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Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician best known as a member of the British Horrible Histories troupe in which he starred in the TV series Horrible Histories; as well as an actor in Yonderland and Ghosts. He was also the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcom The Wrong Mans. Other major television roles include Deano in Gavin & Stacey, Chris Pitt-Goddard in Spy, Simon in Peep Show, and twin brothers Jamie Winton and Ariel Conroy in You, Me and the Apocalypse.

Mathew Baynton
Baynton at the 2011 Glasgow Film Festival.
Born	(1980-11-18) 18 November 1980 (age 41) Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England[1]
Occupation	Actor, writer, comedian, musician
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Kelly Robinson
Children	2
Website	www.dogears.org

Early life

Baynton was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He is the youngest of three boys, with two older brothers, Daniel and Andrew. He was educated at Southend High School for Boys. He graduated with first class honours from the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama,[2] and later trained in clowning at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Baynton explained his motivation in an interview with Metro: "The performing instinct came from making my family laugh, so I've always been drawn to the funny side of things. Comedy is really rewarding."[3]

Career

Acting and writing

Baynton is one of the performers of the hit children's television series Horrible Histories, appearing in the first five series as a singer, actor, and occasional writer.[4] Along with the five other members of the Horrible Histories cast, Baynton is the creator, writer, and star of Yonderland, an eight-part family fantasy comedy series that premiered on Sky1 on 10 November 2013.[5] He starred with the same troupe in Bill, a BBC family comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare, who ventures to London to pursue his dream of becoming a playwright.[6][7] The troupe also reunited in 2019 to create the BBC series Ghosts, with Baynton appearing as a romantic poet named Thomas Thorne.

Baynton teamed with friend and fellow Gavin & Stacey alumnus James Corden to create, write, and star in The Wrong Mans, a comedy-thriller for BBC Two that premiered in autumn 2013.[8] The series is co-produced by online television provider Hulu.com in the United States, where it premiered in November 2013.[9] The first six-part series proved a critical and commercial success, and a similarly well-received two-part sequel was broadcast in December 2014.[10]

Other notable TV comedy roles include Deano in Gavin & Stacey; Chris in the Darren Boyd sitcom vehicle Spy; and William in the 2017 black comedy series Quacks.

Baynton appeared at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring in the world premiere of Tom Basden's play Holes.[11] He reprised his role of Gus in a London revival of the same play in summer 2014.[12]

In late 2015, Baynton portrayed Jamie Winton and his brother Ariel Conroy in Sky1's science fiction comedy-drama miniseries You, Me and the Apocalypse.

Music

Baynton is a former member of the band Special Benny as a vocalist and guitarist.[13] Their debut album Toys was released in 2010.

He has also performed as a solo act under the name Dog Ears. His debut solo EP, So It Goes, was released in November 2011.[14] It consists of four self-penned songs.

Personal life

He and his wife Kelly Robinson, a film historian, have two children: a son, Bo, born in 2011, and a daughter, Ida, born in 2016. [15]

Baynton has commented on his son's skewed view of his father's profession: "He thinks work is putting on a beard. One day his eyes will be opened, but I do find it wonderful that that's his view of work."[16] He commented during the same interview that while many actors do not want their children to become an actor as well, but Baynton has said that he sees no problem with his son following in his footsteps by stating that "if he enjoys it, so why shouldn't I let him?".[16] Bo appeared as the young Mary, Queen of Scots in one episode of Horrible Histories.

Baynton tries to keep Bo and Ida out of the spotlight. However, Baynton raised awareness about breaking gender barriers after Bo was mocked in the park for wearing a pink bicycle helmet.[17] Baynton expressed his belief that he lets his son express his likes and dislikes freely without categorising toys and colours in gendered categories. Baynton stated "I won't be teaching my boy how to be a 'boy.'"[17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2008	1234	Neil
	Telstar	Ritchie Blackmore
2009	City Rats	Barista
2010	Hereafter	College Receptionist
	Tooty's Wedding	Aiden
	You Instead	Tyko
2015	Bill	William "Bill" Shakespeare Various Characters
	The Falling	Mr. Hopkins
2023	Wonka

Television

Year	Title	Role
2007	Learners	Howard
2008	Ashes to Ashes	Tom Robinson
	Roman's Empire	Davvy
2008–2009	Gavin & Stacey	Deano
2009	Doc Martin	Junior Chef
	Horne & Corden	Various characters
	Brave Young Men	Dylan
	New Town	Derrin
	Doc Martin	Chef
2009–2010	The Armstrong & Miller Show	Various characters
2009–2013	Horrible Histories	Various characters including Charles II and Dick Turpin
2010	The King Is Dead	Various characters
	The Fleet	Van salesman
	The Stephen K. Amos Show	Himself
2010–2012	Peep Show	Simon
2011	BBC Proms: Horrible Histories Big Prom Party	Various characters
2011–2012	Spy	Chris Pitt-Goddard
2013–2014	The Wrong Mans	Sam Pinkett
2013–2016	Yonderland	Various characters
2014	Blandings	Pongo Twistleton
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	Jamie Winton, Ariel Conroy
2016–present	Bob the Builder	Roland
2016	Drunk History	Various characters
2017	Inside No. 9	Ted
	Quacks	William Agar
2018	Vanity Fair	Bute Crawley
	The Split	Rex
2019-present	Ghosts	Thomas Thorne
2019	Urban Myths	Kenny Everett
2021	Death in Paradise	Colin Babcock

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2003	Loot	Meadows & Mrs. McLeavy	Derby Playhouse, Derby
2005	The Bubonic Play	Minstrel	Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh	as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2006	Hello Dalai	Various Roles	Underbelly, Edinburgh	as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2007	Office Party		Barbican Centre, London
2011	Horrible Histories: BBC Proms 2011	Various Roles	Royal Albert Hall, London	as part of BBC Proms
2013	Holes	Gus	Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh	as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Radio

Year	Title	Role
2022	The Miser	Valère https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013k5l

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2006	Fringe Report Awards	Best Farce (with all crew & cast)	The Bubonic Play	Won	[18]
2010	British Academy Children's Awards	Best Writing (with writing team)	Horrible Histories - Series 2	Won	[19]
2011	British Comedy Awards	Best Sketch Show (with writing team)	Horrible Histories - Series 2	Won	[20]
2012	British Academy Children's Awards	Best Performer	Horrible Histories	Nominated	[21]
2013	RTS Programme Awards	Best Writer – Comedy (with James Corden & Tom Basden)	The Wrong Mans	Won	[22]
2014	British Academy Television Craft Awards	Best Writer – Comedy (with James Corden)	The Wrong Mans	Nominated	[23]
	British Academy Television Awards	Best Male Comedy Performance	The Wrong Mans	Nominated	[24]
	Satellite Awards	Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Wrong Mans	Nominated	[25]
	British Comedy Awards	Best New Comedy Programme (with James Corden)	The Wrong Mans	Nominated	[26]
	BANFF World Media Rockie Awards	Best Sitcom	The Wrong Mans	Nominated	[27]
2015	British Academy Television Craft Awards	Best Writer – Comedy (with James Corden)	The Wrong Mans, Episode: "X-Mans"	Nominated	[28]
	British Academy Television Awards	Best Scripted Comedy (with Jim Field Smith & James Corden)	The Wrong Mans	Nominated	[29]
	Comedy.co.uk Awards	Best New TV Sitcom (with James Corden)	The Wrong Mans	Won	[30]
2022	National Comedy Awards	Outstanding Comedy Actor	Ghosts	Nominated

References

External links

• Mathew Baynton at IMDb
• Mathew Baynton on Twitter

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