Tony Forsyth


Tony Forsyth is a former English theatre and film actor of the 1980s-90s, noted for his troubled teen portrayals and scouse accent.
Forsyth is best known for his role playing rent-boy "Michael" in the 1988 British film The Fruit Machine, a/k/a Wonderland. He first appeared on television in the BBC's John Lennon: A Journey in the Life and Channel 4's Brookside before being cast in The Fruit Machine, writer Frank Clarke's follow-up to Letter to Brezhnev.
Other film roles include Hard Days Hard Nights as Alan in a story loosely based on the Beatles trip to Hamburg before they hit the big time, The Tall Guy as Berkoff Actor and Derek Jarman's Edward II in which he played Captive Policeman. Other TV appearances include a guest spot in ITV's drama series Heartbeat as Ian Clayton and playing opposite Selina Cadell in Screenplay broadcast on BBC 2 in 1992.
Several other film roles were completed, along with a stage career.

Career

Theatre:
Billy Casper in Kes, Chiron in Titus Andronicus, Dave in Pocket Dream, The Moon in Blood Wedding, Malcolm in Macbeth, Young Scrooge/Ghost of Christmas Future in A Christmas Carol.
John in Shelter, Neil in Boystalk.
Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing.
Tsarina in A Patriot For Me.
In 1998,played Red Rutter, "the Dribbler", of Todchester Rovers in "Shooting Stars" written by Basil Thomas at the Chester Gateway.
In 2000, national tour of "Naked Flame".
In 2002, played Jambo in "Naked Flame 2 - Fire Down Under!" in national tour.
Television:
In recent years, TV appearances have been added to Forsyth's accomplishments and in 1999 spent time directing at the Greenwich Theatre in London. More recently, Forsyth has been working as a casting director.

Select filmography

YearTitleRole
1988The Fruit MachineMichael
1989Hard Days, Hard NightsAlan
1989The Tall GuyBerkoff Actor
1991Edward IICaptive Policeman