Tony Hutchinson

Anthony "Tony" Hutchinson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Nick Pickard. Tony first appeared on-screen on 23 October 1995, the first episode of the series, and is the only original character to still be on the show to the present day. The character was created by Phil Redmond as one of several main characters for the soap opera. He has since been part of various storylines including marriages to Mandy Richardson (Sarah Jayne Dunn), her stepsister Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) and Diane O'Connor (Alex Fletcher), an affair with married woman Helen Cunningham (Kathryn George), the death of his daughter to sudden infant death syndrome, discover he had a long-lost son, Harry Thompson (Parry Glasspool), sleeping with underage Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter), his battle with testicular cancer, an affair with Diane's stepdaughter, Sinead (Stephanie Davis) and coping with Harry's sexuality and relationship with Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson).