Tony Edwards. was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, He got his first acting job while attending Occidental College. He then proceeded to make numerous appearances on television 
shows and in commercials.
Later on in his career, while studying in the Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop, Tony was introduced to the world of stand-up comedy. He started MCing at the world-famous Improv in Los Angeles after being taken under the wings of co-owners Budd Friedman and Mark Lonow. Since then, he has made many television appearances as a stand-up comedian, including Comedy Central’s “Make Me Laugh”, A&E’S’s “An Evening at the Improv”, VH1’s “Stand-up Spotlight” and the “MTV Half-Hour Comedy Hour”.
Tony has also guest starred on some of the highest rated shows on television, including “Mad About You”, “Seinfeld”, “Family Matters” and “Roseanne”. He also was a series regular on the CBS dramatic series “Top of the Hill” with William Katt.
Tony’s feature film appearances include John Carpenter’s “Starman”, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”, “Hollywood Shuffle” and “Hot Shots! Part Deux”.
In 2002, Tony first attended Burning Man, the annual arts and musicfestival held on a remote, dry lake bed in Northern Nevada,
and has attended every year since. In 2007, Tony wrote produced and starred in a one-man show called "Burner: Tales from the Playa" as his playa identity, "OhTony". "Burner" is OhTony's deeply personal account of survival and enlightenment gleaned from the beautiful insanity that is Burning Man.
In 2004, Tony was hired by Apple as a Mac Genius at the flagship Apple Store The Grove in Los Angeles. He left Apple in 2006 and now runs his own personal Mac support business.
Tony's latest project, is called "The Church of Mac". His "altar" ego, The Rev. Doctor Bobby Newton, Dr.M, is the spiritual leader and techonological guide of The Church of Mac.
Dr. Bobby's mission for The Church of Mac is to spread the good news that salvation is available to all who accept Apple as their personal computing platform.
Tony's mission for The Church of Mac is to take an irreverent spin on the culture of Mac. It's a mash-up of Stephen Colbert, Dr. Michael Beckwith and The Onion. Additionally, TCOM offers Mac news, tips and other information. Sometimes.
Every week, Dr. Bobby releases a new video "iPodcast" (as Dr. Bobby says, “It's 'iPodcasts', because leaving the “i” out of “podcast” is like putting an “x” in “Xmas”). These videos are now available on iTunes.
Tony has also launched The New Media Artist, a website created to share
the information and experiences of artists and performers who use "new media" (podcasting, social networks, blogs, viral marketing, etc.) to increase their visibility, positive perception and fandom.
TNMA features video interviews with artists and performers from a myriad of disciplines. The videos can be watched directly in the website, or you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or the RSS feed via Feedburner.
Tony is represented commercially by Commercials Unlimited, and is interested in speaking to representatives for theatrical and personal appearances.
