1. Tony Hale is most known for his comedic leading roles in the Fox series Arrested Development as Buster Bluth, and as Gary Walsh on the HBO series Veep.
29 Facts About Tony Hale
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Tony Hale has provided voice-work for The Tale of Despereaux, The Angry Birds Movie, The Angry Birds Movie 2, Toy Story 4 as Forky, a role he reprised in Forky Asks a Question, and Inside Out 2 as Fear, replacing Bill Hader from the first film.
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Tony Hale created the Netflix and Peacock original series Archibald's Next Big Thing, and voiced the titular character.
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Tony Hale voiced Vanee from Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales.
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Tony Hale was born on September 30,1970, in West Point, New York.
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Tony Hale grew up in Tallahassee, Florida where he attended the Young Actors Theatre and participated in numerous theatrical and musical productions.
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Tony Hale graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama with a journalism degree in 1992.
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Tony Hale became a member of Sigma Chi while at the university.
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Tony Hale completed graduate studies in 1995 from the School of Communication and the Arts of Regent University in Virginia.
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Tony Hale studied acting at The Barrow Group, as well as at the William Esper Studio in the Professional Actor Training Program.
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Tony Hale obtained his Screen Actors Guild card when he appeared in a commercial for MCI Inc.
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From 2003 to 2006, and in 2013,2018, and 2019, Tony Hale found success in television cast as Buster Bluth, the hapless, neurotic son on Arrested Development.
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Tony Hale appeared in a season ten episode of MADtv in a parody of Cops, where two British robbers try to stop a domestic dispute among the royal family.
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Tony Hale appeared in minor roles in Stranger Than Fiction and Because I Said So.
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Tony Hale was the voice of Furlough in The Tale of Despereaux, an animated children's film released in 2008.
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Tony Hale had a recurring role as Emmett on Chuck, beginning in October 2008 and ending in January 2010.
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Tony Hale's departure made room for his starring role on the NBC web series Ctrl, which premiered on July 13,2009.
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Tony Hale appeared in a cameo in the second episode of the first season of Showtime's dramedy United States of Tara, as English teacher Oral Gershenoff.
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Tony Hale joined the cast of Numbers in 2009, in the recurring role of Professor Russell Lazlo.
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In 2012, Tony Hale starred in the drama comedy Not That Funny.
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In 2012, Tony Hale was cast in the HBO comedy Veep as Gary Walsh, the personal assistant to Vice President-turned-President Selina Meyer.
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On September 22,2013, Tony Hale won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work in the show's second season.
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Tony Hale earned his second nomination in 2014, but lost the award to Ty Burrell.
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Tony Hale won his second Primetime Emmy Award with his third nomination in 2015, in the same ceremony where Veep won its first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
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In 2017, Tony Hale hosted the 9th Annual Shorty Awards at the PlayStation Theater in New York City.
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In 2018, Tony Hale played the role of Jerome Squalor on the second season of the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events, appearing in episodes adapting The Ersatz Elevator and The Penultimate Peril.
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Tony Hale appeared in two more episodes of the series.
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In 2024, Tony Hale voiced Fear in Pixar's Inside Out 2, replacing Bill Hader who voiced the character in the first film.
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Tony Hale married Emmy Award-winning makeup artist Martel Thompson on May 24,2003.