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.

Works

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Royal Shakespeare Company

Filmed live in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2024. Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) in the RSC’s smash-hit sell-out production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Four young lovers, faced with the prospect of unhappy marriage or worse, flee the court of Athens and stumble into an enchanted forest. Nearby, a group of amateur actors rehearse a play to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding. As these mere mortals cross paths with a warring fairy King and Queen, chaos reigns in the natural world. The lines between reality and illusion start to blur and no one but mischievous Puck knows what is true and what is magic. Let Shakespeare’s captivating comedy transport you to the most magical of midsummer nights. Director Eleanor Rhode returns to the RSC with a ‘joyous’ (The Times) Dream that is magical, mischievous and full of wonder.

Release Date: 2025-01-19

Character: Nick Bottom

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Five years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't believe he's responsible and teams up with Sal's brother Ravi to uncover the truth. If Sal Singh isn't a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from finding out the truth?

Release Date: 2024-07-10

Character: Elliot Ward

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 186

Murder Is Easy

England, 1954. On a train to London, Fitzwilliam meets Miss Pinkerton, who tells him that a killer is on the loose in the sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe. The villagers believe the deaths are accidents, but Miss Pinkerton knows otherwise — and when she’s later found dead on her way to Scotland Yard, Fitzwilliam feels he must find the killer before they can strike again.

Release Date: 2023-12-27

Character: Dr. Thomas

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 23

Wonka

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Release Date: 2023-12-06

Character: Ficklegruber

Vote Count: 3760

Ghosts

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

Release Date: 2021-10-07

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Actor Pete

Episode Count: 18

Vote Count: 213

Hitmen

Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, misfits Fran and Jamie are not your typical killers for hire. Working out of their scruffy van, each episode follows the hapless duo as they try to carry out their latest hit, inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics. As each hit goes south, our (anti)heroes are thrown into one bizarre misadventure after another, each full of oddball characters and unexpected dilemmas.

Release Date: 2020-03-25

Character: Kieran Roberts

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 13

Ghosts

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

Release Date: 2019-04-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Thomas Thorne

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 189

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

This short film takes place on the night that Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett put a disguise on their good friend, Princess Diana, and took her out for a night on the town, ending up at the Vauxhall Tavern and encountering a drag queen named Gareth.

Release Date: 2019-04-10

Character: Kenny Everett

Vote Count: 2

Quacks

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

Release Date: 2017-08-15

Character: William Agar

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 17

Across The Sea

A boy steals a phone from a young mother on a bus in London. After browsing the contents of her phone, he becomes curious and begins to follow her. But what are his intentions and where will this obsession lead?

Release Date: 2015-11-21

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character:

You, Me and the Apocalypse

When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the most hilarious and unexpected chain of events imaginable is set in motion.

Release Date: 2015-09-30

Character: Jamie / Ariel

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 101

Taskmaster

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?

Release Date: 2015-07-28

Character: Self

Vote Count: 146

The Falling

England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.

Release Date: 2015-04-24

Character: Mr. Hopkins

Vote Count: 181

Bill

What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.

Release Date: 2015-03-27

Character: William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official

Vote Count: 81

Inside No. 9

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

Release Date: 2014-02-05

Character: Ted

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 226

Yonderland

A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.

Release Date: 2013-11-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Various

Episode Count: 25

Vote Count: 18

The Wrong Mans

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

Release Date: 2013-09-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Sam

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 99

Blandings

Blandings is a British comedy television series adapted by Guy Andrews from the Blandings Castle stories of P.G. Wodehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One from 13 January 2013, and stars Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders and Mark Williams. The series was produced with the partial financial assistance of the European Regional Development Fund.

Release Date: 2013-01-13

Character: Pongo

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 14

Honest Trailers

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...

Release Date: 2012-02-13

Character: Ficklegruber (archive footage)

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 26

Tooty's Wedding

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

Release Date: 2011-11-05

Character: Aiden

Vote Count: 3

Death in Paradise

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.

Release Date: 2011-10-25

Character: Colin Babcock

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 261

Spy

When an underachieving single father inadvertently becomes an MI5 agent, he must keep his government job a secret while battling his ex-wife for custody of their precocious son.

