Tyger Drew-Honey


Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey, known professionally as Tyger Drew-Honey, is an English actor, musician, and television presenter. He is best known for his role as Jake Brockman in the British sitcom Outnumbered, and also appeared in .

Early life

Drew-Honey was born in Epsom, Surrey, the son of pornographic actors Ben Dover and Linzi Drew. Drew-Honey was educated at Danes Hill School, in Oxshott, followed by Epsom College.

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 and Doctors. He co-presented the CBBC series Friday Download 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 sitcom Cuckoo
He has done more than 200 voiceovers for television and radio, including for Red Bull and Dell, and was the voice of Lester Large in the children's animated series The Large Family. He was a presenter on the CBBC show Friday Download.
In 2014, he started presenting his own documentary series on BBC Three, entitled Tyger Takes On..., presenting on pornography, the "perfect body", love, sexuality and sexism. 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, he 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. He also had guest roles in Citizen Khan, Midsomer Murders and Death in Paradise. In 2016, he took part in the E4 dating series Celebs Go Dating. In 2018, he co-presented Episode 33 of The Calum McSwiggan Show on Fubar Radio.
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 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 and Ramona Marquez, covered " The Monkees" to raise funds for the BBC 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 in November 2011.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

Awards

He was nominated for Best Male Newcomer at the 2009 British Comedy Awards for his role in Outnumbered but lost to Charlie Brooker.
Outnumbered was nominated, without success, for a number of awards including a National Television Award and a Royal Television Society Award.