Mathew John Baynton was born on 18 November 1980 and 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.
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Matthew Baynton was the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcom The Wrong Mans.
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Matthew Baynton is the youngest of three boys, with two older brothers, Daniel and Andrew.
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Matthew 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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Matthew 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.
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Matthew 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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Matthew Baynton appeared at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring in the world premiere of Tom Basden's play Holes.
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Matthew Baynton reprised his role of Gus in a London revival of the same play in summer 2014.
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In late 2015, Matthew Baynton portrayed Jamie Winton and his brother Ariel Conroy in Sky1's science fiction comedy-drama miniseries You, Me and the Apocalypse.
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Matthew Baynton is a former member of the band Special Benny as a vocalist and guitarist.
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Matthew Baynton has performed as a solo act under the name Dog Ears.
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Matthew Baynton and his wife Kelly Robinson, a film historian, have two children: a son, Bo, born in 2011, and a daughter, Ida, born in 2016.
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However, Matthew Baynton raised awareness about breaking gender barriers after Bo was mocked in the park for wearing a pink bicycle helmet.
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Matthew Baynton expressed his belief that he lets his son express his likes and dislikes freely without categorising toys and colours in gendered categories.
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