Tony hawks biography of awards 2017

British comedian and author (born )

This article is about the comedian. For the skateboarder, see Tony Hawk. For the video game series, see Tony Hawk's.

Antony Gordon HawksworthMBE (born 27 February ),^[1] known professionally as Tony Hawks, is a British comedian and author.

Early life

Born in Brighton, Sussex,^[2] Hawks was educated at Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School and Brighton College.^[3]

Career

After dropping out of a drama degree at Manchester University,^[4] Hawks appeared in the West End musical Lennon – A Musical Biography at The Astoria.^[5] By , before he found chart success, he was already appearing in BBC Radio 4's Big Fun Show with Paul Merton, John Irwin and Josie Lawrence.^[6]

Hawks first attempted to break into show business as a singer-songwriter, but it was with a novelty record that he had his first brush with fame; as leader of the trio Morris Minor and the Majors,