Tony Umez ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Nollywood wanda yayi Finafinai sama da 200 na harsunan Ingilishi da na Yarbanci tun farkon fitowar sa a cikin fim ɗin 1994 Died Wretched: Buried in N2.3m Casket . An haifi Tony Umez a Ogidi, Jihar Anambra . Mahaifiyarsa ƴar jihar Cross River ce yayin da mahaifinsa dan asalin Ogidi ne, a nan ne aka haife shi. Duk da asalinsa Igbo, ba ya jin Igbo amma yana iya magana sosai Efik, yaren mahaifiyarsa. Umez ya tashi a Legas inda ya yi karatun firamare da sakandare. Ya kuma yi digirinsa na farko da na biyu a fannin Ingilishi da dokokin kasa da kasa da diflomasiyya a Jami’ar Legas . Ya fara wasan kwaikwayo tun lokacin da yake sakandire inda ya yi wasan kwaikwayo da wasan kwaikwayo. A shekarar 1993, jarumin ya koma Nollywood . Bai samu ko kwabo daga cikin fina-finansa guda biyu ba wanda hakan ya sa ya bar harkar har na tsawon wasu shekaru. Ya dawo masana'antar a 1997 kuma ya fito a cikin fim din "The Princess" amma fim ɗin," Die Wretched " wanda aka saki a 1998 ya ba shi farin jini.