Matt Lucas

For other uses, see Matt Lucas (disambiguation).

Matt Lucas
Lucas in 2017
Birth name	Matthew Richard Lucas
Born	(1974-03-05) 5 March 1974 (age 44) Paddington, London, England
Medium	Actor, comedian, writer
Education	The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Hertfordshire University of Bristol National Youth Theatre
Years active	1994–present
Genres	Character comedy Sketch comedy
Notable works and roles	Little Britain Les Misérables Shooting Stars Catterick Rock Profile Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire Come Fly with Me The Matt Lucas Awards Alice in Wonderland Pompidou Doctor Who Alice Through the Looking Glass

Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English comedian, screenwriter, actor and singer, best known for his work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain, as well as for his portrayals of the scorekeeping baby Georgie Dawes in the comedy panel game Shooting Stars, both Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee in Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Nardole in the tenth series of Doctor Who.

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  1 Early life
  
  
  
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    1.1 Education
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Career
  
  
  
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    2.1 Little Britain
    
  
  
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    2.2 After Little Britain
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Filmography
  
  
  
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    4.1 Films
    
  
  
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    4.2 Television
    
  
  
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    4.3 Shorts
    
  
  
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    4.4 Stage
    
  
  
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    4.5 Audio dramas
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Biography
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Early life

Lucas was born in Paddington, London, the son of Diana (née Williams) (born 1945) and John Stanley Lucas (1944–1996), who ran a chauffeuring business. He is from a Jewish family;^[1] some of Lucas's mother's family fled from Germany just before the Second World War. Lucas has had alopecia since his childhood, and lost all of his hair when he was six years old.^[2] Lucas's father died of a heart attack aged 52 in Brent, Greater London.^[3]

Education

Lucas was educated at Aylward Primary School and The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an independent school in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, the same school attended by comic actors David Baddiel and Sacha Baron Cohen. He studied at the University of Bristol between 1993 and 1995.^[4] He also spent time with the National Youth Theatre, where he first met future writing partner David Walliams.^[5]

Career

Lucas's association with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer began in 1992. In 1995, Lucas appeared in The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. He went on to star with them in Shooting Stars. He quickly rose to fame as George Dawes, the giant baby, who would deliver a string of meaningless gags (often in character) and insults before delivering the score, while sitting at and playing a drum kit, often dressed in an adult-sized romper suit. He also appeared on occasion as Marjorie Dawes, George's mother, who also appears in Little Britain.

He again appeared with Reeves & Mortimer in the BBC series Randall & Hopkirk, and Catterick in a variety of roles. In 1999, Lucas paired with David Walliams, with whom he had already worked in both Mash and Peas and Sir Bernard's Stately Homes, to create Rock Profile, a comedy show that spoofed famous musicians and musical personalities. It is notable for being one of their first comedic collaborations. Lucas has also written for actor Sacha Baron Cohen.

His music video appearances include the Damien Hirst-directed video for Blur's "Country House", "Jesusland" by Ben Folds in 2005, "I'm with Stupid" by the Pet Shop Boys and "Vindaloo" and "Naughty Christmas" by Fat Les.

Lucas ventured into the world of stage musicals in 2002, when he took a role in Boy George's musical Taboo at The Venue, London. He played the performance artist Leigh Bowery.

Little Britain

Little Britain is Lucas's most commercially successful work. Originally a radio show on BBC Radio 4, it later became a TV series. Among the many characters he plays in the series, which he writes and acts in along with David Walliams, are apparently "disabled" Andy Pipkin, teenage Bristol chav Vicky Pollard, homophobic homosexual Daffyd Thomas, and insensitive slimming club organiser Marjorie Dawes. In January 2005 Lucas and Walliams were named the most powerful people in TV comedy by Radio Times.^[6]

After Little Britain

In 2005, he took his first role in a television drama, a supporting part as a Venetian duke in the BBC historical serial Casanova, written by Russell T Davies. Also in 2005, he did voice work in the ITV children's program King Arthur's Disasters alongside Rik Mayall. Since 2006, Lucas has been the voice of the radio and television character Digit Al, devised as part of a public information campaign on digital switchover. On 26 November 2006 he appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. He made a cameo appearance in Shaun of the Dead as Tom, the cousin of Shaun's friend Yvonne.

In 2007, he released "I'm Gonna Be", originally by The Proclaimers, with Peter Kay as a charity single for Comic Relief.^[7] He performed the single as Little Britain character Andy Pipkin, along with Kay playing as Brian Potter. He also starred as Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, a 2006 television adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame novel.

