--- name: "Tony Hale" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-hale" fi1m_id: "tony-hale" imdb_id: "nm0355024" tmdb_id: 25147 wikidata_id: "Q601032" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 September 1970" reviewed_on_fi1m: 14 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 14 updated: "2026-10-19T04:31:46.664808+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Tony Hale ## Identity Tony Hale - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-hale - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** tony-hale - **IMDb ID:** nm0355024 - **TMDB ID:** 25147 - **Wikidata ID:** Q601032 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25147 Actor. Born 30 September 1970 in West Point, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 September 1970, West Point, New York, USA - **Active:** 1999–present - **Also known as:** Anthony Russell Hale, Tony Haskin - **Frequently works with:** [Mark Nielsen](https://film.one/person/mark-nielsen.md) - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 14 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 94 (1), 2000s 77 (4), 2010s 72 (5), 2020s 62 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 13 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 8 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 10, Drama 6, Adventure 4, Animation 4, Crime 3, Family 3 - **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $4,610m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hale, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601032, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25147 ## Coming up - *The Angry Birds Movie 3* (2026-12-23), as Mime (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-angry-birds-movie-3.md) - *Paris Paramount* (2027-12-23) ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87), [*Office Romance*](https://film.one/film/office-romance.md) (55) - **Disney+:** [*Toy Story 4*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md) (78), [*Inside Out 2*](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md) (68) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Informant!*](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md) (71), [*Being the Ricardos*](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md) (61) - **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82) - **Peacock:** [*Stranger Than Fiction*](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Tony Hale > Tony Hale makes discomfort physical: standing among other people can seem to cost him effort. We rate him most highly in ensembles that give his anxious characters room to develop, rather than a brief opportunity to look alarmed. Buster Bluth looks as though being among his relatives requires more co-ordination than he can manage in *Arrested Development* (2003). Hale makes the awkwardness bodily, so that fitting in becomes funny before anyone needs to explain it. We laughed at how hard he makes it look merely to stand among these people. His precision keeps Buster worth watching even when the programme's complicated storytelling grows tiring. The series gave Hale his breakthrough, and its ensemble remains the strongest case for him. Alongside Will Arnett's self-important Gob, his difficulty simply being present gives the family a different kind of absurdity. Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat's smaller reactions help keep those bigger performances in proportion. Hale can be conspicuous without making every scene about himself, an important skill in a comedy where there is plenty of competition. Steven Soderbergh finds a smaller use for him as James Epstein in *The Informant* (2009). The supporting cast includes comedians playing straight, and Hale joins Tom Papa, Rick Overton and Allan Havey in getting a moment of open-mouthed disbelief. The restraint works, though this is hardly a part to seek out for Hale alone. His usefulness here is knowing how much a brief reaction can do. Gary Walsh, the devoted personal aide in *Veep* (2012), gave him another sustained ensemble role, alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus. His animation work includes Forky in *Toy Story 4* (2019) and Fear in *Inside Out 2* (2024). These parts fit a familiar pattern of anxious or hapless characters. There is a risk that casting him becomes a shortcut: the audience knows what sort of discomfort to expect before he starts. *Inside Out 2* shows the limitation, though the fault is not chiefly his. Kelsey Mann's sequel gives Hale's Fear and Liza Lapira's Disgust so little to do that the change of performers scarcely registers. We would not take that as evidence that he has exhausted this kind of character; the writing has barely made use of him. Start with *Arrested Development*, accepting that the storytelling can wear you down before the performances do. ## Biography Tony Hale is an American actor and comedian. He was born on 30 September 1970 in West Point, New York. Hale is known for his role as Buster Bluth in the series *Arrested Development* (2003–2019) and as Gary Walsh in *Veep* (2012–2019), for which he won Primetime Emmy Awards in 2013 and 2015. He appeared as James Epstein in the film *The Informant!