Jonah Tyler made his first appearance on 3 March 1998. He is portrayed by Mark Mooney.
Storylines[]
1998: Arrival and doing business with Phil Mitchell and the Palmer's[]
Jonah in 1998.
Jonah is a Gangster who worked at a club in London, both he and Alfie Kane did deals with Phil Mitchell and Annie Palmer, but both Jonah and Alfie later targeted George Palmer, because they thought he had musseld in, and took their protection bracket, both of them go on the war path to Walford to try and track him down, Jonah and Alfie turn up in Walford and they break into the Queen Vic, held Peggy Mitchell hostage, as they ask her where George is, Peggy tries to explain that George is in New Zealand, but Jonah and Alfie don't even listen, then Frank Butcher steps in and shows Jonah and Alfie a postcard that proves that George is in New Zealand. Jonah attacks Frank, beats him, and knocks him out on the floor, Jonah and Alfie both leave the Vic, and go off and pay Phil a visit, then they hold Phil hostage in his house, whilst Phil is babysitting Courtney Mitchell. Jonah and Alfie start asking Phil, who gives George's orders while he was away, then Phil revealed it was Annie Palmer after Jonah threatens to hurt Courtney. Jonah and Alfie find Annie, both of them brutally attack Annie and beat her up, putting her in hospital, Jonah and Alfie both flee Walford.
2022: Return and arrest[]
After twenty four years away, Jonah returns to Walford, to do another deal with Phil Mitchell, but finds out that he is in Prison and Phil asks Sam Mitchell to do a deal instead but Jonah but Sam gets the percentages wrong that then it transpires that Jonah wants twelve percent from the Mitchells as protection money. After the deal falls through Jonah has some of henchman throw a smoke bomb through Phil's house, Sam hires policeman Jack Branning to scare Jonah off (which works).
Ruby Allen puts her club up for sale and Jonah buys the club but then sells it to Phil and he renames the nightclub Peggy's. Sam then sets up multiple attacks on the Mitchells family in a bid to get Phil to sign Peggy's over to her, this includes hiring two henchman and ordering them to rob on Peggy's on it's re launch night which results in her accidentally getting shot. Sam blames all this on Jonah.
Jonah returns on 12 July 2022 for what he initially believes is a business meeting with Phil, who had just been released from prison and had been informed of Sam's attacks on his family (which he believed was Jonah). Sam manages to inform Jonah that Phil believes he has been tormenting his family and warns Jonah that Phil will most likely attack him when he sees him. Jonah goes to the The Queen Victoria to meet Phil and tells Phil that he has helped clean Phil stolen money, Phil asks Jonah if he was helping when he robbed his family and shot Sam, Phil then throws a barstool at Jonah which misses and threatens to kill Jonah if he ever returns to Walford.
Jonah then meets Sam and agrees not to tell Phil what Sam has done on the condition that Sam allows his henchman to deal drugs in Peggy's, to which Sam agrees. After Zack Hudson catches one of Jonah's dealer dealing drugs, Zack apprehends the dealer and the dealer is arrested. A furious Jonah then turns up at Peggys and grabs Sam around the face and threatens to kill her if this happens again. Phil eventually finds out that Sam has been allowing dealers to deal drugs in Peggy's and fires her, Sam tell Jonah that he can no longer deal drugs in Peggy's until she regains Phil's trust. Despite being angry Jonah agrees to withhold dealing drugs in Peggy's any further.
Jonah returns in October to confront Sam for not paying him the money she owed him from the drug deals at Peggy's, Jonah grabs her arm and warns her he is not someone she forgets to pay. However, Phil spots Jonah and gives Jonah a beating and orders him to leave. As revenge for the beating Jonah orders his henchman to steal from Peggy's and orders them to give Sam a beating, however the henchman sneak into the office and mistake Lola Pearce for Sam and attack her. Lola manages to escape and alert all the people in Peggy's and Phil, Billy Mitchell and Jay Brown manage to take the henchmen down and when Jonah realises his men haven't returned he goes into Peggy's, takes a bat from Kat Slater and threatens everyone in there. However, Alfie Moon sneaks up on Jonah and punches him, knocking him out. Jonah and his henchmen are then arrested by police.
Kill count[]
Murders/manslaughter victims[]
Note: Despite never killing anyone on-screen it has been implied in multiple lines of dialogue that Jonah has killed people in his organisation.
Attempted murder victims[]
1. Annie Palmer (2 June 1998) - Him and Alfie Kane both brutally attacked her, and beat her up, putting put her in hospital.
Quotes[]
First line to Phil Mitchell and Annie Palmer: "Who are you? What is this about?"
To Phil Mitchell whilst holding him hostage: "Everybody's a quitter these days, nobody has to stay in power, so who do you work for now, the United Nations?"
To Sam Mitchell and Jack Branning, after Jonah returns after twenty four years: "Oh whose this a bodygard?"
To Phil Mitchell before Phil throws a chair at Jonah in the Queen Vic: "Since Sam has asked so nicely, my lad's are looking after your chicken shops and your money is as clean as a whisile, always happy as a supporte mate, think of me as Bob Geldof, helping the needy."
Last line: "Get back get back."
List of appearances[]
- 3 March 1998
- 1 June 1998
- 2 June 1998
- 20 April 2022
- 25 April 2022
- 9 May 2022
- 12 July 2022
- 13 July 2022
- 4 August 2022 - Part 1
- 3 October 2022
- 5 October 2022
- 6 October 2022