Cast: Matthew Holness

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Matthew Holness. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Direction Richard Ayoade

Cast Matthew Holness · Matt Berry · Alice Lowe · Richard Ayoade

Synopsis In the 1980s horror writer Garth Marenghi wrote, produced, directed and starred in 'Darkplace', a groundbreaking series set in a hospital and exploring the depths of the author's imagination.

7.4

660 votes

7.4

660 votes

Life's Too Short (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ricky Gervais · Stephen Merchant · Warwick Davis

Cast Warwick Davis · Ricky Gervais · Stephen Merchant · Rosamund Hanson

Synopsis TV Series (2011). 7 Episodes. Life's Too Short is a sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as described by Gervais, about "the life of a showbiz dwarf"....

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

Direction Richard Ayoade · Ben Kellett

Cast Richard Ayoade · Matthew Holness · Matt Berry · Kim Noble

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (2016). 6 Episodes. Live from his luxury apartment in London's glittering East End, Dean Learner (Club owner, Celebrity Manager, Entrepreneur and Publisher of high-class gentleman's magazines) invites you to meet some of his closest friends, Man to Man.

6.8

32 votes

6.8

32 votes

Back (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 24 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Simon Blackwell · Ben Palmer

Cast David Mitchell · Robert Webb · Louise Brealey · Penny Downie

Synopsis Sitcom following estranged foster-brothers Stephen (David Mitchell) and Andrew (Robert Webb) as they vow to take over the family business following the death of their father.

6.5

23 votes

6.5

23 votes

Direction Mike Flanagan · Ciarán Foy · Axelle Carolyn · Liam Gavin

Cast Victoria Pedretti · Amelie Bea Smith · Benjamin Evan Ainsworth · Rahul Kohli

Synopsis 9 episodes. After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose.

6.4

8K votes

6.4

8K votes

Direction Ben Taylor

Cast Matt Berry · Freddie Fox · Susan Wokoma · Alun Armstrong

Synopsis 12 episodes. Detective Inspector Rabbit, a dedicated, tough, thick and oft inebriated Victorian copper, sleuths his way across London with his two young partners, a doofy rookie, and a brilliant black policewoman no one ever believes. US Premiere: February 19...

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Direction Armando Iannucci

Cast Richard Ayoade · Adam Buxton · Matthew Holness · Armando Iannucci

Synopsis A T.V sketch show set in the future looking back over the beginning of the 21st century, between 2005 and 2030.

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Free Agents (TV Series)

2009 · Series · 22 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Griffiths

Cast Stephen Mangan · Sharon Horgan · Anthony Head · Matthew Holness

Synopsis TV Series (2009). 1 Season. 6 Episodes. Alex (Mangan) works for CMA, a successful talent agency. Whilst he is grateful for his job, he is currently going through a messy divorce, causing him to become depressed. His boss however, Stephen...

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A Gun for George (S)

2011 · Movie · 17 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Matthew Holness

Cast Matthew Holness · Roger Ashton-Griffiths · Edward Halsted · Veronica Roberts

Synopsis An author of a book series called "The Reprisaliser", lives a lonely life which he can't seem to seperate from from his fiction. At the end of his tether, he comes into the possession of a gun.

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Bloods (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Will Sinclair

Cast Jane Horrocks · Samson Kayo · Lucy Punch · Adrian Scarborough

Synopsis When tough-acting loner Maleek (Kayo) is paired with over-friendly divorcee Wendy, their partnership looks dead on arrival. But pretty soon they're giving each other life support.

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Bruiser (TV Series)

2000 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nick Jones

Cast David Mitchell · Robert Webb · Olivia Colman · Matthew Holness

Synopsis A fast-paced sketch show performed by an energetic young team with much potential. The sketches were dark and zany, the preferred style of the times, and covered traditional themes (James Bond spoofs, paranoia) as well as contemporary subjects (satirising BBC...

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