.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Shortsighted vet the star of new Specsavers ad". The Drum. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^"Sex Education Series 1, episode 2". Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^"Porters Series 2, episode 3". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^"Sorry, I Didn't Know Pilot - I'm Sorry, I Didn't Know". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^Cutforth, Luke, The Drowning of Arthur Braxton, retrieved 7 November 2021
- ^Andy and the Band - Series 3: 9. Ninja Pig. Retrieved 22 October 2024 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^Father Brown - Series 11: 1. The Kembleston Olimpicks. Retrieved 22 October 2024 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^Guide, British Comedy. "Toby Williams". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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