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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 2003 | The Time Between Two Tides | Cass | Gaynor Macfarlane | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 8 January 2004 | Bampot Central[7] | Jyzer | Lu Kemp | BBC Radio 3 The Wire |
| 29 March 2004 | Nude, Untitled | Davey | Lu Kemp | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 8 December 2005 | Iona[8] | Andrew | ? | BBC Radio 3 The Wire |
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