SOAP star Tony Discipline has traded EastEnders for a new life working in the fire service – and is currently deep in training.

To most EastEnders fans, he will be known as Tyler Moon, the troubled son of David Essex’s Eddie Moon and ​​cousin to the legendary Alfie Moon (Shane Richie).

Appearing on the show from 2011 to 2013, Tyler proved to be a volatile character. As an amateur boxer he would take on bouts which his older brother Michael (Steve John Shepherd) would fix without his knowledge.

This ultimately caused Tyler massive trouble as, after agreeing to an illegal fight, suffered a seizure from the amount of hits he took to the face.

While his character was certainly a hard nut, 12 years on Tony is now using his own brute force for good, working with the London Fire Service.

Spotted running through drills at his base, Tony was barely recognisable as he was spotted completing runs.

It seems elements of Tyler stayed with him though, with Tony wearing a red t-shirt that reveals he’s a member of the LFS Boxing Club.

Speaking of his new job, Tony previously told The Sun: “I love it. 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.”

During his time on EastEnders, Tony sparked a relationship with Jacqueline Jossa, with the pair dating for 18 months before splitting in 2013, around the time that he left the soap.

On screen, Tony’s character Tyler found himself at one point in a love triangle with Jossa’s character Lauren Branning and Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty).

However, Tyler’s feelings for Whitney became most prominent, with the pair becoming a will they/won’t they couple during his entire time on the Square.

But after years of ups and downs, as well as becoming entangled in his family’s increasingly sketchy businesses, Tyler decided he had enough and left in 2013 in a stolen sports car.

He was last known to be going to work on a cruise ship alongside his brother Anthony.

However, Tony has never ruled out a potential return.

“I loved my time there,” he told us.

“It was a great chapter in my life and if the opportunity ever came up, I would definitely be interested.”

Since his EastEnders exit, Kent-born actor Tony has been busy grafting off-screen, also working as a bartender at his own bar, The Tipsy Trailer.

While acting has taken a backseat in his life, he does continue to do some jobs – appearing in an episode of Doctors in 2024, and this year appearing in the movie, Dream Hacker.