Matt King (comedian)

Matt King
Born	Matthew King 31 January 1968 (1968-01-31) (age 43) Watford, England
Occupation	Actor, comedian

Matt King (born 31 January 1968) is an English actor, writer of BBC sitcom Whites and comedian. He is known for his role as self-absorbed musician Super Hans in the British sitcom Peep Show.

He has played many characters, including Elton John and Terry Venables, in the Bafta-nominated comedy series Star Stories, and starred in his own self-penned sketch show Dogface, also on Channel 4. He has appeared in cult comedy series Look Around You.

As a stand-up comedian he has appeared at the Edinburgh festival and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. One of his shows was disrupted by the fact that he had a devastating car crash immediately before the show started, but the show went on.^{[citation needed]}

He co-starred in the movie Inkheart, co-stars in the Guy Ritchie film Rocknrolla, the British film Bronson, and has a lead role in fantasy thriller Malice in Wonderland. He has also appeared in the third series of Doctor Who as Peter Streete in The Shakespeare Code and was a regular character in the hit BBC production Jekyll playing computer expert Freeman. He played a ticket tout in the acclaimed independent short film "Brussels" by Misha Manson-Smith.

He appeared in the third series of Skins, playing Cook's father.

In 2010 he appeared in London Boulevard alongside Colin Farrell, Keira Knightly and Ray Winston. He plays driver and bodyguard to Winston's character, Rob Gant. The same year he co-wrote the BBC2 series Whites starring Alan Davies.^[1]

King currently stars in the Australian drama series Spirited, in which he plays the ghost of 1980s rock star Henry Mallet. He is also working on the upcoming Sky One dramedy Starlings, co-written with Steve Edge.

References

1. ^ "Interview with Alan Davies". British Comedy Guide. http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/whites/interview/. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 

External links

• Matt King at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	King, Matt
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Date of birth	31 January 1968
Place of birth	Watford, England
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