Mathew Baynton

Born: 1980-11-18

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.


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as Ficklegruber
Released: 2023-12-06

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a...

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as College Receptionist
Released: 2010-10-22

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched...

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The Falling

as Mr. Hopkins
Released: 2015-04-24

England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an...

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Bill

as William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official
Released: 2015-03-27

What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare...

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You Instead

as Tkyo
Released: 2011-09-16

Two feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are...

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Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

as Ritchie Blackmore
Released: 2008-06-19

Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first...

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City Rats

as Barrista
Released: 2009-01-01

Welcome to the world of the City Rats where eight lives collide in a Pulp Fiction style blend...

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Learners

as Howard
Released: 2007-11-11

Bev is a downtrodden housewife who's failed her driving test eight times, having only been...

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Yonderland: The Christmas Special

as Elf / Chief Elder Choop / Maverick Bojangles / Various
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The people on both sides of the portal celebrate the holiday season. Debbie learns about the...

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1234

as Neil
Released: 2008-10-17

Ian Bonar is Stevie, a wannabe musician whose look is a hybrid of Jarvis Cocker and early Elvis...

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Princess Diana, Freddie and Kenny: ‘One Normal Night’

as Kenny Everett
Released: 2019-04-10

This short film takes place on the night that Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett put a disguise...

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Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

as uncredited
Released: 2011-09-09

Horrible Histories Prom was a free family concert showcasing the original songs from the British...

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Across The Sea

as uncredited
Released: 2015-11-21

A boy steals a phone from a young mother on a bus in London. After browsing the contents of her...

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Largo al factotum

as Figaro
Released: 2009-01-30

A silent black-and-white comedy inspired by the fizzing rollercoaster of Largo al factotum - the...

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Tooty's Wedding

as Aiden
Released: 2011-11-05

A young couple's marriage hilariously hits the rocks during a weekend wedding in the country.

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Death in Paradise

as Colin Babcock
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Ghosts

as Thomas Thorne
First aired: 2019-04-15

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling...

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Ghosts

as Actor Pete
First aired: 2021-10-07

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country...

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Peep Show

as Simon
First aired: 2003-09-19

Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has...

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Honest Trailers

as Ficklegruber (archive footage)
First aired: 2012-02-13

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These...

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You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Jamie / Ariel
First aired: 2015-09-30

When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the...

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The Wrong Mans

as Sam
First aired: 2013-09-24

Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime,...

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Horrible Histories

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-04-16

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo,...

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Gavin & Stacey

as Deano
First aired: 2007-05-13

Gavin is an ordinary boy from Billericay, Essex. Stacey is an ordinary girl from Barry Island,...

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Murder Is Easy

as Dr. Thomas
First aired: 2023-12-27

England, 1954. On a train to London, Fitzwilliam meets Miss Pinkerton, who tells him that a...

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Roman's Empire

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-04-12

Leo is the ex-boyfriend of businessman Roman Pretty's middle daughter Nikki, who still works and...

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Yonderland

as Various
First aired: 2013-11-10

A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who...

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Spy

as Chris
First aired: 2011-10-14

When an underachieving single father inadvertently becomes an MI5 agent, he must keep his...

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Hitmen

as Kieran Roberts
First aired: 2020-03-25

Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, misfits Fran and Jamie are not your typical...

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Blandings

as Pongo
First aired: 2013-01-13

Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle...

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Quacks

as William Agar
First aired: 2017-08-15

A raucous comedy set in Victorian London about four medical pioneers fighting to make a mark on...

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Horne & Corden

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-03-10

Horne & Corden is a British sketch show written by Jon Brown, Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Tim...

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