* (2009) and has voiced characters including Forky in *Toy Story 4* (2019) and Fear in *Inside Out 2* (2024). His other film credits include *The Heat* (2013) and *Love, Simon* (2018). He created and voiced the lead in the series *Archibald's Next Big Thing* and played twin brothers in *The Mysterious Benedict Society* (2021). *Sources: themoviedb.org, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (14) - *Office Romance* (2026), Fi1m 55, as George Dudek — [page](https://film.one/film/office-romance.md) - *Toy Story 5* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Forky (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md) - *Inside Out 2* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Fear (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md) - *Being the Ricardos* (2021), Fi1m 61, as Jess Oppenheimer — [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md) - *Toy Story 4* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Forky (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md) - *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), Fi1m 34, as JPL Engineer — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md) - *Rick and Morty* (2013), Fi1m 78, as Death Stalker Eli (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md) - *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Gary Walsh — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) - *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, as David Mortimer — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) - *The Informant!* (2009), Fi1m 71, as James Epstein — [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md) - *Chuck* (2007), Fi1m 73, as Emmett Milbarge — [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md) - *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Dave — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) - *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, as Byron 'Buster' Bluth — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) - *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, as RN Collins — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) ## Complete filmography (159) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Paris Paramount* (2027), Actor - *The Angry Birds Movie 3* (2026), as Mime (voice) — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-angry-birds-movie-3.md) - *The Wrong Girls* (2026), as Martin Flynn - *Bruton* (2026), as Kai - *Horsegirls* (2026), as Patrick - *Toy Story 5* (2026), as Forky (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md) - *Via Negativa* (2026), Actor - *Office Romance* (2026), as George Dudek — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/office-romance.md) - *Sofia the First: Royal Magic* (2026), series, as Mimsy Fizzlewick (voice) - *Disney Jr. Cinema Club 2025* (2025), as Ultron (Iron Man and his Awesome Friends) - *Spidey and Iron Man: Avengers Team Up!* (2025), as Ultron (voice) - *Iron Man and His Awesome Friends* (2025), series, as Ultron (voice) - *Sketch* (2025), as Taylor Wyatt · Producer - *Meet Iron Man and His Awesome Friends* (2025), series, as Ultron (voice) (uncredited) - *Opus* (2025), as Soledad Yusef - *Dream Productions* (2024), series, as Fear (voice) - *Woman of the Hour* (2024), as Ed - *Universal Basic Guys* (2024), series, as Trent Portal (voice) - *The Decameron* (2024), series, as Sirisco - *Inside Out 2* (2024), as Fear (voice) — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md) - *Unfrosted* (2024), as Eddie Mink - *Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate* (2024), as Mel / Mr. Donut / TV Announcer (voice) - *Megamind Rules!* (2024), series, as Mel / Mr. Donut (voice) - *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as Craig Hollis - *The Ultimate Improv Show* (2023), series, as Monologist - *Quiz Lady* (2023), as Ben Franklin - *Hocus Pocus 2* (2022), as Mayor / Reverend Traske - *The Man of Steel* (2022), Actor - *The Legend of Vox Machina* (2022), series, as Sir Fince (voice) - *Being the Ricardos* (2021), as Jess Oppenheimer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md) - *Clifford the Big Red Dog* (2021), as Zack Tieran - *LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales* (2021), as Vaneé (voice) - *The Ghost and Molly McGee* (2021), series, as Calvin Redtop (voice) - *I Heart Arlo* (2021), series, as Teeny Tiny Tony (voice) - *What Josiah Saw* (2021), as Ross Milner - *Centaurworld* (2021), series, as Durpletoot (voice), Tony Durpleton (voice), Durpletoot / Tony Durpleton (voice) - *Nine Days* (2021), as Alexander - *The Mysterious Benedict Society* (2021), series, as Nicholas Benedict / Mr. Curtain - *HouseBroken* (2021), series, as Diablo / Max (voice) - *Rugrats* (2021), series, as Chas Finster (voice) - *Arlo the Alligator Boy* (2021), as Teeny Tiny Tony (voice) - *Birdgirl* (2021), series, as Paul 'The Feels' (voice) - *Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here!