Matt Green (actor)

Matt Green is an English actor and comedian. He was the President of the Cambridge Footlights from 1999-2000.^[1] Since graduating in 2000 he has worked as an actor and comedian based in London.

Stand-up comedy

Matt started performing stand up comedy in 2003. He was placed second at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2005, and later that year went on to perform in The Comedy Zone at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe alongside Isy Suttie, Russell Kane and Mark Olver.^[2]

He has performed four solo stand up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe:

• 2011: Matt Green: Too Much Information at the Pleasance Upstairs
• 2010: Matt Green: Bleeding Funny at the Pleasance Baby Grand
• 2009: Matt Green: Truth & Pleasure at the Pleasance Hut
• 2008: Matt Green: Grow Up Green at the Pleasance 10Dome ^[3]

Matt performed stand up comedy as part of Arthur Smith and Friends^[4] at the Glastonbury Festival in 2008, a performance which was recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as part of the programme Arabella Churchill: The First Lady of Glastonbury.^[5]

Acting

Radio

Constable Twitten in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Inspector Steine.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard in the BBC Radio 4 classic serial The Worst Journey in the World.^[6]

Matt has also appeared in other BBC Radio 4 programmes:

• Cabin Pressure (radio series)
• 'Ed Reardon's Week'
• 'The Afternoon Play: Man of Steel'
• 'The Time Being: Autarky'^[7]
• 'High Table, Lower Orders'

Television

• Casualty
• Comedy Showcase: "Other People"
• Extras
• Eastenders
• Comedy Lab: "Speeding"
• Footballer's Wives TV
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
• Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Film

• Finding Neverland
• Ali G Indahouse

Writing

Co-creator and co-writer (alongside Robin French and Kieron Quirke) of the pilot for ABC Family sitcom Roommates.

References

1. ^ Cambridge Footlights website | http://footlights.org/1990.html
2. ^ Chortle UK Comedy website | http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2005/t/1960/the_comedy_zone
3. ^ Pleasance Edinburgh Pages | http://www.pleasancepages.co.uk/matt_green:_grow_up_green
4. ^ Such Small Portions website review | http://www.suchsmallportions.com/festivals/glastonbury/glastonbury-2008-arthur-smith-and-friends.html
5. ^ BBC Radio 4 website | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cdtsk
6. ^ BBC Radio 4 website | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00djvtl
7. ^ BBC Radio 4 website | http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/thetimebeing/pip/vkdgm/

External links

• Official Website: http://www.mattgreen.org
• Matt Green on Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1187883/

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