He has appeared in Kath & Kim and Neighbours (the latter alongside David Walliams as Little Britain characters Lou and Andy), as well as a cameo role, playing 'Chris' or 'Jammy' at the wedding fayre, in the BBC Three sitcom Gavin & Stacey. Lucas has co-written (with Walliams) and performed in a new series of Little Britain USA for HBO. Lucas was the first celebrity to appear in 2008's Big Brother Celebrity Hijack on E4.

On 9 April 2009, the series Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, featuring Lucas as a regular performer, premièred on Comedy Central, the first major comedy series which Lucas had worked on since Little Britain. In 2010, Lucas played Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.^[8]

Starting in February 2010, Lucas began hosting his own radio show, And The Winner Is, in which he handed out a fictional series of awards based on nominations by his guests.^[9]

On 3 October 2010,^[10] Matt played Thénardier in the 25th Anniversary Concerts of Les Misérables, at the O2 Arena in London. A year later, from 23 June to 10 September 2011,^[11] he reprised the role at the Queen's Theatre, in the West End. He has since collaborated with Alfie Boe, who played Jean Valjean, to record a duet of "The Impossible Dream" on Boe's debut album.

Also in 2011, Lucas lent his voice to the CGI film Gnomeo and Juliet, as well as playing a small role as the roommate of Kristen Wiig in the comedy Bridesmaids.

On Christmas Day 2010, the BBC began showing Lucas and David Walliams' new series, Come Fly with Me. The show saw Walliams and Lucas each playing multiple characters but, unlike Little Britain, it focused entirely on the working environment of the airline industry. In an interview shown on BBC 3 on 9 February 2011, it was stated that the creators considered bringing travel agent character Carol Beer from Little Britain to the new series, but decided against it, as they didn't want viewers to see the new show as merely a spinoff. Instead, all new characters were introduced.

On 28 March 2012, Lucas appeared as the "Generation X" guest on the Australian game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. On 10 April 2012, Lucas's own BBC One show The Matt Lucas Awards began. It was a send-up of awards programme, with a panel of comedians giving their nominations for awards for a series of prizes concerning trivial topics.

Lucas also starred in the dark comedy Small Apartments released in February 2013 alongside James Caan, Billy Crystal, Johnny Knoxville, Juno Temple with other cameo performances by notable actors. On 21 February 2013, Lucas appeared on the NBC series Community as Toby, an English friend of Abed Nadir. In 2014, Lucas played Ray Thomas in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern.

Lucas launched a new comedy series called Pompidou for BBC Two. The show began airing on 1 March 2015.

In May 2016, Lucas reprised his role as "Tweedledee/Tweedledum" in Tim Burton's Alice Through the Looking Glass, sequel to Alice in Wonderland.^[12] On 14 June 2016, it was announced Lucas would be joining the BBC series Doctor Who for its tenth series, where he is set to reprise the character Nardole, which he had played in the 2015 and 2016 Christmas specials, "The Husbands of River Song" and "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" respectively.

On 16 February 2017, Lucas was awarded an Honorary Degree "Doctor of Letters" by the University of Bristol, where he had studied for two years in the 1990s but had left before completing his degree course.^[13] On 3 October 2017, Lucas released his autobiography titled Little Me, published by Canongate Books in hardback. The paperback edition was released on 7 June 2018^[14]

From 2 July to 25 August 2018, Lucas played Bill Snibson in a revival of Me and My Girl at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Personal life

Lucas is a patron of the Karen Morris Memorial Trust, a UK charity for leukaemia patients and their families. In April 2004, he appeared on Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and won £62,500 for the charity.^[15]

Lucas is gay and said he first suspected it at the age of seven.^[2][16][17]
In December 2006, Lucas entered into a civil partnership with Kevin McGee,^[18] in a ceremony in Central London. In attendance were various celebrities, including Barbara Windsor, Neil Tennant, Elton John, and Courtney Love.^[19] Their civil partnership was dissolved through the High Court in 2008. Lucas was raised Jewish and variously described himself as an atheist^[20] and a "fairly secular Jew".^[21]

From 2012 to 2015, Lucas lived with his Bridesmaids co-star Rebel Wilson in West Hollywood.^[22] They remain good friends.