* (2021), series, as Archibald (voice) · Creator - *Last Call* (2020), as Brinnan - *Eat Wheaties!* (2020), as Sid Straw · Executive Producer - *Woke* (2020), series, as Butter (voice) - *Crossing Swords* (2020), series, as Blarney (voice) - *Solar Opposites* (2020), series, as Little Buddy (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is Reading?* (2020), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is Cheese?* (2020), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Pet?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Leader?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Harley Quinn* (2019), series, as Dr Psycho / Steve (voice), Dr. Psycho / Businessman (voice), Dr. Psycho (voice), Dr. Psycho / Snow Rat (voice), Dr. Psycho / Felix Faust (voice), Dr. Psycho / Man / Hench (voice), Dr. Psycho / Man / Lead Goon (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is Art?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Friend?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question: What Is Money?* (2019), as Forky (voice) - *Forky Asks a Question* (2019), series, as Forky (voice) - *Archibald's Next Big Thing* (2019), series, as Archibald (voice) · Creator - *The Angry Birds Movie 2* (2019), as Mime (voice) - *Toy Story 4* (2019), as Forky (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md) - *Amphibia* (2019), series, as Apothecary Gary (voice) - *Vernon and Gus* (2019), series, as Vernon (voice), Taxi Driver (voice) - *The Twilight Zone* (2019), series, as Tom - *To the Stars* (2019), as Gerald Richmond - *The Doc McStuffins Christmas Special* (2018), as Tobias the Elf (voice) - *Sadie* (2018), as Bradley - *Love, Simon* (2018), as Mr. Worth - *The 15:17 to Paris* (2018), as Coach Murray - *Brave New Jersey* (2017), as Clark Hill - *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), as JPL Engineer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md) - *And Then I Go* (2017), as Mr. Mosley - *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), series, as Jerome Squalor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) - *Rhett & Link's Buddy System* (2016), series, as Glen - *Ask the Storybots* (2016), series, Actor - *Yoga Hosers* (2016), as Bob Collette - *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), as Ross / Cyrus / Mime (voice) - *Captain America: Civil War Re-enactors* (2016), as Chad Winters / Iron Man - *Bottom's Butte* (2016), as Gordon/Patrick - *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip* (2015), as Agent Suggs - *Night Owls* (2015), as Dr. Newman - *American Ultra* (2015), as Agent Peter Douglas - *Difficult People* (2015), series, as Tony Hale - *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* (2015), series, as Pie King / Additional Voices (voice) - *The Nobodies* (2014), as Postal Boss - *Trouble & the Shadowy Deathblow* (2014), Actor - *About a Boy* (2014), series, as Hugh Womple — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/about-a-boy-2014.md) - *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, as Death Stalker Eli (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md) - *The Birthday Boys* (2013), series, Actor - *The Heat* (2013), as The John - *Sanjay and Craig* (2013), series, as Mr. Noodman / Young Mr. Noodman (voice), Mr Noodman (voice) - *The Kings of Summer* (2013), as Bus Passenger - *Flatland²: Sphereland* (2012), as King of Pointland (voice) - *Veep* (2012), series, as Gary Walsh — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) - *Not That Funny* (2012), as Stefan Lane - *Doc McStuffins* (2012), series, as Tobias (voice) - *Good Vibes* (2011), series, as Wadska (voice) - *Sironia* (2011), as Chad - *Up All Night* (2011), series, as Dr. Welborn - *NTSF:SD:SUV::* (2011), series, as Dr. Karl - *Wuss* (2011), as Mr. Crowder - *Happythankyoumoreplease* (2011), as Sam #2 - *In My Sleep* (2010), as Ben - *Justified* (2010), series, as David Mortimer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) - *Successful Alcoholics* (2010), as Lindsay's Editor - *Human Target* (2010), series, as Harry - *The Informant!