Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK - to parents Janette and Brian Crookes. Tony has 3 brothers; Jason being the eldest and John and Ben, the two younger ones. He is also father to 7 year old Rhys. From an early age Tony was interested in film and TV; studying media and drama at school but not taking it any further until 2011 when he appeared in his first film, 'Diamond Jack', taking on the role of a future cop. This was followed by a more promising role as an office boss in the feature film 'New Beginnings'. In 2012 he starred in the successful zombie feature film 'The Eschatrilogy' which went on to win an award for the best zombie film of the year. Tony has recently worked on the film 'The Wraith' with Terri Dwyer ('Hollyoaks' and 'Loose Women') in which he played a tramp. This Year (2013) starred Green Street 3 Underground playing a Football Hooligan, He played aside Hollywood Actor Scott Adkins (The Expendables 2)and other top Actors/Actress. In addition he has starred in Three TV adverts; one for the UK market playing a shopper in 'Holland and Barrett' and one to be released internationally in which he played a customer for Genting Casino, The latest one for 2013 is the Viva Ad for Manchester United . Tony began training in martial arts when he was 10 and was taught by Master Shabir Akhtar, a well known figure within the martial arts circle. Shabir Akhtar was the first person in the country to have won both the ITF and WTF heavy weight titles. Tony's parents opened a Martial Arts school in his home town of Ossett in 1995 and Tony soon took up teaching within the family business. He achieved his black belt at the age of 14 and still works as a martial arts instructor now. He loves being an inspiration to his students as well as training and learning a range of martial arts. He took his 3rd Dan this year 2013.

He started Teaching Martial Arts at the age of 12.Good friends are "Strike" off Britains Got Talent , Danny Ball and Liam Richards.