Lucas is a supporter of Arsenal.^[23]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Jilting Joe	Air Steward
1999	Plunkett & Macleane	Sir Oswald
2004	Shaun of the Dead	Cousin Tom
2005	Cold and Dark	Dr. Elgin
2009	Astro Boy	Sparx (voice)
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Tweedledee and Tweedledum
2010	The Infidel	Rabbi
2010	Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary Concert	Thenardier
2011	Gnomeo & Juliet	Benny (voice)
2011	Bridesmaids	Gil
2012	Small Apartments	Franklin Franklin
2013	The Look of Love	Divine
2013	In Secret	Olivier	Previously titled Thérèse
2013	The Harry Hill Movie	Otto
2014	Paddington	Joe
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Tweedledee and Tweedledum
2017	How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2018	A Futile and Stupid Gesture	Tony Hendra
2018	Sherlock Gnomes	Benny (voice)
2019	Missing Link	TBA (voice)	In production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show		1 episode
1995	The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer	Mayor Hobson / Pub Landlord / Quivell Mills	4 episodes
1995–2009	Shooting Stars	George Dawes / Marjorie Dawes
1996	Mash and Peas	Danny Mash / Various roles	9 episodes; also writer
1997	Sunnyside Farm	Mr. Mills
1997	It's Ulrika!	Various roles	TV movie
1998	Barking	Various Roles
1998	You Are Here	Pat Magnet	TV movie
1999	Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer	Various roles	1 episode
1999	Sir Bernard's Stately Homes	Sir Bernard Chumley	6 episodes
1999–2009	Rock Profile	Various characters	28 episodes; also writer
2000	Da Ali G Show		Wrote 1 episode
2001	Fun at the Funeral Parlour	Father Titmus / Isaac Hunt	2 episodes
2001	Randall & Hopkirk	Nesbit	1 episode: "Revenge of the Bog People"
2002	Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dalí	Luis Buñuel	TV movie
2002	Captain V		TV movie
2003	Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do	Su Pollard: Blankety Blank	TV movie
2003–2007	Little Britain	Various Roles / Andy Pipkin / Vicky Pollard / Daffyd Thomas	23 episodes; also writer
2004	Catterick	Roy Oates / Dan the Shellfish Man / Webster	6 episodes
2004	French and Saunders		1 episode
2004	The All Star Comedy Show	Various roles	TV movie
2004	AD/BC: A Rock Opera	God	TV movie
2005	Look Around You	Dr. Phillip Lavender	2 episodes
2005	Casanova	Villars	Mini-series; 2 episodes
2005–2006	King Arthur's Disasters	Merlin
2006	Popetown	Cardinal One / Jackie Cohen	10 episodes
2006	The Wind in the Willows	Toad	TV movie
2007	The National Television Awards 2007	Lou	TV movie
2007	Gavin & Stacey	Jammy	1 episode
2007	Neighbours	Andy Pipkin	1 episode: "British Bulldog"
2007	Kath & Kim	Karen	2 episodes
2007–2008	Little Britain USA	Various roles	6 episodes; also writer and executive producer
2009	Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire	Chancellor Dongalor	6 episodes
2009	Comic Relief 2009	Julie / Matt Van-Laaast / Ellie Grace	TV movie
2009	Pride of Britain Awards 2009	Andy	TV movie
2010	Funny or Die Presents	Graham Rhys Grahamcox	1 episode "The Carpet Brothers"
2010	The One Ronnie	Various characters	TV movie
2010–2011	Come Fly with Me	Various roles / Fearghal O'Farrell / Keeley St Clair / Mickey Minchin	6 episodes; also writer and associate producer
2012	The Greatest Footie Ads Ever	Andy	TV movie
2012–2013	Portlandia	Stu	2 episodes
2013	Community	Toby	1 episode: "Conventions of Space and Time"
2013	Super Fun Night	Derrick[24]	Guest appearance
2014	The Life of Rock with Brian Pern	Ray Thomas
2015	Pompidou	Pompidou	Also writer and director
2015	Fresh Off the Boat	Mr. Fisher	Episode: "Boy II Man"
2015–2017	Doctor Who	Nardole	15 episodes
2015	Man Seeking Woman	Igor	Episode: "Teacup"
2016	Bull	Mr. Richards	Episode: "A Faberge Egg"
2016	Galavant	Peasant John	Episode: "Aw, Hell, the King"
2016	Mack & Moxy	Admirable Matt	Episode: "A Spectrum of Possibilities"
2016	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Nick Bottom	TV movie
2016	Round Planet	Narrator	10 episodes
2017	Bill Nye Saves the World	Himself	Episode: "The Sexual Spectrum"
2017	Stella	Wes	Episode: 6.1
2018	Who Is America?		Writer
2019	Moominvalley	Teety-Woo	In production

