Matt Berry

Matt Berry
Matt Berry's Black & White Headshot by Ben Meadows
Born	Matthew Charles Berry (1974-05-02) 2 May 1974 (age 42) Bromham, Bedfordshire, England, U.K.
Alma mater	Nottingham Trent University
Occupation	Actor, writer, musician
Years active	1998-present

Matthew Charles "Matt" Berry (born 2 May 1974) is a BAFTA award-winning English actor, writer, and musician. Berry is perhaps best known for his acting role as Douglas Reynholm in The IT Crowd from 2007 until the final episode in 2013. He is also well known for his appearances in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, and The Wrong Door. He plays Beef in House of Fools and the title character in Channel 4 sitcom Toast of London. He also starred in and composed AD/BC: A Rock Opera.

Berry is renowned for his voice. He has voiced several advertisements, most notably for Volvic, The Natural Confectionery Company, Absolute Radio and Moneysupermarket.com. He has regularly worked closely with The Mighty Boosh and other associated actors such as Richard Ayoade and is known for playing eccentric, flamboyant, woman-obsessed characters.

Berry was born in Bromham, Bedfordshire, to Pauline (née Acreman) and Charles Berry. He has one older sister, Johanna. He attended Nottingham Trent University, where he received a BA in Contemporary Arts in 1997.

He began his career as a runner before appearing in the video game magazine show Game Over on BSkyB's computer and technology channel .tv, between 1998 and 1999. Though commissioned as an editorial show on the subject matter, episodes contained a large number of comedy sketches with Berry as the main performer. These showcased a wide range of characters, one of which was a sketch about The Exorcist entitled "Fear Pushed Through the Ring". It was this sketch and others like it that resulted in Berry, and producers Rik Henderson and Richard Pitt, being fired from the show.