Personal Info
Matthew Holness
Acting
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 wo…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
as Sir Denholm Havers
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
as Self
Italia Violenta
A Gun for George
as Terry / George / The Reprisalizer
Cemetery Junction
as Band Leader
Festival
as Roger - Lighting Man
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
as Self
garth marenghi's darkplace horrificata illuminata
as garth marenghi
TV Shows
Toast of Tinseltown
as Richard Chickentoss · 1 ep.
We Are Lady Parts
as Gameshow host · 1 ep.
The Haunting of Bly Manor
as Dominic Wingrave · 2 ep.
Year of the Rabbit
as Hector, Crown Prince of Bulgaria · 1 ep.
The Russell Howard Hour
as Garth Marenghi · 1 ep.
Back
as Laurie · 6 ep.
Toast of London
as Max Gland · 1 ep.
Friday Night Dinner
as Chris Parker · 1 ep.
Life's Too Short
as Ian · 2 ep.
Free Agents
6 ep.