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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-05-02 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Bromham, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Matt Berry

Biography:

Matthew Charles Berry (born May 2, 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He has appeared in comedy series such as The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, The Wrong Door, and House of Fools. He currently plays the lead role of Steven Toast in the Channel 4 sitcom Toast of London, for which he won the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme. Starting in 2019, he has starred in the FX television series What We Do In the Shadows and the sitcom Year of the Rabbit. Matt is a strikingly shy and retiring in person. His hair - long, luxuriant, constantly being pushed back from his face - might be the loudest thing about him.

He is, he says several times, “a very private person”. So much so, that when we talk briefly about the fact he has just moved out of London to somewhere with a bit more space, he looks suddenly stricken and asks me not to name the place. “I don’t want anyone to know where I am, really. If that’s alright.”

Known For

Acting

2026

2025

A Minecraft Movie as Nitwit (voice)
Bubble & Squeak as Shazbor
Watson as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

2024

The Wild Robot as Paddler (voice)
Fallout as Mr. Handy (voice)
Fallout as Snip Snip (voice)
Fallout as Sebastian Leslie

2023

The Inventor as Pope Leo XI (voice)
Krapopolis as Shlub (voice)
Great Expectations as Mr. Pumblechuck

2022

Toast of Tinseltown as Steven Toast

2021

The Book of Boba Fett as 8D8 (voice)
The Watch as Wayne

2020

Squeamish About ... as Michael Squeamish

2019

The Road to Brexit as Michael Squeamish
Twelve Forever as Butt Witch (voice)
What We Do in the Shadows as Laszlo Cravensworth
Year of the Rabbit as Detective Inspector Rabbit

2018

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn as Rodney Von Donkensteiger
Christopher Robin as Policeman Bobby
Disenchantment as Prince Merkimer (voice)

2017

Sleigh as Martin

2016

The Last Dragonslayer as King Snodd

2015

Twelve Forever as The Butt Witch (voice)
Professor Branestawm Returns as Professor Awfulshirt
Swansong as Toby Taylor
Funny Valentines as Narrator
Harvey Beaks as Doctor Roberts (voice)
Major Lazer as Professor Teacher (voice)

2014

The IT Crowd Manual as Self - Douglas Reynholm
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Train Narrator (voice)

2013

Svengali as Jeremy Braines
Toast of London as Steven Toast

2012

2011

Angry White Man as Bulldog Hayes
One Day as Aaron
Portlandia as Squiggleman

2010

Braincell as Neil Balsam
Huge as Head Creative
Five Daughters as Mirror Journalist

2009

A Bit of Tom Jones? as Philip da Purve
Moon as Overmeyers
Svengali as Jeremy Braines
The Search as Bootland
Community as Professor Roger DeSalvo
Archer as Mr. Deadly (voice)

2008

MeeBOX as James Coke-Lunch

2007

The Devil's Chair as Brett Wilson
The Golf War as Tony 'T Bone' Bone
The Sarah Silverman Program. as Sir Corin Ashley

2006

The Mighty Boosh Live as Dixon Bainbridge
Saxondale as Geoff
The IT Crowd as Douglas Reynholm
The IT Crowd as Himself
Man to Man with Dean Learner as Guest on 'Deano's After Dark'
Man to Man with Dean Learner as Interviewer (voice)

2005

2004

AD/BC: A Rock Opera as Innkeeper / Tim Wynde
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace as Todd Rivers / Dr. Lucien Sanchez
The Mighty Boosh as Dixon Bainbridge
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace as Dr. Lucien Sanchez

2001

One Last Thing as Mugger

2000

Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Allen (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Les McCrabb

1989

The Simpsons as Chester Arborday (voice)

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Sound

2019

2011

See Me as Music

2004

Writing

2022

2013

Toast of London as Writer

2008

The Wrong Door as Writer

2007

2006

Snuff Box as Writer

Production

2019

Year of the Rabbit as Executive Producer

Creator

2013

Toast of London as Creator