Shorts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Shooting Stars: Unviewed and Nude	George Dawes	Video
1997	Dennis Pennis R.I.P.	'The Quill'	Video
2003	Moo(n)	Bee	Short
2003	Welcome to Glaringly	Various roles	Short
2005	Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy	Daffydd Thomas	Video
2007	Fievel Throws Down		Short
2010	The RRF in New Recruit	Sparx (voice)	Video short

Stage

Year	Production	Role	Venue
2002	Taboo	Leigh Bowery	Venue Theatre, London
2005 - 2007	Little Britain Live	Writer and performer (various roles)	UK and Australian tours
2009	Prick Up Your Ears	Kenneth Halliwell	Comedy Theatre, London
2010	Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary	Thénardier	The O2, London
2011	Les Misérables		Queen's Theatre, London
2014	Monty Python Live (Mostly) - 5 July show	Himself (The 'Blackmail' sketch)	The O2, London
2018	Me and My Girl	Bill Snibson	Chichester Festival Theatre

Audio dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Doctor Who: The One Doctor[25]	Cylinder / The Jelloid[25]

Biography

Official

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  Lucas, Matt (2017). Little Me. London: Canongate. ISBN 1786890860.
  

Unofficial

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  Simpson, Neil (2006). Yeah But No But: The Biography of Matt Lucas and David Walliams. London: John Blake. ISBN 1-84454-258-0.
  

References

1. 
   ^ "Matt Lucas Comedy Profile". BBC. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
   


2. 
   ^ ^ab Bowyer, Alison (26 April 2005). "Matt Lucas has the last laugh". Evening Standard.
   


3. 
   ^ Crampton, Robert (6 June 2009). "Matt Lucas on fame, body image and relationships". The Times. London.
   


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   ^ "TV, film and theatre - Alumni and friends". University of Bristol. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
   


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   ^ "Matt Lucas urges future stars to join youth theatre that inspired him". London Evening Standard. 23 December 2009.
   


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   ^ Methven, Nicola (11 January 2005). "Lucas & Walliams 'funniest'". Daily Mirror. London: Trinity Mirror. OCLC 223228477. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
   


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   ^ "Mutual Relief: Lucas and Kay join for charity single". Chortle. 17 November 2006.
   


8. 
   ^ Byron Perry (10 September 2008). "Matt Lucas at Variety Players".
   


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   ^ "BBC Radio 2 – And The Winner Is". February 2010.
   


10. 
    ^ Akbar, Arifa (3 June 2010). "Matt Lucas lands role in 'Misérables' special". The Independent. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    


11. 
    ^ "Les Miserables new cast at Queen's Theatre from 23 June include Matt Lucas, Alfie Boe, Hadley Fraser". London Theatre.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    


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    ^ "'Alice Through the Looking Glass': Beware the poppycock, my son!". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
    


13. 
    ^ "Little Britain star Matt Lucas awarded honorary degree by Bristol University". BBC News. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
    


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    ^ "Little Me by Matt Lucas - Canongate Books". canongate.co.uk. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
    


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    ^ "Karen Morris Memorial Trust". Retrieved 24 October 2009.
    


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    ^ "The show we'll all soon be watching". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
    


17. 
    ^ "Lucas: 'Shakin' Stevens Made Me Gay'". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
    


18. 
    ^ Davies, Caroline; Sheppard, Paula (18 December 2006). "Little Britain star 'weds' his Prince Charming". The Daily Telegraph. London.
    


19. 
    ^ "Matt Lucas and Kevin McGee Pantomime Themed Wedding Reception London: Album". Exposay. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
    


20. 
    ^ "Matt Lucas". Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery. Series 3. Episode 2. 10 June 2015. ABC.
    


21. 
    ^ Derren Brown (21 January 2017). "Derren Brown vs Celebrities - TOP 5 TRICKS". Retrieved 7 March 2018 – via YouTube.
    


22. 
    ^ Wightman, Catriona (3 September 2012). "'Bridesmaids' Rebel Wilson, Matt Lucas live together, annoy neighbours". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
    


23. 
    ^ "Matt Lucas: Arsenal are the only tribe I don't mind being a part of". Daily Cannon. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
    


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    ^ Abrams, Natalie (23 August 2013). "Super Fun Night Stages Bridesmaids Reunion!". TV Guide. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
    


25. 
    ^ ^ab "27. The One Doctor". Big Finish Productions. December 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
    

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