TONY CARPENTER
The Actor
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Tony was born in London and grew up in Bracknell and Guildford. He was a latecomer to acting but has more than made up for this over the past four years, with many theatre and filming credits to his name.
Screen credits include: 'Kick Ass 2' (2013), 'Welcome To The Punch' (feature film, released 2013), 'Nightmare In Suburbia' (Sky TV), and The Young Ones: Armed and Stupid. He is also a one of the main members of The Faction of Farce Comedy group alongside Ross K. Foad, Heather Russell-Kay, and CJ Parmar. Stage credits include: The Narrator in Guy Masterton's adaptation of 'Animal Farm', Michael Peters in 'The Golden Pathway Annual', Norman in 'Round & Round The Garden' and Oberon in 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'. Tony gained qualifications in several stage combat styles for his role as D'Artagnan in 'The Three Musketeers'. |
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Police Constable Andrew Boffy Burke is a 12-year veteran of The Metropolitan Police, P.C. Burke is an experienced and hard working if not slightly nervous officer. He is the henpecked husband of School Teacher Julie Burke, together they have a ten-year old son, Christopher, who he often (worryingly) turns to for advice.
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The seemingly simple soul's world is turned upside down when he makes the mistake of running a name check on Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, and mistakenly manages to access a top secret file which reveals they have been placed on a high-security surveillance for quite some time. At first he thinks little of it, but this quickly changes when Shadowy government agents start following his every move and urging him to keep quiet.
He is later press-ganged into joining Agent Pinkerton in his (mistaken) crusade to stop Sherlock Holmes who he believes is a threat to humanity as we know it. As of Series 7, he becomes Holmes handler and link to the home office when he becomes part of the Pinkerton Agency.
Appearances
Burke first makes his appearance briefly in the 2013 episode "Dawn Of The Red" (Series 4 Episode 1), in which he runs the name check on Holmes and Watson upon the request of P.C Crawford. He later appears as one of the main characters in "A Study in Secrets" (Series 4 Episode 4). He would show up again in the Series 5 finale "Dough or Die," before coming a full-time regular as of Series 6.
Burke also make a brief cameo in the special "Old Habits Die Harder" (a remake of the 2nd ever episode), in which he just misses Holmes and Watson's time-skip arrival from 1895 to 2010, due to being too engrossed in The Beano.
Trivia
He is later press-ganged into joining Agent Pinkerton in his (mistaken) crusade to stop Sherlock Holmes who he believes is a threat to humanity as we know it. As of Series 7, he becomes Holmes handler and link to the home office when he becomes part of the Pinkerton Agency.
Appearances
Burke first makes his appearance briefly in the 2013 episode "Dawn Of The Red" (Series 4 Episode 1), in which he runs the name check on Holmes and Watson upon the request of P.C Crawford. He later appears as one of the main characters in "A Study in Secrets" (Series 4 Episode 4). He would show up again in the Series 5 finale "Dough or Die," before coming a full-time regular as of Series 6.
Burke also make a brief cameo in the special "Old Habits Die Harder" (a remake of the 2nd ever episode), in which he just misses Holmes and Watson's time-skip arrival from 1895 to 2010, due to being too engrossed in The Beano.
Trivia
- Tony first guest starred as aristocratic toff, Henry Boffy, in the spin off series "The Mary Morstan Mysteries" in 2012, before joining as a recurring guest star and occasional cinematographer for the show.
- P.C Burke's son, Christopher, is portrayed by Tony's real life son Zac.
- His name is derived from Doctor Watson actor, David Burke, who played the good doctor prior to Edward Hardwicke in the Granada Series.
