Matt Berry

Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer.

He has appeared in comedy television roles in The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, What We Do in the Shadows, and Toast of London, the last of which he also co-created.

Matthew Charles Berry was born on 2 May 1974 in Bromham, Bedfordshire, the son of nurse Pauline (née Acreman) and taxi driver Charles Berry.

Between 1998 and 1999, he appeared in the video game magazine show Game Over on BSkyB's computer and technology channel .tv.

The episodes contained a large number of comedy sketches with Berry as the main performer.

He attended Nottingham Trent University, graduating in 1999 with a BA in contemporary arts.

Berry began his career as a runner.

He met Julian Barrat and Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh duo while performing at the Hen and Chickens Theatre, where they were resident in 2000.

He can be seen in a cameo performance in The Mighty Boosh Live DVD.

After meeting Rich Fulcher while filming The Mighty Boosh, Berry wrote and starred in the comedy series Snuff Box with him on BBC Three.

Fulcher had co-starred as Bainbridge's lackey, Bob Fossil in The Mighty Boosh.

Berry's first prominent television role was Todd Rivers/Lucien Sanchez in the cult 2004 comedy series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and its 2006 spin-off, Man to Man with Dean Learner.

He later appeared as eccentric, sinister tycoon Dixon Bainbridge in The Mighty Boosh.

Berry appeared in a number of films during this period, including The Devil's Chair (2006) and Moon (2009).

Berry also starred with Fulcher and Simon Farnaby on E4's The Golf War in November 2007.

In 2007, Berry joined The IT Crowd during its second series as Douglas Reynholm.

He was nominated as Best Male Comedy Newcomer in the 2007 British Comedy Awards for the role.

In 2008, he became the face of Adult Swim's spoof charity appeal "Save the Workers".

He starred in The Search (2009), a short film about "a lonely man's search for the existence of life outside our universe takes a remarkable turn when he connects with a recently bereaved family".

In 2010, Berry played journalist Michael Duffy in the BBC production Five Daughters, about events surrounding the Ipswich murders of 2006.

In 2011, he provided the voice of Allen in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Allen Part Two".

He appeared in the British comedy panel game Shooting Stars, portraying Vangelis.

He appeared as an antiques expert in the ITV sketch show Monkey Trousers with Vic and Bob and Steve Coogan.

In 2012, BBC Radio 4 aired his comedy series I, Regress, where he portrayed Dr. Berry, a brilliant but unorthodox regressive therapist.

In each 15-minute episode, Berry explored the psyche of a guest patient, attempting to treat their problems in surreal dreamlike sequences.

Berry appeared in the film adaptation of the David Nicholls novel One Day as Aaron, Dexter's agent.

He was briefly featured in the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, introducing ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" by way of a mock weather forecast.

In July 2012, he appeared as vainglorious actor Steven Toast in the pilot episode of Channel 4 sitcom Toast of London, co-written with Arthur Mathews.

Notwithstanding mixed reviews, a series was commissioned, and the first episode was broadcast on 20 October 2013, and it brought Berry the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Male Comedy Performance.

Berry played the title character in the 2013 Portlandia episode "Squiggleman".

Co-creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein included the appearance on a list of their "proudest musical moments" from the show.

From 2014 to 2015, Berry co-starred in the BBC 2 series House of Fools, written by and starring Reeves and Mortimer.

He portrayed Beef, "the highly sexual, flamboyant and blindly confident friend of Vic and Bob" who "will seduce anything in a skirt".

The series earned him the 2015 BAFTA Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme.

As a musician, he has released nine studio albums.

In 2015, Berry and Arthur Mathews published Toast on Toast: Cautionary Tales and Candid Advice, a spoof autobiography of Steven Toast.

It was released as an audiobook read by Berry.

Berry appeared in episode nine of the sixth season of Dan Harmon's television series Community, released on Yahoo Screen on 5 May 2015.

In December 2015, he played Professor Awfulshirt in Harry Hill in Professor Branestawm Returns on BBC One.

Since 2019, Berry has starred in the FX TV adaptation of the film What We Do in the Shadows as Laszlo, one of four vampires living in Staten Island.