1. Mathew Baynton is a member of the Them There collective, in which he wrote and starred in Horrible Histories, Yonderland and Ghosts.
19 Facts About Mathew Baynton
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Mathew Baynton was the co-creator, writer and star of the comedy-drama The Wrong Mans.
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Mathew Baynton has appeared in several films, including Bill and Wonka.
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Mathew Baynton is the youngest of three boys, with two older brothers, Daniel and Andrew.
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Mathew Baynton was educated at Southend High School for Boys.
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Mathew Baynton graduated with first class honours from the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, and later trained in clowning at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris.
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Mathew Baynton is one of the performers of the children's television series Horrible Histories, appearing in the first five series as an actor, singer, and occasional writer.
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Mathew Baynton 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.
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The troupe reunited in 2019 to create the BBC series Ghosts, with Mathew Baynton appearing as a Romantic poet named Thomas Thorne.
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Mathew Baynton appeared at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring in the world premiere of Tom Basden's play Holes.
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Mathew Baynton reprised his role of Gus in a London revival of the same play in summer 2014.
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In late 2015, Mathew Baynton portrayed Jamie Winton and his brother Ariel Conroy in Sky One's science fiction comedy-drama miniseries You, Me and the Apocalypse.
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In January 2024, Mathew Baynton made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut in Eleanor Rhode's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream as Nick Bottom at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, before transferring to the Barbican Centre in December 2024.
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In January 2025, it was announced that Mathew Baynton would appear as a contestant on the nineteenth series of the Channel 4 show Taskmaster alongside Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Rosie Ramsey, and Stevie Martin.
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Mathew Baynton is a former member of the band Special Benny as a vocalist and guitarist.
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Mathew Baynton has performed as a solo act under the name Dog Ears.
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Mathew Baynton's son appeared as the young Mary, Queen of Scots in an episode of Horrible Histories.
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Mathew Baynton tries to keep his children out of the spotlight.
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Mathew Baynton expressed his belief that he lets his son express his likes and dislikes freely without categorising toys and colours in gendered categories.