Tony Maudsley

Tony Maudsley
Born	(1968-01-30) 30 January 1968 Kirkby, Liverpool, England
Education	Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Ruffwood Comprehensive
Years active	1991–present
Known for	Coronation Street (1991–1992, 1995, 2020–) Eyes Down (2003–2004) Benidorm (2011–2018) The Job Lot (2013–2014)

Tony Maudsley (born 30 January 1968) is an English actor, best known for playing Kenneth DuBeke in the ITV comedy series Benidorm. He also played Graham in The Job Lot and Martin in Eyes Down.

Maudsley made his panto debut in 2016 as Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. He returned to pantomime the year after, playing a completely different part - the Genie of the Lamp, in Aladdin, at the Swansea Grand Theatre. In 2020 he made another panto appearance as Kenneth the Cabin Boy in Peter Pan at the Liverpool Empire.

Career

His career started when he landed a role in the film, A Life for a Life, in 1998 where he played the part of Stefan Kiszko. He also played many small parts on television in between acting in films.

He played the character of Joshua in the BBC Radio 4 situation comedy Revolting People and also appeared in series 3, episode 6 of the popular ITV series Doc Martin as a postman. From 2011 until 2018, when the series was cancelled, Maudsley appeared in the ITV award-winning comedy Benidorm, playing hairdresser Kenneth Du Beke. He was also in Heartbeat.

Tony Maudsley appeared in two episodes of Sky Living's series The Spa as Stephanie. He also appeared in ITV's Northern Lights as the character "Doddy", in 2006.

In 2016 he performed the role of Edna Turnblad in the touring season of Hairspray. In late 2017 he featured as "Kenneth the Hairdresser/Part-time slave" in Swansea Grand Theatre's production of Aladdin.

Filmography

Year	Movie/TV Series	Role	Other notes
2020–present	Coronation Street	TBA	Series regular
2015	Ordinary Lies	Ralf Kavanagh	TV Series
2013–2014	The Job Lot	Graham	TV Series
2013	Blandings	Cyril Wellbeloved	TV Series
2011	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Chief Inspector	TV Series
2011–2018	Benidorm	Kenneth Du Beke	Series regular, 52 episodes
2011	Being Human	Graham (Obsidian)	TV Series
2009	Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas	Postman	BBC Christmas Special
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Grawp	voice
2007	The Royal	Jimmy Beattie	TV Series
2007	Doc Martin	Dave (postman)	TV Series
2004	Vanity Fair	Joseph Sedley
2003–2004	Eyes Down	Martin	Series regular, 15 episodes
2003	Bright Young Things	Race Steward
2002	The Intended	William Jones
2002	Foyle's War	Bill Ferris	TV Series
2002	Revengers Trajedy	Executioner
2002	Club Le Monde	Mosh
2001	Doc Martin	Billy May	TV Movie
2001	Redemption Road	Disco Doorman
2000	Born Romantic	Turnkey
2000	Honest	Chopper
2000	The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz	Taxi driver
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Van Ripper
1999	Plunkett & Macleane	Older Clergyman
1998	A Life for a Life	Stefan Kiszko	First film
1995	Coronation Street	Bailey	TV Series, 1 episode
1991, 1992	Coronation Street	Rovers Drinker	First TV Programme

Theatre credits

Pantomime Roles

Year	Title	Role	Location
2016/2017	Jack and the Beanstalk	Dame Trott	Theatre Royal, Nottingham
2017/2018	Aladdin	Genie	Swansea Grand Theatre, Swansea
2019/2020	Peter Pan	Kenneth	Liverpool Empire, Liverpool

Other Theatre Roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018-2019	Benidorm Live	Kenneth Du Beke	235 shows
2016	Hairspray UK Tour	Edna Turnblad	UK Tour

External links

• Tony Maudsley at IMDb