Release Date: 2011-10-14

Character: Chris

Episode Count: 17

Vote Count: 38

You Instead

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

Release Date: 2011-09-16

Character: Tkyo

Vote Count: 86

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

Horrible Histories Prom was a free family concert showcasing the original songs from the British television series Horrible Histories, along with classical music. It was held on 30 July 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and was that year's children's entry in the BBC's annual Proms series.

Release Date: 2011-09-09

Hereafter

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.

Release Date: 2010-10-22

Character: College Receptionist

Vote Count: 1682

City Rats

Welcome to the world of the City Rats where eight lives collide in a Pulp Fiction style blend that reveals London‘s true dark and twisted underbelly.

Release Date: 2009-04-24

Character: Barrista

Vote Count: 25

Horrible Histories

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

Release Date: 2009-04-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character:

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 56

Brave Young Men

Owen and Jamie are a pair of nobodies who prevent global disasters with the help of a time-transient civil servant.

Release Date: 2009-03-22

Character: Dylan

Vote Count: 1

Horne & Corden

Horne & Corden is a British sketch show written by Jon Brown, Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Tim Inman and the cast, script edited by Sam Ward, and starring Mathew Horne and James Corden. It aired on BBC television in 2009. The first episode was broadcast on 10 March 2009 on BBC Three. It is presented by and stars Mathew Horne and James Corden in front of a live audience, featuring pre-recorded sketches and vignettes filmed in a studio with an audience. Several episodes featured a song and dance routine as their finale. The first episode attracted the highest ratings for a comedy show debut on BBC Three. However, ratings quickly dropped throughout the show's run. In Australia, all six episodes were also aired on ABC2 from 1 September to 6 October 2009 in the Thursday 9pm timeslot.

Release Date: 2009-03-10

Episode Count: 6

Largo al factotum

A silent black-and-white comedy inspired by the fizzing rollercoaster of Largo al factotum - the familiar aria from Rossini's The Barber of Seville - featuring the young apprentice hero and a recalcitrant, increasingly monstrous hairball.

Release Date: 2009-01-30

Character: Figaro

Vote Count: 2

1234

Ian Bonar is Stevie, a wannabe musician whose look is a hybrid of Jarvis Cocker and early Elvis Costello. Working with his drummer pal Neil (Matthew Baynton) in a call centre, they dream of breaking into the indie music scene. To do this they require additional band members. Step forward the driven (and drinking) guitarist Billy (Kieran Bew) and slightly scatty bassist Emily (Lyndsey Marshal), who has a sideline in making sculpture from hair.

Release Date: 2008-10-17

Character: Neil

Vote Count: 10

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

Set against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar – the biggest selling record of it's time – before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall.

Release Date: 2008-06-19

Character: Ritchie Blackmore

Vote Count: 30

Learners

Bev is a downtrodden housewife who's failed her driving test eight times, having only been instructed by her impatient husband Ian. After registering with a driving school, she develops a crush on her instructor, Chris.

Release Date: 2007-11-11

Character: Howard

Vote Count: 17

The Inspiration of Alfie Swincross

Alfie Sincross, a chimney sweep living in London, undergoes a series of life changing decisions and situations that pushes him to the edge of a quest that has no bounds and to the end of the world.

Character: Hugo de Giffard

Ashes to Ashes

Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.

Release Date: 2008-02-07

Character: Tom Robinson

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 101

Gavin & Stacey

Gavin is an ordinary boy from Billericay, Essex. Stacey is an ordinary girl from Barry Island, South Wales. They’ve spoken on the phone every day at work for months but they’ve never actually met… until now.

Release Date: 2007-05-13

Character: Deano

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 113

Roman's Empire

Leo is the ex-boyfriend of businessman Roman Pretty's middle daughter Nikki, who still works and lives with the family. Nikki's new boyfriend, Seb, has a shady past, which Leo tries to reveal to the Pretty family. His best mate Jase is married to the eldest sister, Jenny, and is constantly attempting to get away from her and their new-born daughter. Meanwhile, Japanese chef Mr. Hokkasawa loses his job at a restaurant after a complaint from Roman, and takes the job of the Pretty family's gardener in a plot to kill him as revenge. However, he falls for Roman's youngest daughter, Kelly.

Release Date: 2007-04-12

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

Peep Show

Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.

Release Date: 2003-09-19

Character: Simon

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 379