![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-an-eastenders-heartthrob-now-im-juggling-two-jobs-couldnt-be-happier/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23264489-1690872376487.jpg&description=SURROUNDED by blood, scales and bones, the life of market fish porter Tony Discipline couldn't be further away from the glamour of showbiz. But in 2011, everything changed forever when he landed the role of heartthrob Tyler Moon on EastEnders . 12 Tony Discipline played hunky Tyler Moon in EastEnders Credit: BBC 12 Now the 34-year-old is a firefighter and barman in his spare time Credit: Tony Discipline/Instagram During his two years on the BBC show , his storylines saw him embroiled in a love triangle with Shona McGarty 's character Whitney and nearly suffering a fatal seizure after a boxing match. This month marks 10 years since Tony left the soap - and recently fans were shocked to discover he's now juggling two jobs . The actor, 34, now works as a firefighter and a barman – and tells The Sun he couldn't be happier. 'I love it,' he says of his job in the fire service. 'Every day is different and you feel you're helping your community. "It can be quite dangerous but you're trained to deal with those situations.' Tony grew up on a council estate in Gravesend, Kent, and his first job was on his dad's market stall. While he had no interest in drama at school, he says working on the stalls was "like a theatre in itself". 'You're there upfront selling things - maybe that gave me an interest subconsciously without me knowing," he recalls. 12 Tony at Billingsgate Market where he worked as a fish porter Credit: instagram/tonydiscipline 12 Tony with his former co-star Jacqueline Jossa, who he dated Credit: Rex At 17 Tony landed an apprenticeship with BT but realised he "wanted to do other things" with his life. After two weeks pestering local stallholders he got a job as a shop boy at Billingsgate Market in Poplar, London , from a man known to locals as "the b*****d of Billingsgate". Soon after he became a fish porter and worked from 10pm until 10am, lugging boxes of seafood weighing up to 40kg. Tony got his first acting gig aged 19 after his granddad suggested he top up){kind=link}
SURROUNDED by blood, scales and bones, the life of market fish porter Tony Discipline couldn’t be further away from the glamour of showbiz.
But in 2011, everything changed forever when he landed the role of heartthrob Tyler Moon on EastEnders.
During his two years on the BBC show, his storylines saw him embroiled in a love triangle with Shona McGarty’s character Whitney and nearly suffering a fatal seizure after a boxing match.
This month marks 10 years since Tony left the soap – and recently fans were shocked to discover he’s now juggling two jobs.
The actor, 34, now works as a firefighter and a barman – and tells The Sun he couldn’t be happier.