Matthew Cottle

Matthew Cottle (born 16 February 1967) is a British film and television actor, best known for his part in the sitcom Game On, in which he played the ginger-haired, low self-esteemed, single banker Martin Henson.^[1] He has also appeared in many successful British TV series, including EastEnders, Holby City, Doctors, Down to Earth and The Bill.

Early life and career

Cottle was born in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, and studied drama at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.^[2]

Film

Cottle appeared in Richard Attenborough's Chaplin (as Stan Laurel), David Jones' A Christmas Carol and Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things.

Theatre

Cottle appeared in Macbeth at the Liverpool Everyman in 1995 and then went on to star in the stage show of Peter Pan. In 2009 he appeared in all three of the plays forming the Ayckbourn at 70 season at Theatre Royal, Northampton. His roles were Neil in "Just Between Ourselves"; Stewart in "Private Fears in Public Places" and Ashley in "Man of the Moment".^[3]

Videos

Cottle starred in a data protection video in which he played a man attending a data protection conference who proceeded to make a collection of data protection gaffes. The most memorable scene involved Cottle's character popping out of the meeting to fax confidential documents to a chancer who had phoned him earlier in the day.^{[citation needed]}

He has also starred in An Evening with Gary Lineker at the Darlington Civic Theatre.^[1]

Personal life

He is an Arsenal supporter and has two children, a daughter born in 1997 and a son born in 2000.^[1]

Selected works

Television

• 1995 – Game On
• 1997 – Get Well Soon (1997)

Theatre

• 2004 – Season's Greetings – Clive, a suave writer^[4]
• 2009 – Private Fears in Public Places – Stewart, an estate agent^[5]
• 2011 - Dear Uncle
• 2011 - Neighbourhood Watch

Film

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Good game Matthew (From The Northern Echo)". www.thenorthernecho.co.uk. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/787276.good_game_matthew/. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 
2. ^ Agency CV
3. ^ Ayckbourn at 70 programme. Royal & Derngate Theatres, Northampton.
4. ^ "BBC Birmingham – Stage – Season's Greetings". www.bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/stage/2004/11/seasons_greetings/index.shtml. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 
5. ^ "Private Fears in Public Places - Private Fears in Public Places - Reviews - Whatsonstage.com". www.whatsonstage.com. http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/central/E8831245930746/Private+Fears+in+Public+Places.html. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 

External links

Matthew Cottle at the Internet Movie Database

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