Matt King (comedian)

Matt King (born 31 January 1968) is an English actor, DJ and comedian. He is best known for his role as Super Hans in the British sitcom Peep Show.

Matt King
Born	Matthew King (1968-01-31) 31 January 1968[1] Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation	Actor, comedian

Early life

King was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. He moved to Australia where he worked as a chef before meeting Jimeoin McKeown. McKeown suggested that he become a stand-up comedian. King worked in the Australian comedy circuit for 15 years before returning to the UK.[2]

Career

As an actor he has played many characters, including Elton John and Terry Venables in the Bafta-nominated comedy series Star Stories, and also starring in his own self-penned sketch show Dogface, both available on Channel 4.

His role as Super Hans in Peep Show spanned nearly a decade and earned him fans across the world.

He has appeared in cult comedy series Look Around You and in the third series of Skins, playing Cook's father, a character very similar to Super Hans. He co-starred in the film Inkheart, appeared in the Guy Ritchie film Rocknrolla and the British film Bronson, and had a lead role in the fantasy thriller Malice in Wonderland. He also appeared in the third series of Doctor Who as Peter Streete in The Shakespeare Code, and was a regular character in the BBC production Jekyll playing computer expert Freeman. He played a ticket tout in the acclaimed independent short film "Brussels" by Misha Manson-Smith.

As a stand-up comedian he has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

King played a mad scientist in a 2007 commercial promoting a newly customizable credit card by Capital One.[3]

In 2010 he played driver and bodyguard to Ray Winstone's character Rob Gant in London Boulevard alongside Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley. In the same year he co-wrote the BBC2 series Whites starring Alan Davies.[4]

In 2011, King starred in the Australian drama series Spirited, in which he plays the ghost of 1980s rock star Henry Mallet. He also stars in the Sky One generational family comedy drama, Starlings, co-written with Steve Edge and produced by Steve Coogan.[5]

In 2013 King appeared in the final episode of The IT Crowd as Raymond Peterfellow.

In 2015 he narrated the audiobook The Hunt for the Mayor of Smoochyville, written by writer and Dodson and Fogg musician Chris Wade.

In 2017 he appeared as Phil Hendricks in the BBC drama In the Dark.

In 2018 he appeared as a policeman in the Netflix series The End of the F***ing World.

In 2019 he appeared in the music video of Saturday - Sam Fender

Personal Life

He is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur as is his character on Peep Show.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Craic	English Guy
2008	Rocknrolla	Cookie
2008	Bronson	Paul Daniels
2008	Inkheart	Cockerell
2009	Father	Mitch's Father	Short film
2009	Malice in Wonderland	Gonzo
2010	Made in Dagenham	Trevor Innes
2010	London Boulevard	Fletcher
2012	Physics	Les	Short film
2014	Gregor	Terry
2014	Paddington	Andre the Thief
2014	Get Santa	Brian
2015	White City	George Bowlby	Television film
2016	Zombie Spring Breakers	Karl

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–2001	Something in the Air	Rollo the Chauffeur	14 episodes
2002	Look Around You	Telephone Engineer	Episode: "The Brain"
2003–2015	Peep Show	Super Hans	36 episodes
2006	Comedy Lab	Seb	Episode: "FM"
2006	Star Stories	Terry Venables, Elton John, Guy Ritchie, Gary Kemp	4 episodes
2007	Coming Up	Tony	Episode: "Brussels"
2007	Doctor Who	Peter Streete	Episode: "The Shakespeare Code"
2007	Jekyll	Freeman	4 episodes
2007	Dogface	Various	5 episodes
2007	The Bill	Greg Peters	Episode: "Stealh Attack"
2008	City of Vice	Salt	Episode: "Episode #1.5"
2009	Skins	Cook Senior	Episode: "Finale"
2009	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	Taxi Driver	Episode: "Pilot"
2010–2011	Spirited	Henry Mallet	18 episodes
2010	Whites	Melvin	4 episodes
2012–2013	Starlings	Uncle Loz	12 episodes
2013	The IT Crowd	Raymond Peterfellow	Episode: "The Internet Is Coming"
2013	Still Reeling	Les
2014	Strange Hill High	Mr. Creeper (voice)	4 episodes
2017	In the Dark	Phil Hendricks	4 episodes
2017	The End of the F***ing World	DC Eddie Onslow	Episode: "Episode #1.5"
2018	Strike	Jeff Whittaker	2 episodes
2018	Chris P. Duck	Roger (voice)	6 episodes
2020	Death in Paradise	Terry Minto	Episode: "A Murder in Portrait"
2020	Bulletproof	Matlock	Episode: "Episode #2.4"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts

References

1. IMDB, , Matt King (1), 2018-6-16
2. Hassall, Greg (17 March 2011). "Spirited peep inside the kitchen". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
3. "Capital One - "Mad Scientist"". Retrieved 28 June 2016.
4. "Interview with Alan Davies". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
5. "Steve Coogan and Matt King unite for Starlings". Sky One.
6. "Matt King on Tottenham v Arsenal". Shortlist.com.

External links

• Matt King on IMDb
• Matt King on Twitter