Mathew Frazer Horne (born 6 September 1978) is an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and narrator.
[7] He studied A level performing arts at Southwell Minster School in Nottinghamshire, and gained a degree in drama from the University of Manchester.
[8] He met Bruce Mackinnon there in the first few weeks of term; they realised they shared a similar sense of humour, but did not write material together until the third year of their studies.
[9] Horne began his career as a comedian and became half of comedy duo Mat and MacKinnon,[10] first performing at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000.
[14] In 2008, Horne appeared in a modern adaptation of the Three Billy Goats Gruff as part of the BBC's Fairy Tales season.
[16] Horne starred in the film Lesbian Vampire Killers alongside James Corden[17] and made his stage debut in a 2009 revival of Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Trafalgar Studios.
In 2010, Horne appeared in an episode of Miss Marple, named "The Secret of Chimneys", as Bill Eversleigh.
He played Private Walker in Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes, in the 2019 UKTV Original produced series.
[28][29] Since working on the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey, Horne has collaborated a number of times with its co-creator James Corden.
[35] James Christopher of The Times described it as "profoundly awful", stating that it is an "instantly forgettable lads' mag farce" and an "appalling waste of a perfectly decent title".
[37] Anthony Quinn, writing in The Independent, gave the film 1 star out of 5, describing it as woeful and stating Horne and Corden had "overstretched their appeal" and looked in danger of becoming today's Hale and Pace.
[40] In September 2010, whilst on the comedy panel show, The King is Dead, Corden commented that watching the film would be too harsh a punishment for prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay and that it was "a pile of shit".
[41] Horne appeared alongside Corden in the CGI film Planet 51, with a minor part voicing a soldier, Vesklin.
[42] On 20 December 2018, Horne was struck by a train as he was crossing the railway line, after leaving the Lord Nelson pub, near to his parents' home in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire.