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Matthew Holness

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.


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Born:
In Whitstable, Kent, England
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the series Bruiser 2000-02-28
Latest Project:
Movie Dodger Special: Bad Egg 2023-04-07
Known For
Poster of Italia Violenta
Poster of Life's Too Short
Poster of A Gun for George
Poster of The Office
Filmography
Movie Dodger Special: Bad Egg Sir Denholm Havers 2023-04-07
Movie Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel Himself 2021-05-28
Series Back Laurie 2017-09-06
Movie Italia Violenta 2015-01-01
Series Toast of London Max Gland 2013-10-20
Movie A Gun for George Terry / George / The Reprisalizer 2011-05-11
Series Life's Too Short Ian 2011-11-10
Movie Cemetery Junction Band Leader 2010-04-14
Series Free Agents 2009-02-13
Series Time Trumpet 2006-08-03
Series Man to Man with Dean Learner 2006-10-20
Movie Festival Roger - Lighting Man 2005-07-15
Series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. 2004-01-29
Series The Office Unknown 2001-07-09
Series Bruiser 2000-02-28