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Matthew Holness

Whitstable, Kent, England

Matthew Holness

Whitstable, Kent, England

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Popularity

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Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Cemetery Junction

Cemetery Junction‌
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calendar 2010

A Gun for George

A Gun for George‌
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calendar 2011

Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights

Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights‌
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calendar 1997

Dodger Special: Bad Egg

Dodger Special: Bad Egg‌
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calendar 2023

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel‌
star7.8
calendar 2021

Festival

Festival‌
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calendar 2005

Italia Violenta

Italia Violenta‌
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calendar 2015

Tv Credits

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace‌
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calendar 2004

Time Trumpet

Time Trumpet‌
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calendar 2006

Man to Man with Dean Learner

Man to Man with Dean Learner‌
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calendar 2006

The Office

The Office‌
star7.8
calendar 2001

Bruiser

Bruiser‌
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calendar 2000

Free Agents

Free Agents‌
star6.5
calendar 2009

We Are Lady Parts

We Are Lady Parts‌
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calendar 2021

The Mighty Boosh

The Mighty Boosh‌
star7.6
calendar 2004

Toast of Tinseltown

Toast of Tinseltown‌
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calendar 2022

Friday Night Dinner

Friday Night Dinner‌
star7.8
calendar 2011

Back

Back‌
star7.4
calendar 2017

The Russell Howard Hour

The Russell Howard Hour‌
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calendar 2017

Toast of London

Toast of London‌
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calendar 2013

Life's Too Short

Life's Too Short‌
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calendar 2011

Year of the Rabbit

Year of the Rabbit‌
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calendar 2019

The Haunting of Bly Manor

The Haunting of Bly Manor‌
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calendar 2020