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Mathew Baynton

Acting

Born November 18, 1980 · Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK

Biography

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.

Filmography27 titles

Taskmaster

2015as Self

Doc Martin

2004as Junior Chef

Inside No. 9

2014as Ted

Peep Show

2003as Simon

Ghosts

2021as Actor Pete

Horrible Histories

2009Writer

Ghosts

2019as Thomas Thorne

Ashes to Ashes

2008as Tom Robinson

Spy

2011as Chris Pitt-Goddard

The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe

as Brian (voice)

Gavin & Stacey

2007as Deano

Drunk History

as John Tunstall

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

2024as Elliot Ward

The Wrong Mans

2013as Sam Pinkett

Vanity Fair

as Bute Crawley

Blandings

2013as Pongo Twistleton

The Split

2018as Rex Pope

Wonka

2023as Ficklegruber

You, Me and the Apocalypse

2015as Jamie Winton / Ariel Conroy

Bill

2015as William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official

Tonight You're Mine

2011as Tyko

Thunderbirds Are Go

2015as Jimmy (voice) / Crewman Hooper (voice)

Hereafter

2010as College Receptionist

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

2008as Ritchie Blackmore

Murder Is Easy

2023as Dr. Thomas

City Rats

2009as Barrista

The Falling

2014as Mr. Hopkins