Tony Slattery

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Anthony Declan James Slattery (born 9 November 1959) is an English actor and comedian. <p>Slattery was born in Stonebridge, London, to Irish Catholic immigrant parents. In his youth, he represented England at under-15 judo. He was educated at Gunnersbury Boy's Grammar School in West London, and later studied Mediaeval and Modern Languages, specifically French and Spanish, at the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall), where he also became a member of the Cambridge Footlights. Like his contemporaries Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, he became a staple of the British television comedy circuit. <p>Slattery first broke into television as a regular performer on Chris Tarrant's follow up to "O.T.T.", "Saturday Stayback". He was a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, starred in his own improvisational comedy series S&amp;M alongside Mike McShane, and has appeared on other panel quizzes such as Have I Got News For You. He was a regular on the TV version of the quiz show Just a Minute and was also on...