Matthew Charles Berry was born on 2 May 1974 and is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer.
41 Facts About Matt Berry
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Matt Berry is best known for his roles in comedy series such as The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, What We Do in the Shadows, and Toast of London, the last of which he co-created.
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Matthew Charles Berry was born on 2 May 1974 in Bromham, Bedfordshire, the son of nurse Pauline and taxi driver Charles Berry.
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Matt Berry attended Nottingham Trent University, graduating in 1999 with a BA in contemporary arts.
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Matt Berry later appeared as eccentric, sinister tycoon Dixon Bainbridge in The Mighty Boosh.
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Matt Berry met The Mighty Boosh duo while performing at the Hen and Chickens Theatre, where they were resident in 2000.
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Matt Berry can be seen in a cameo performance in The Mighty Boosh Live DVD.
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Matt Berry starred with Fulcher and Simon Farnaby on E4's The Golf War in November 2007.
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In 2007, Matt Berry joined The IT Crowd during its second series as Douglas Reynholm.
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Matt Berry was nominated as Best Male Comedy Newcomer in the 2007 British Comedy Awards for the role.
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In 2010, Matt Berry played journalist Michael Duffy in the BBC production Five Daughters, about events surrounding the Ipswich murders of 2006.
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Matt Berry appeared in the British comedy panel game Shooting Stars, portraying Vangelis.
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Matt Berry appeared as an antiques expert in the ITV sketch show Monkey Trousers with Vic and Bob and Steve Coogan.
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Matt Berry appeared in a number of films during this period, including The Devil's Chair and Moon.
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Matt Berry starred in The Search, a short film about "a lonely man's search for the existence of life outside our universe takes a remarkable turn when he connects with a recently bereaved family".
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In each 15-minute episode, Matt Berry explored the psyche of a guest patient, attempting to treat his or her problems in surreal dreamlike sequences.
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Matt Berry appeared in the film adaptation of the David Nicholls novel One Day as Aaron, Dexter's agent.
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Matt Berry was briefly featured in the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, introducing ELO's "Mr Blue Sky" by way of a mock weather forecast.
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Matt Berry played the title character in the 2013 Portlandia episode "Squiggleman".
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From 2014 to 2015, Matt Berry co-starred in the BBC 2 series House of Fools, written by and starring Reeves and Mortimer.
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Matt Berry appeared in episode nine of the sixth season of Dan Harmon's television series Community, released on Yahoo Screen on 5 May 2015.
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Since 2019, Matt Berry has starred in the FX TV adaptation of the film What We Do in the Shadows as Laszlo, one of four vampires living in Staten Island.
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In 2021, after the second series of Year of the Rabbit was axed, Matt Berry was commissioned by the BBC to make a "Steven Toast in America" series for them.
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Matt Berry voiced Bubbles, an inter-dimensional dolphin, in the 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants film sequel, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
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Matt Berry provided the voice of Prince Merkimer in Matt Groening's animated series Disenchantment, which premiered in 2018 on Netflix.
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In 2014, Matt Berry read out the teamsheets at Luton Town before the game.
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In 2019, Matt Berry provided the voice of Moominpappa in the popular Finnish animated children's series Moominvalley.
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Matt Berry provides the voice for the torture droid 8D8 in the 2021 Star Wars television series The Book of Boba Fett.
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Matt Berry performed a song for an episode of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, "One Track Lover", a spoof of cheesy romantic 1980s songs.
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Matt Berry wrote music for the BBC 2 Steve Coogan comedy Saxondale and appeared in the first and third episodes of the second series of the show.
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Matt Berry composed the theme song for the Channel 4 sketch show Blunder.
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Matt Berry is friends with musical composer Dan McGrath and contributed to the Strictly Come Dancing theme song by playing guitar and providing the audible "Hey".
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Matt Berry has recorded nine studio albums: Jackpot, Opium, Witchazel, Kill the Wolf, Music for Insomniacs, The Small Hours, Television Themes, Phantom Birds and The Blue Elephant.
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Matt Berry stated in the first issue of Bearded Magazine in 2007 that he was producing and collaborating on new material with 1960s soul singer Geno Washington and would record a new album.
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In October 2007, Matt Berry provided a new track, "Cream Pie", to Bearded Magazine for readers to download free, followed by a cover of the Blur song "Sing" in November 2007.
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Until 2010, Matt Berry presented a show on Absolute Radio, where he still performs various voiceovers and was described as "the voice of Absolute Radio".
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In 2015, Matt Berry was the opening act for Steven Wilson's second Royal Albert Hall concert.
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In 2019, Matt Berry was revealed as one of the contributing artists on the Desert Sessions album Vols.
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Matt Berry co-wrote, narrated, and played the organ on the track "Chic Tweetz".
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On 14 May 2021, Matt Berry released his ninth studio album, The Blue Elephant, distributed by Acid Jazz.
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Matt Berry starred in the video for the Super Furry Animals song "Run-Away", directed by Richard Ayoade.