Mathew Horne
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Mathew Horne (born 6 September 1978, Nottingham) is an English comedian and actor.
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[edit] Early life
At the Minster School, Southwell, he studied performing arts at A level. He went to the University of Manchester (where he studied performing arts), with Bruce Mackinnon. They met in the first few weeks of term, realised they shared a similar sense of humour, but didn't write material together until the third year.
[edit] Career
He began his career as a stand up comedian and later became one half of the comedy duo Mat and MacKinnon - first performing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2000.
He was spotted at the festival by Catherine Tate who invited him to write and perform in The Catherine Tate Show.
In 2003, he starred in Channel 4's 20 Things to do Before You're 30 and a year later earned the role of Ben, an atheist RE teacher, in the Channel 4 hit series Teachers. In 2007 he starred in the BBC sitcom Roman's Empire and in November that year appeared in comedy sketches in The Kylie Show on ITV1 alongside Kylie Minogue, playing her assistant. Horne also featured the Sheriff's court jester in the second series of Robin Hood, aired on BBC One at the end of 2007.
In 2008 Horne appeared in a modern adaptation of the Three Billy Goats Gruff as part of the BBC's Fairy Tales season.
He also does voice-over work such as for the ITV2 series The Passions of Girls Aloud.
Horne appears in the forthcoming film Lesbian Vampire Killers and will make his stage debut in a 2009 revival of Entertaining Mr Sloane.
[edit] Corden and Horne
Since working on the BBC sticom Gavin and Stacey, he has collaborated a number of times with its co-creator James Corden.
They have presented Big Brother spin-off show Big Brother's Big Mouth as guests in 2007 and then regulars for the run covering E4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack. In February 2008, they presented the NME Shockwaves Awards.
In 2008 they will tour the UK in preparation for their BBC sketch show Corden and Horne Have Come.
[edit] Recognition and awards
Horne was nominated for Best Male Comedy Newcomer at the 2007 British Comedy Awards.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ The British Sitcom Guide - News. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
