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 16 September 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…
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- The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) as Dominic Wingrave
- The Office (2001) as Simon
- Playhouse Presents (2012) Writer
- The Russell Howard Hour (2017) as Garth Marenghi
- Friday Night Dinner (2011) as Chris Parker
- Toast of London (2013) as Max Gland
- Year of the Rabbit (2019) as Hector, Crown Prince of Bulgaria
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) as Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
- Toast of Tinseltown (2022) as Richard Chickentoss
- Man to Man with Dean Learner (2006) as Garth Marenghi
- We Are Lady Parts (2021) as Gameshow host
- Back (2017) as Laurie
- Life's Too Short (2011) as Ian
- Time Trumpet (2006) Cast
- Cemetery Junction (2010) as Band Leader
- Possum (2018) Writer
- Bruiser (2000) Cast
- Free Agents (2009) Cast
- 2004: The Stupid Version (2004) as Himself
- The Snipist (2012) Director
- Darkplace Illuminatum (2006) as Garth Marenghi
- Italia Violenta (2015) Cast
- Horrificata Illuminata (2006) as Garth Marenghi
- Festival (2005) as Roger - Lighting Man
- Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel (2021) as Self
- 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
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Most-watched Matthew Holness films currently: Cemetery Junction (2010), Possum (2018), The Snipist (2012), Darkplace Illuminatum (2006), Italia Violenta (2015).
What TV shows has Matthew Holness appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), The Office (2001), Playhouse Presents (2012), The Russell Howard Hour (2017), Friday Night Dinner (2011).
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