Matthew Holness

Actor

From: Whitstable, Kent, England

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…

Filmography (9)

Dodger Special: Bad Egg (2023)
Sir Denholm Havers
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel (2021)
Self
Possum (2018)
Director
Italia Violenta (2015)
The Snipist (2012)
Director
A Gun for George (2011)
Director
Cemetery Junction (2010)
Band Leader
Festival (2005)
Roger - Lighting Man
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights (1997)
Self