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!.
Kearney was born in Stirling and studied an arts degree at the University of Glasgow.[1]
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]
| Date | Title | Role | Director | Station series | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Time Between Two Tides | Cass | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play | |||
| Bampot Central[7] | Jyzer | BBC Radio 3 The Wire | |||
| Nude, Untitled | Davey | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play | |||
| Iona[8] | Andrew | ? | BBC Radio 3 The Wire |