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My Take
Matt Berry is proof that a voice can be a career-defining instrument. Plenty of comedians are funny on the page; Berry is funny at the level of pure sound, turning ordinary words into absurd music. What I respect most is that he refuses to stay in one lane — he writes, composes, and releases genuinely good albums rather than treating music as a vanity project. From Toast of London to What We Do in the Shadows, he keeps finding characters whose pomposity he can inflate and puncture in the same breath. He strikes me as a craftsman disguised as a clown, and that combination almost never goes out of style.
Overview
Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. Noted for his distinctive voice, he is best known for his television roles in comedy series such as The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, What We Do in the Shadows, Krapopolis, and Toast of London, the last of which he also co-created and scored (in addition to Snuff Box).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matt Berry
- Name (Japanese)
- マット・ベリー
- Reading
- まっと・べりー
- Born
- May 2, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Tiger
- Origin
- Bromham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / film actor / musician / comedian
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Nottingham Trent University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | — | |
| Notable work | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.themattberry.co.uk/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mattberrymusic/
- Xhttps://x.com/porksmith
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Berry
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.