Mathew Baynton
Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician. He is best known for his numerous roles in a children’s program Horrible Histories (2009-2013), as well as Yonderland (2013-2016), where he also played various different roles, and Ghosts (2019-) where he plays Thomas Thorne; other TV series he is popular by are You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), The Wrong Mans (2013-2014). He is also known for appearing in films such as The Falling (2015) and Bill (2015). He is familiar as one of the stars of the hit children's television series Horrible Histories, appearing over-all five series as a singer, actor, and occasional writer. He is the creator, writer, and star of Yonderland, an eight-part family fantasy comedy series that premiered on Sky1 on 10 November 2013. He starred with the same troupe in Bill, a BBC family comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare. The troupe also reunited in 2019 to create the BBC series Ghosts, with him appearing as a romantic poet named Thomas Thorne. He teamed with James Corden to create, write, and star in The Wrong Mans (2013–2014), a comedy-thriller for BBC Two that premiered in autumn 2013. Other notable TV comedy roles include the recurring character of Deano in Gavin & Stacey (2008–2009); co-starring as Chris in the Darren Boyd sitcom vehicle Spy (2011–2012); and William in the 2017 black comedy series Quacks. In late 2015, Baynton starred in science fiction comedy-drama miniseries You, Me and the Apocalypse. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Mathew Baynton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · A Good Girl's Guide to Murder as Elliot Ward
- 2023 · Murder Is Easy as Dr. Thomas
- 2023 · Wonka as Ficklegruber
- 2021 · Ghosts as Actor Pete
- 2020 · Hitmen as Kieran Roberts
- 2019 · Ghosts as Thomas Thorne
- 2019 · Princess Diana, Freddie and Kenny: ‘One Normal Night’ as Kenny Everett
- 2017 · Quacks as William Agar
- 2015 · Across The Sea as
- 2015 · You, Me and the Apocalypse as Jamie / Ariel
- 2015 · The Falling as Mr. Hopkins
- 2015 · Bill as William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Ted
- 2013 · Yonderland as Various
- 2013 · The Wrong Mans as Sam
- 2013 · Blandings as Pongo
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Ficklegruber (archive footage)
- 2011 · Tooty's Wedding as Aiden
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Colin Babcock
- 2011 · Spy as Chris
- 2011 · You Instead as Tkyo
- 2011 · Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party as
- 2010 · Hereafter as College Receptionist
- 2009 · City Rats as Barrista
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as
- 2009 · Brave Young Men as Dylan
- 2009 · Horne & Corden as
- 2009 · Largo al factotum as Figaro
- 2008 · 1234 as Neil
- 2008 · Telstar: The Joe Meek Story as Ritchie Blackmore
- 2008 · Ashes to Ashes as Tom Robinson
- 2007 · Learners as Howard
- 2007 · Gavin & Stacey as Deano
- 2007 · Roman's Empire as
- 2003 · Peep Show as Simon