Mathew Horne Movies and Career Information

Mathew Frazer Horne (born 6 September 1978) is an English actor, comedian, television presenter and narrator best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably Gavin & Stacey potraying Gavin Shipman, The Catherine Tate Show, Teachers and Horne and Corden. Horne was born in Burton Joyce, a village to the east of Nottingham, to Brian Horne and Glenis Reynolds. Horne has an elder brother, Daniel, and attended Burton Joyce Primary school, a small school not far from his home. He studied A level performing arts at [Southwell Minster School], and a degree in Drama at the University of Manchester. Here, Horne met Bruce Mackinnon in the first few weeks of term; they realised that they shared a similar sense of humour, but didn't write material together until the third year of their studies. Horne began his career as a stand-up comedian and later became one half of the comedy duo Mat and MacKinnon - first performing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2000. He was spotted at the festival by Catherine Tate who invited him to perform in The Catherine Tate Show. In 2003, he starred in Channel 4's 20 Things to do Before You're 30 and a year later earned the role of Ben, an