Matthew Charles Berry (born May 2, 1974) is a British actor, comedian, voice actor, musician, and writer known for his distinctive epic, noble voice and surreal comedic style. He is best recognized for roles in The IT Crowd, Toast of London, and What We Do in the Shadows, and voices Schlub in Dan Harmon's animated series Krapopolis. He has also released several albums showcasing his musical talents.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 2, 1974 (52)
- Bromham, Bedfordshire, England, UK
- Actor, also writer and composer
- 45 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
What are Matt Berry's films like?
Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 4 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 4 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 5
Gentle 5 · Charged 8 · Intense 1
Steady 10 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 7
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Trickster: 4 of 12 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Dr. Lucien Sanchez in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)
- Heroas Innkeeper in AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004)
- Tricksteras Geoff in Saxondale (2006)
- Tricksteras Matt in Snuff Box (2006)
- Heroas Steven Toast in Toast of London (2012)
- Shadowas Toby Taylor in Swansong (2015)
- Threshold guardianas King Snodd in The Last Dragonslayer (2016)
- Tricksteras Laszlo Cravensworth in What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
- Heroas Detective Inspector Eli Rabbit in Year of the Rabbit (2019)
- Tricksteras 8D8 in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
- Shadowas Shlub in Krapopolis (2023)
- Threshold guardianas Pope Leo X in The Inventor (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet11
- Ambiguous7
- Cyclical3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Matt Berry's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- Moon (2009) · actor · free
- The IT Crowd (2006) · actor · free
- Archer (2009) · actor · free
- AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004) · actor, writer, composer · free
- Year of the Rabbit (2019) · actor, producer, composer · free
- The Inventor (2023) · actor · free
- The Last Dragonslayer (2016) · actor · free
- A Bit of Tom Jones? (2009) · actor · free
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Matt Berry's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
87 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
A Minecraft Movie Squared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
The Cat in the Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Rogue Trooper(2026)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Life Goes On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Ray Gunn(2026)
A Minecraft Movie(2025)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Watson(2024)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Bubble & Squeak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Wild Robot(2024)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Fallout(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Krapopolis(2023)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
The Inventor(2023)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Citadel(2023)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Great Expectations(2023)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows
Toast of Tinseltown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Book of Boba Fett(2021)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
The Watch(2020)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Squeamish About ... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Twelve Forever(2019)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Year of the Rabbit(2019)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Road to Brexit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Moominvalley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Disenchantment(2018)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Christopher Robin(2018)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Take Rabbit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Sleigh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Last Dragonslayer(2016)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Professor Branestawm Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Swansong(2015)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Action Man: Battlefield Casualties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Twelve Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Major Lazer(2014)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Matt Berry Does... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Harvey Beaks(2015)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all showsFunny Valentines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all filmsOriginal Comedy Shorts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
House of Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Lucas Bros. Moving Co. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Toast of London(2012)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Svengali (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
It's Kevin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Wedding Video (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Angry White Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
See Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
One Day(2011)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Portlandia(2011)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Huge(2010)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Pizza Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Braincell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Five Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Suits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Archer(2009)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Community(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Moon(2009)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Svengali (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
A Bit of Tom Jones?(2009)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all filmsThe Search (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Wrong Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
MeeBOX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Wynde: Behind the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Peter Serafinowicz Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Devil's Chair(2007)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
The Golf War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Mighty Boosh Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Man to Man with Dean Learner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Darkplace Illuminatum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Horrificata Illuminata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Saxondale(2006)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Snuff Box(2006)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The IT Crowd(2006)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
AD/BC: A Rock Opera(2004)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
The Mighty Boosh(2003)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all showsOne Last Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force(2000)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 86 titles, 83 of them dated from 1989 to 2026; peak year 2024.
Biggest box office
The Wild Robot (2024)
Highest rated
The Wild Robot (2024)
Most popular right now
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Film career
Peak 2024 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2004Screen debut· Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
- 2004First film· AD/BC: A Rock Opera
- 2004First top-billed film· AD/BC: A Rock Opera
- 2013BAFTA Award win· Toast of London
- 2019Career best· What We Do in the Shadows
- 2019BAFTA Award nomination· What We Do in the Shadows
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- 2024Best so far· The Wild Robot
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
a BAFTA Award from 6 major nominations, 2015–2025.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Performer in a Supporting Role
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Comedy Series
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Comedy Series
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Matt Berry's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of the 17 of 18 with a score; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up21
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
17 of their 44 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved13
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed17
Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Matt Berry's work okay for kids?
Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Matt Berry work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matt Berry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Ayoade shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Richard AyoadeShared titles: Krapopolis (2023), The IT Crowd (2006), AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004), Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2003)See all 5 shared titles with Richard Ayoade
- Duncan JonesShared titles: Rogue Trooper (2026), Moon (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Duncan Jones
- Ben MillerShared titles: Huge (2010), Saxondale (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Miller
Writers
- Rich FulcherShared titles: Snuff Box (2006), The Mighty Boosh (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Rich Fulcher
Actors
- Noel FieldingShared titles: The IT Crowd (2006), AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Noel Fielding
- Julian BarrattShared titles: AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004), Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Julian Barratt
- Jemaine ClementShared titles: Rogue Trooper (2026), An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jemaine Clement
- Sam RockwellShared titles: Ray Gunn (2026), Moon (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Sam Rockwell
Cinematographers
- Martin HawkinsShared titles: Snuff Box (2006), Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Hawkins
Producers
- Henry NormalShared titles: Saxondale (2006), AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Normal
- Kerry WaddellShared titles: Saxondale (2006), AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Kerry Waddell
- Steve CooganShared titles: Saxondale (2006), AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004), The Mighty Boosh (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Steve Coogan
- Stuart FeneganShared titles: Rogue Trooper (2026), Moon (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Stuart Fenegan
