Tony McHale (born Antony Wright in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British actor, writer and director who is best known as a "stooge" to Jeremy Beadle on Game For A Laugh and later, Beadle's About. He trained at Rose Bruford College. He also enjoyed a long stint as a writer/director on the top rated BBC1 soap opera EastEnders during the 1990s. He co-created BBC medical drama Holby City, and served as its executive producer and showrunner from 2007 to 2010.
Tony also served as a core writer on Silent Witness and Holby City. He currently works as a Core Writer on Casualty