Biography
Peter Baynham is a Welsh screenwriter, stand-up comedian and performer. Born in Cardiff in 1963, he served in the British Merchant Navy after leaving school before pursuing a career in comedy, beginning with stand-up and moving into writing and performing for radio and television.
His television work includes writing for I'm Alan Partridge (1997) with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, and for series such as The Day Today, Brass Eye and Jam with Chris Morris. He created the animated series I Am Not an Animal (2004).
In film, Baynham has collaborated with Sacha Baron Cohen on Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006), Brüno (2009), Grimsby (2016) and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020). Other credits include Arthur Christmas (2011), Hotel Transylvania (2012), Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). He received Academy Award nominations for the two Borat films.
