Known For
Acting
Born
May 06, 1953
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits
117 titles
Tony Blair
Biography
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He resigned from all of these positions in June 2007. Tony Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under his leadership, the party adopted the term "New Labour" and moved away from its traditional left wing position towards the centre ground. Blair subsequently led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. At 43 years old, he became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. In the first years of the New Labour government, Blair's government implemented a number of 1997 manifesto pledges, introducing the minimum wage, Human Rights Act and Freedom of Information Act, and carrying out devolution, establishing the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Blair's role as Prime Minister was particularly visible in foreign and security policy, including in Northern Ireland, where he was involved in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. From the start of the War on Terror in 2001, Blair strongly supported the foreign policy of US President George W. Bush, notably by participating in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq. Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister, the only person to have led the Labour Party to three consecutive general election victories, and the only Labour Prime Minister to serve consecutive terms more than one of which was at least four years long. He was succeeded as Leader of the Labour Party on 24 June 2007 and as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007 by Gordon Brown. On the day he resigned as Prime Minister, he was appointed the official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East. In May 2008, Blair launched his Tony Blair Faith Foundation. This was followed in July 2009 by the launching of the Faith and Globalisation Initiative with Yale University in the USA, Durham University in the UK and the National University of Singapore in Asia to deliver a postgraduate programme in partnership with the Foundation.
Known For
Filmography
England 2006: The Golden Generation
Self (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Self
Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns
Self
The Dunblane Tapes
Self (archive footage)
The Tony Blair Story
Self
La última llamada
Self
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
Self
Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers
Self - Prime Minister 1997 - 2007
7/7: The London Bombings
Self
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
Self
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Self (archive footage)
Lockerbie
Self - UK Prime Minister (archive footage)
Troubles and Peace
Self
The Agreement
Self
Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major
Self
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
Self (archive footage)
Merkel
Self
Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22
Self (archive footage)
Born to be The King
Narrator
The Proclamation of HM the King
Self
A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen
Self
Queen Elizabeth II: Above All Else
Self
Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution
Self
Heist: The Northern Bank Robbery
Self (archive footage)
Amol Rajan Interviews
Self - Interviewed Guest
Endgame in Ireland
Self (archive footage)
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
Himself (archive Footage)
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Self (archive footage)
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations
Self
Newscast
Self
30 Years of Democracy
Self (archive footage)
Under the Knife
Self
Official Secrets
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brexit: The Clock Is Ticking
Self (archive footage)
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Self (archive footage)
Putin's Witnesses
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
Self
Diana: The People's Princess
Self
VICE Special Report: A World in Disarray
Self
Hero With A Thousand Faces
Self
HyperNormalisation
Self (archive footage)
Shadow World
Self - Politician (archive footage)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
How to Win the US Presidency
Self (archive footage)
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
Self
Brexageddon?!
Self
De strijd van Kok
Self
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)