---
name: "Matt King"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-king"
fi1m_id: "matt-king"
imdb_id: "nm0455057"
tmdb_id: 23776
wikidata_id: "Q1909222"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-13T21:55:13.257350+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Matt King

## Identity

Matt King

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-king
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-king
- **IMDb ID:** nm0455057
- **TMDB ID:** 23776
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1909222
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_King_(comedian), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23776

Actor. Born 31 January 1968 in Watford, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 January 1968, Watford, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Matthew King, 맷 킹
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew O'Connor](https://film.one/person/andrew-oconnor.md), [David Mitchell](https://film.one/person/david-mitchell.md), [Robert Webb](https://film.one/person/robert-webb.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (3), 2010s 75 (4), 2020s 47 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 63 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 8, Drama 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $588m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_King_(comedian), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23776

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Peep Show*](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Bronson*](https://film.one/film/bronson.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Matt King

> Matt King makes disreputable characters funny by playing them without embarrassment. We rate his knack for surprising us without labouring the joke, though Super Hans remains the clearest reason to seek him out.

Super Hans does not appear to think his behaviour needs much explaining. In *Peep Show* (2003), Matt King gives him an ease that is especially funny beside David Mitchell and Robert Webb, whose Mark and Jeremy keep finding excuses for themselves. We laughed at his indifference to seeming reasonable: King lets the oddness pass without asking us to applaud it. That matters in Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain's comedy, where the central pair's embarrassment can become exhausting. King gives the programme someone who can surprise us without going through the same anxious preparations.

King came to television after years of stand-up in Australia, and his work widened into sketches and impersonations. *Star Stories* (2006) had him playing figures including Elton John and Guy Ritchie. Ritchie then cast him as Cookie in *RocknRolla* (2008), one of the supporting film parts that followed. Writing on *Whites* (2010), drawing on his experience as a chef, also took him beyond performing somebody else's lines. The temptation to treat Super Hans as the whole job misses quite a bit of work.

*Bronson* (2009) gives him a different comic manner, and the change is welcome. As Paul Daniels, King is camp in a film so firmly built around Tom Hardy's threatening performance. Nicolas Winding Refn's fascination with his central figure starts to wear thin, whatever the strength of the acting. Larry Smith's still compositions and Matthew Newman's shifts between waiting and attack keep the threat alive; King offers relief from it. His part cannot cure the film's repetitive attention to one man, but it does show how much a supporting actor can do to vary an evening's company.

The difficulty is that Super Hans has become a casting obstacle: King's association with the part has made other work harder to secure. We would not mistake that familiarity for proof that he has nothing else to offer. Nor would we make the opposite claim on the strength of a handful of supporting parts. Start with *Peep Show*, where there is time to appreciate how precisely King makes unreasonable behaviour seem routine.

## Biography

Matt King is an English actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Super Hans in the Channel 4 sitcom *Peep Show* (2003–2015).

Born in Watford in 1968, King worked as a chef and stand-up comedian in Australia for 15 years before returning to the UK. He has appeared in *Star Stories*, his own sketch show *Dogface*, *Look Around You*, *Skins* (2007) as Cook Senior, *Doctor Who* (2007) as Peter Streete, and *Jekyll*. Film roles include *RocknRolla* (2008) as Cookie, *Bronson* (2009) as Paul Daniels and *Inkheart* (2008) as Cockerell. He wrote the BBC sitcom *Whites*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Time Bandits* (2024), Fi1m 62, as De Plume — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Dolittle* (2020), Fi1m 32, as Clyde — [page](https://film.one/film/dolittle.md)
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Fi1m 70, as Mark — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), Fi1m 80, as DC Eddie Onslow — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *Get Santa* (2014), Fi1m 66, as Brian — [page](https://film.one/film/get-santa.md)
- *Paddington* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Andre the Thief — [page](https://film.one/film/paddington.md)
- *Bronson* (2009), Fi1m 73, as Paul Daniels — [page](https://film.one/film/bronson.md)
- *Peep Show* (2003), Fi1m 88, as Super Hans — [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *Look Around You* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Telephone Engineer — [page](https://film.one/tv/look-around-you.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Time Bandits* (2024), series, as De Plume — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Dolittle* (2020), as Clyde — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/dolittle.md)
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), as Mark — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *CHRIS P.Duck* (2018), series, as Roger
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), series, as DC Eddie Onslow — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *Strike* (2017), series, as Jeff Whittaker
- *In the Dark* (2017), series, as Phil Hendricks
- *Ibiza Undead* (2016), as Karl
- *White City* (2015), as George Bowlby
- *White City* (2015), series, Actor
- *Get Santa* (2014), as Brian — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/get-santa.md)
- *Paddington* (2014), as Andre the Thief — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/paddington.md)
- *The Waldgeist & Me* (2014), as Narrator (voice)
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, as Knight of the Sun (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *Strange Hill High* (2013), series, as Mr. Creeper (voice)
- *Starlings* (2012), series, Actor
- *Comedy Blaps* (2011), series, as Les
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Terry Minto
- *Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings* (2010), as Super Hans
- *London Boulevard* (2010), as Fletcher
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), as Trevor Innes
- *Whites* (2010), series, as Melvin · Writer, Associate Producer, Creator
- *Spirited* (2010), series, as Henry Mallet
- *Malice in Wonderland* (2010), as Gonzo
- *Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Father* (2009), as Mitch's Father
- *Bronson* (2009), as Paul Daniels — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/bronson.md)
- *Inkheart* (2008), as Cockerell
- *RocknRolla* (2008), as Cookie
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Cook Senior — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Tripping Over* (2006), series, Writer
- *Star Stories* (2006), series, as Various
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Peter Streete — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, as Super Hans — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *Look Around You* (2002), series, as Telephone Engineer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/look-around-you.md)
- *The Basil Brush Show* (2002), series, Writer
- *Something in the Air* (2000), series, as Rollo
- *The Craic* (1999), as English Guy
- *Bulges*, series, Executive Producer

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