* (2009), as James Epstein — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md) - *Community* (2009), series, as Professor Holly — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md) - *Weathered* (2009), as Stanway Steini - *The Answer Man* (2009), as Mailman - *Ctrl* (2009), series, as Stuart Grundy - *The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard* (2009), as Wade Zooha - *My Suicide* (2009), as Carmelo Peters - LCSW - *United States of Tara* (2009), series, as Orel Gershenoff - *The Tale of Despereaux* (2008), as Furlough (voice) - *Childrens Hospital* (2008), series, as Brad Lendricks - *Boldly Going Nowhere* (2008), series, Actor - *The Life & Times of Tim* (2008), series, as Vince (voice) - *The Year of Getting to Know Us* (2008), as Nickie Apple - *CollegeHumor Shorts* (2007), series, as Most Oblivious Man - *Samantha Who?* (2007), series, as Andy Adams - *Chuck* (2007), series, as Emmett Milbarge — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md) - *Ctrl Z* (2007), as Stuart Barnes - *Clark and Michael* (2007), series, as Film Executive - *Andy Barker, P.I.* (2007), series, as Simon - *Rules of Engagement* (2007), series, as Steve - *Because I Said So* (2007), as Stuart - *Dante's Inferno* (2007), as Ovid / Real Estate Broker / Pope Nicholas 3rd (voice) - *Flatland* (2007), as King of Pointland (voice) - *Unaccompanied Minors* (2006), as Alan Davies - *Big Day* (2006), series, Actor - *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006), as Dave — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-fiction.md) - *Psych* (2006), series, as Jerry Kincaid - *The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell* (2006), as Remington Biographer - *RV* (2006), as Frank - *Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector* (2006), as Jack Dabbs - *Fortunes* (2005), as Phil Yount - *Stacked* (2005), series, Actor - *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Russell Lazlo - *Medium* (2005), series, as Gil Bureli - *Stateside* (2004), as Uncle Donnie - *Arrested Development* (2003), series, as Byron 'Buster' Bluth — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) - *My Blind Brother* (2003), as Bill - *The $treet* (2000), series, as Trainee - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Rick Simms - *Raging Hormones* (1999), as Wiseguy Driver - *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as RN Collins — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) - *Legacy* (1998), series, as Hyram - *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Tiger - *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, as Dr. Bronin - *ER* (1994), series, as Norman Chapman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md) - *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Phillip Shoemaker — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) - *Boldly Going Nowhere*, as Robot - *The Stalemate*, Actor - *Enormous*, as (voice) - *Toy Story 6*, as Forky (voice) - *Beverly Hills*, as Rob Jones ## Gallery - ![Tony Hale](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-46d2b556df0d.jpg) Tony Hale — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Tony_Hale_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Tony_Hale_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Pepperdine University Theatre Program (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-76266bcf7871.jpg) Pepperdine University Theatre Program (2019) — Bradley Griffin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Master_Class_with_Tony_Hale_%2848950200273%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Master_Class_with_Tony_Hale_%2848950200273%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Pepperdine University Theatre Program (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-0649e123fa18.jpg) Pepperdine University Theatre Program (2019) — Bradley Griffin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Master_Class_with_Tony_Hale_%2848955206163%29.jpg/1280px-Master_Class_with_Tony_Hale_%2848955206163%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tony Hale](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-1af4bf660847.jpg) Tony Hale — Image via TMDB - ![Tony Hale](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-c9160e12ff10.jpg) Tony Hale — Image via TMDB - ![Tony Hale](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-6828541e3676.jpg) Tony Hale — Image via TMDB - ![Tony Hale](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-324953b4f925.jpg) Tony Hale — Image via TMDB - ![Tony Hale](https://film.one/media/person/9496/gallery-30b590b934a2.jpg) Tony Hale — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won - 2015: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (won), for *Veep* - 2013: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (won), for *Veep* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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