Mathew Frazer Horne was born on 6 September 1978 and is an English actor, comedian, television presenter and narrator.
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27 Facts About Matthew Horne
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Matthew Horne was born on 6 September 1978 in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire.
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Matthew Horne studied A level performing arts at Southwell Minster School in Nottinghamshire, and has a degree in drama from the University of Manchester.
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Matthew Horne met Bruce Mackinnon there in the first few weeks of term; they realised they shared a similar sense of humour, but did not write material together until the third year of their studies.
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Matthew Horne began his career as a comedian and became half of comedy duo Mat and MacKinnon, first performing at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000.
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Matthew Horne was spotted at the festival by Catherine Tate, who invited him to perform in BBC TV programme The Catherine Tate Show.
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Since then Matthew Horne has has appeared in several Catherine Tate's Nan specials.
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Matthew Horne reprised his role as Jamie in two festive episodes of Catherine Tate's Nan in 2015.
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Matthew Horne appeared in the first series of ITV production Doc Martin.
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In 2005, Matthew Horne appeared in an episode of The Smoking Room, playing Dominic, nephew of Janet.
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Matthew Horne returned to this role for the Christmas special of 2019.
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In 2008, Matthew Horne appeared in a modern adaptation of the Three Billy Goats Gruff as part of the BBC's Fairy Tales season.
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Matthew Horne starred in the film Lesbian Vampire Killers alongside James Corden and made his stage debut in a 2009 revival of Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Trafalgar Studios.
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Matthew Horne remained on stage until medical assistance arrived, at which point he was taken to hospital.
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In 2010, Matthew Horne appeared in an episode of Miss Marple, named "The Secret of Chimneys", as Bill Eversleigh.
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Matthew Horne played Culture Club drummer Jon Moss in the 2010 BBC TV docudrama Worried About the Boy, about the teenage years of Boy George.
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In 2016, Matthew Horne toured British theatres with Catherine Tate in The Catherine Tate Show Live.
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Matthew Horne played Private Walker in Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes, in the 2019 UKTV Original produced series.
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Matthew Horne starred in all three episodes aired on the TV channel Gold.
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Matthew Horne appeared alongside Corden in the CGI film Planet 51, with a minor part voicing a soldier, Vesklin.
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Matthew Horne is the narrator of the stadium's multi media tour device.
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On 20 December 2018, Matthew Horne was struck by a train as he was crossing the railway line near to his parents' home in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire.
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Matthew Horne was said not to have been injured and had been near a dedicated pedestrian crossing across the Nottingham to Newark railway line.
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Matthew Horne married set-designer Celina Bassili in September 2021, in Norway.
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