Tony Kearney

Tony Kearney is a Scottish actor and TV presenter. He is best known for playing Scott Wallace in the BBC Scotland soap opera, River City. He previously appeared for six years in Machair, a Scottish Gaelic soap. He narrated the Gaelic version of Meeow!.

Early life

Kearney was born in Stirling and studied an arts degree at the University of Glasgow.^[1]

Career

Kearney presented Blasad, a 2010 series on BBC Alba where he speaks with guests about food.^[2] Kearney stars in Turas Tony, a 2011 BBC Alba series on where he takes on a number of challenges. These include running a hotel, joining a mountain rescue team, and working as a chef in a restaurant.^[3] He has also appeared on Taggart and Wheel of Fortune.^[4]

In 2011, Kearney acted in Somersaults, a play written by Iain Finlay Macleod for the National Theatre of Scotland.^[5]

In August 2019 he provided commentary for the Scottish broadcast of the Eurovision Choir 2019 contest.^[6]

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station series
28 October 2003	The Time Between Two Tides	Cass	Gaynor Macfarlane	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
8 January 2004	Bampot Central^[7]	Jyzer	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 3 The Wire
29 March 2004	Nude, Untitled	Davey	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
8 December 2005	Iona^[8]	Andrew	?	BBC Radio 3 The Wire

References

^ English, Paul (2006). "Scott's suicidal but I couldn't be happier". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ "Food For Thought With Tony Kearney on BBC Alba". MG Alba. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ English, Paul (8 July 2011). "In at the deep end: River City actor Tony Kearney goes to extremes for new role". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ "Most eligible men 2003 – Tony Kearney". Scotland on Sunday. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ Fisher, Mark (22 March 2011). "Somersaults – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ Granger, Anthony (7 July 2019). "Scotland: Tony Kearney to Commentate at Eurovision Choir". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ BBC – The Wire – Bampot Central
^ BBC – The Wire – Iona

External links

Tony Kearney at IMDb

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[1] English, Paul (2006). "Scott's suicidal but I couldn't be happier". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[2] "Food For Thought With Tony Kearney on BBC Alba". MG Alba. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[3] English, Paul (8 July 2011). "In at the deep end: River City actor Tony Kearney goes to extremes for new role". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[most2003-4] "Most eligible men 2003 – Tony Kearney". Scotland on Sunday. 7 November 2003. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[5] Fisher, Mark (22 March 2011). "Somersaults – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[6] Granger, Anthony (7 July 2019). "Scotland: Tony Kearney to Commentate at Eurovision Choir". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[7] BBC – The Wire – Bampot Central

[8] BBC – The Wire – Iona

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