---
name: "Tim Matthews"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tim-matthews"
fi1m_id: "tim-matthews"
imdb_id: "nm0560200"
tmdb_id: 157716
wikidata_id: "Q5979744"
roles: []
born: "4 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:16:36.758776+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."
---

# Tim Matthews

## Identity

Tim Matthews

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tim-matthews
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tim-matthews
- **IMDb ID:** nm0560200
- **TMDB ID:** 157716
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5979744
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Matthews_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5979744, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157716

Actor. Born 4 April 1976 in Oxfordshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 April 1976, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Matthews_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5979744, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/157716

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*London to Brighton*](https://film.one/film/london-to-brighton.md) (73)

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## Biography

Tim Matthews is an English actor born on 4 April 1976 in Oxfordshire. He began his career on stage in *Fuente Ovejuna* at the National Theatre in London, directed by Declan Donnellan, and made his first television appearance in a supporting role in the première episode of *Five Children and It* in 1991.

Matthews is known for his role as Alex M. Penkala Jr. in the HBO miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001) and as Liam McGuire in the BBC soap opera *Doctors* (2001–2007). He appeared as Shane in the film *London to Brighton* (2006) and has credits in *The Thin Blue Line* (1995), *Hustle* (2004) and *Wire in the Blood* (2002). He received a nomination for a British Soap Opera Award for Best Villain in 2003 for his work on *Doctors*.

He has also appeared in *Hiroshima* (2005) as Major Thomas Ferebee and *The Lost Battalion* (2001). Matthews works as a drama and speech tutor around Oxford.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *London to Brighton* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Shane — [page](https://film.one/film/london-to-brighton.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *London to Brighton* (2006), as Shane — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/london-to-brighton.md)
- *Hiroshima* (2005), as Major Thomas Ferebee
- *The Funny Blokes of British Comedy* (2005), as Crispin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Simon, Flashy Young Businessman
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Julian Gilkes
- *Wire in the Blood* (2002), series, as Luke Harris
- *Judge John Deed* (2001), series, Actor
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Alex M. Penkala, Jr. — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *Harbour Lights* (1999), series, as Steve Blade
- *Remember Me?* (1997), as Mark
- *Black Eyes* (1996), as Jack
- *No Bananas* (1996), series, as William Hamilton
- *The Thin Blue Line* (1995), series, as Bill Fowler
- *Eleven Men Against Eleven* (1995), as Dean West
- *Space Precinct* (1994), series, as Nillim Alreeuh
- *Chef* (1993), series, as Crispin
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Jonny Turner
- *So Haunt Me* (1992), series, Actor
- *Five Children and It* (1991), series, as Cyril When Beautiful

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/tim-matthews