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Mar 21, 2020 · Our NDH22 guest was Matthew Holness, creator/star of cult show Darkplace with Garth Marenghi, and director of new horror film Possum starring Sean Harris. We...
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Matthew Holness is represented by Sophie Chapman Talent. Matthew Holness is an actor and comedian, best known for his role as a fictional horror writer and actor Garth Marenghi, who he co-created with Richard Ayoade.
Oct 25, 2018 · Starring Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong, Possum is a stylish tale of isolation and abuse from writer/director Matthew Holness. Film4 Online’s Alice Werdine sat down with Matthew to talk about ...
Matthew Holness. 40 - 50s. Intelligent, friendly and distinctive with versatility and brilliant comic timing. Well loved & recognisable comedy actor, writer & director.
Oct 19, 2018 · In person, whatever dark shades Matthew Holness has are well hidden. As charming as he is self-effacing, he speaks passionately about crafting a film that’s been a long time coming. Holness was a Cambridge Footlights contemporary of David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Richard Ayoade, and built a cult following for his late-night Channel 4 horror-parody Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace .
A multi-talented director, writer and performer, Matthew Holness began his career in comedy as part of the Cambridge Footlights line-up alongside Richard Ayoade and David Mitchell. He went on to work on some of the most beloved and influential cult British-comedies, including co-writing and starring in the genre-defying comic-horror of “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace” and “Man […]
Matthew Holness published Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome, written under the Garth Marenghi pseudonym in November 2022; it is available as a hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook. Release of the book was followed by a book tour, where Holness would read extracts of the book in-character as Marenghi and then conduct a Q&A with the audience.
