Who is Tyger Drew-Honey? Cuckoo and Outnumbered actor who starred in Celebrity MasterChef 2017
TYGER Drew-Honey is the former child actor who found fame on hit BBC comedy Outnumbered.
The 22-year-old has been on TV since he was just nine years old so is used to the spotlight. Here is his story...
Who is Tyger Drew-Honey and how old is he?
Lindzi James Tyger Drew-Honey - better known as Tyger - was born on January 26, 1996, in Epsom, Surrey.
His mother and father were both famous porn actors; Linzi Drew, who retired from the adult entertainment industry when she became pregnant with Tyger in 1995, and Simon Lindsay Honey (AKA Ben Dover).
Tyger Drew-Honey grew up in Surrey, where he attended Danes Hill School, in Oxshott. He then went on to attend Epsom College.
Alongside his Outnumbered role, Tyger became a regular face on CBBC and co-hosted Friday Download.
In November 2017, The Sun revealed the actor was doing part-time work at a golf shop in Birmingham in between his TV commitments.
What is Tyger Drew-Honey's role in Outnumbered?
The actor played Jake Brockman, the oldest of three children (two boys and a girl) whose parents are Pete (Hugh Dennis) and Sue (Clare Skinner).
Tyger's younger sister, Karen, is played by Ramona Marquez, while his brother Ben is played by Daniel Peter Roche.
Jake is a typically moody teenager in the show. His obsession with the opposite sex is a constant worry to his mother, Sue.
He has been in the show since 2007. It officially ended in 2014 after five series, but has returned several times for one-off specials.
How did Tyger Drew-Honey do on Celebrity MasterChef?
Tyger Drew-Honey participated in the 2017 series of Celebrity MasterChef - a star version of the original MasterChef.
Despite showing plenty of promise, the actor was unable to triumph in the competition - which was eventually won by TV presenter Angellica Bell.
Speaking about his time on the show, Tyger said: "Today I didn’t do well enough but you’ve just got to let these things go and strive to do better in other things.
"I'm still glad to have the experience and I’ll walk away with my head held high."
What else do we know about Tyger's parents and their porn background?
Ben Dover and Linzi Drew were prominent actors in the porn industry, Ben Dover, in particular, becoming a household name and building a small empire around his brand of gonzo pornography.
Linzi retired when she fell pregnant with Tyger, though his father's business is still in operation.
They were both jailed in the nineties when their porn business was in its infancy. They were sent to jail for "publishing obscene material for gain" and "being in possession of obscene material". A year-long police sting also sought to prove that the company was "an on-going tax-free profitable business".
In July 2014 Tyger presented a show called Tyger Takes On... Porn, where he investigated the effect that unprecedented access to pornography is having on today's young people.
What's Tyger Drew-Honey said about bullying?
Tyger recently told television news website Square Eyes that bullies at school targeted him because of his parents' involvement in the adult entertainment industry, as well as singling him out because of his fame.
He said: "There was jealousy and bullying from other boys in my class. I stuck out because my name was Tyger, and I was on TV. I would come into class and if I’d only had a few scenes in an episode of Outnumbered the night before, they would say, ‘l didn’t see you on TV last night’. They would try to bring me down a notch.
"They were not physically abusive but I was mercilessly teased for my part in the show.
"It also didn’t help that my parents both worked in the adult entertainment industry.The other kids in the class knew about it but I would try not to let it get to me. However I did find it upsetting at times."