Mathew Horne
Biography
Mathew Horne is an actor, comedian and television presenter from England who built his career in comedy. Born in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, he studied drama at the University of Manchester and began at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000 as half of the act Mat and MacKinnon. Catherine Tate spotted him there and invited him onto The Catherine Tate Show; he later appeared in her Nan specials, including festive episodes in 2015. Early television roles included Teachers, Doc Martin, The Smoking Room and Roman's Empire. From 2007 to 2024 he played Gavin Shipman in the double-BAFTA-winning Gavin & Stacey, which drew widespread critical acclaim. With James Corden he made the sketch show Horne & Corden and co-presented the 2009 BRIT Awards. They starred in Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009), and Horne voiced a soldier in Planet 51 (2009). He made his stage debut in a 2009 production of Entertaining Mr Sloane at Trafalgar Studios.
48years old
Turns 49 on September 6in 329 days
- Born Burton Joyce
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Mathew Frazer Horne (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 14 years2009 to 2023
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Big break
Horne started out as a comedian and was one half of the comedy duo Mat and MacKinnon. The pair first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000, where Catherine Tate spotted him and asked him to appear in her BBC TV program.
Early training
Horne met Bruce Mackinnon during his first weeks studying drama at the University of Manchester, but the pair did not write material together until their third year.
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Worked with
Mathew Horne shares two films with James Corden, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Javier AbadDirector, 1 film, 2009
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All films by Jorge Blanco
Phil ClaydonDirector, 1 film, 2009
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