{"id":980312,"date":"2025-10-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=980312"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:44:50","slug":"tony-hale-king-of-the-manchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/tv\/tony-hale-king-of-the-manchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Hale: King of the Manchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You know Tony Hale from, well&#8230; just about everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comedic actor has been near-omniscient throughout this current era of television and film. After getting his big break as the delicate motherboy Buster Bluth on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/arrested-development\/\">Arrested Development<\/a><\/em>, he continued his manchild development in the multiple Emmy-award-winning role as Gary Walsh on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/veep\/\">Veep<\/a><\/em>. 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