Where to watch Matthew Holness in the UK
Find every Matthew Holness film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Born in Whitstable, Kent in 1975, Matthew Holness is an English comedian, actor, writer and director. He is best known for his comic creation, the fictional horror novelist Garth Marenghi. He read English at Trinity College, Cambridge and was vice-president of the Cambridge Footlights. His contemporaries included Footlights president, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman and his Marenghi co-writer Richard Ayoade. Holness first appeared on television as a cast-member of the 2000 BBC Choice TV series Bruiser, which starred Mitchell, Webb, Colman and Martin Freeman. In that same year he wo…
Matthew Holness films streaming in the UK
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- The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) as Dominic Wingrave
- Playhouse Presents (2012) Writer
- The Russell Howard Hour (2017) as Garth Marenghi
- The Office (2001) as Simon
- Friday Night Dinner (2011) as Chris Parker
- Toast of London (2013) as Max Gland
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) as Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
- Back (2017) as Laurie
- Life's Too Short (2011) as Ian
- We Are Lady Parts (2021) as Gameshow host
- Toast of Tinseltown (2022) as Richard Chickentoss
- Year of the Rabbit (2019) as Hector, Crown Prince of Bulgaria
- Man to Man with Dean Learner (2006) as Garth Marenghi
- Possum (2018) Director
- Bruiser (2000) Cast
- Time Trumpet (2006) Cast
- Cemetery Junction (2010) as Band Leader
- Free Agents (2009) Cast
- Festival (2005) as Roger - Lighting Man
- 2004: The Stupid Version (2004) as Himself
- Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel (2021) as Self
- The Snipist (2012) Director
- Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights (1997) as Self
- Dodger Special: Bad Egg (2023) as Sir Denholm Havers
- A Gun for George (2011) as Terry / George / The Reprisalizer
- garth marenghi's darkplace horrificata illuminata as garth marenghi
- Italia Violenta (2015) Cast
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Most-watched Matthew Holness films currently: Possum (2018), Cemetery Junction (2010), Festival (2005), Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel (2021), The Snipist (2012).
What TV shows has Matthew Holness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Playhouse Presents (2012), The Russell Howard Hour (2017), The Office (2001), Friday Night Dinner (2011).
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