Matthew Holness
Born in Whitstable, Kent, England
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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…
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Matthew Holness's Credits
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The Haunting of Bly Manor
Dominic Wingrave
Friday Night Dinner
Chris Parker
Toast of London
Max Gland
Playhouse Presents
Writing
The Office
Simon
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
We Are Lady Parts
Gameshow host
Year of the Rabbit
Hector, Crown Prince of Bulgaria
Back
Laurie
Life's Too Short
Ian
Toast of Tinseltown
Richard Chickentoss
Man to Man with Dean Learner
Garth Marenghi
Time Trumpet
Possum
Writing
Cemetery Junction
Band Leader
Free Agents
Bruiser
Festival
Roger - Lighting Man
2004: The Stupid Version
Himself
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Self
The Snipist
Directing
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Sir Denholm Havers
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
Self
A Gun for George
Terry / George / The Reprisalizer
Italia Violenta