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Matthew Holness

Acting
Known For

55 Years Old

Born in Whitstable, Kent in 1975, Matthew Holness is an English comedian, actor, writer and director. He is best known for his comic creation, the fictional horror novelist Garth Marenghi. He read English at Trinity College, Cambridge and was vice-president of the Cambridge Footlights. His contemporaries included Footlights president, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman and his Marenghi co-writer Richard Ayoade. Holness first appeared on television as a cast-member of the 2000 BBC Choice TV series Bruiser, which starred Mitchell, Webb, Colman and Martin Freeman. In that same year he won the Perrier at the Edinburgh Fringe for Garty Marenghi's Fright Night, which was transferred to UK television in the guise of the 2004 Channel 4 horror comedy Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Other credits include 2006's Man to Man with Dean Learner, several productions with Ricky Gervais such as The Office, Life's Too Short and Cemetery Junction, and the 2017 Channel 4 sitcom Back which starred Mitchell and Webb. In 2018 he made his feature length directorial debut with the film Possum, having previously helmed short films The Snipist and A Gun For George.

Born

Whitstable, Kent, England on 1st January 1970

All Credits

The Russell Howard Hour Image
The Russell Howard Hour
Garth Marenghi
Friday Night Dinner Image
Friday Night Dinner
Chris Parker
The Haunting of Bly Manor Image
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Dominic Wingrave
Toast of London Image
Toast of London
Max Gland
The Office Image
The Office
Simon
Year of the Rabbit Image
Year of the Rabbit
Hector, Crown Prince of Bulgaria
We Are Lady Parts Image
We Are Lady Parts
Gameshow host
Man to Man with Dean Learner Image
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Randolph Caer / Garth Marenghi / Glynn Nimron / Steve Pising / Amir Chanan
Man to Man with Dean Learner Image
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Amir Chanan
Man to Man with Dean Learner Image
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Merriman Weir
Man to Man with Dean Learner Image
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Glynn Nimron
Man to Man with Dean Learner Image
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Steve Pising
Man to Man with Dean Learner Image
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Garth Marenghi
Toast of Tinseltown Image
Toast of Tinseltown
Richard Chickentoss
Time Trumpet Image
Time Trumpet
Free Agents Image
Free Agents
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Image
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
Back Image
Back
Laurie
Bruiser Image
Bruiser
Life's Too Short Image
Life's Too Short
Ian
Cemetery Junction Image
Cemetery Junction
Band Leader
Festival Image
Festival
Roger - Lighting Man
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel Image
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Himself
2004: The Stupid Version Image
2004: The Stupid Version
Himself
Dodger Special: Bad Egg Image
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Sir Denholm Havers
A Gun for George Image
A Gun for George
Terry / George / The Reprisalizer
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Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
Self
Italia Violenta Image
Italia Violenta