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Matthew James Holness (born 1975) is an English comedian, director, author, plus actor. He created and played the fictional horror author Garth Marenghi.
Matthew Holness is known for Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004), Possum (2018) and Playhouse Presents (2012).
Mar 9, 2023 · Matthew Holness on the schlocky horror writing that inspired Darkplace - from RHLSTP Book Club 46 - YouTube. Richard Herring. 69.4K subscribers. Subscribed. 261. 10K views 1 year ago.
Jan 31, 2024 · Comedian and author Matthew Holness played Garth Marenghi, a leather jacket-wearing, holier-than-thou fictional horror writer who proudly claims to have “written more books than he’s read.”
Nov 30, 2022 · Culture. Matt Holness on reviving Garth Marenghi: ‘I’m not interested in doing comedy’. A young Matt Holness created Channel 4’s cult character Garth Marenghi. Then he disappeared. He tells Tom...
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.
Oct 19, 2018 · Watching Matthew Holness’ debut feature Possum, you’d be forgiven in thinking he was a tortured soul. Lead character Phillip (played by Sean Harris, pictured below) is a lean marionette of a man, prone to horrific flights of fantasy involving a human-headed spider puppet.
