Simon Farnaby

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1973-04-02

Place of Birth

Yorkshire, England, UK

Simon Farnaby

Biography

Simon Farnaby (born 2 April 1973) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work with the Them There collective, where he has written and starred in productions including Horrible Histories, Yonderland, and Ghosts.  Farnaby earned BAFTA nominations for his co-writing of Paddington 2, both for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best British Film. He was the winner of the 2023 Television BAFTA for memorable TV moments. In 2023, he co-wrote and appeared in Wonka, a film which serves as a prequel to the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, exploring Willy Wonka's origins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Farnaby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2024
Paddington in Peru as Barry the Air Steward
2024
An A to Z of Paddington as Self
2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Lord Saltley
2023
Wonka as Basil, Zoo Security Guard
2022
Paddington Meets The Queen as Butler
2022
The Phantom of the Open as Laurent Lambert
2019
Ghosts as Julian Fawcett
2019
This Time with Alan Partridge as Sam Chatwin
2018
Christopher Robin as Taxi Driver
2017
Paddington 2 as Barry
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Blue Five
2016
Mindhorn as Clive Parnevik
2015
Bill as Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller
2014
Paddington as Barry
2014
Detectorists as Art
2013
Crackanory as Various
2013
Yonderland as Various
2013
All Stars as Foreman
2013
Richard III: The Unseen Story as Self
2013
Richard III: The King in the Car Park as Self
2013
Utopia as Marcus
2013
The Last Summer on Earth as Brad
2012
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy as George Orwell
2011
Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party
2011
Your Highness as Manious the Bold
2010
Burke & Hare as William Wordsworth
2009
Bunny and the Bull as Bunny
2009
Horrible Histories as Various
2009
Horrible Histories
2007
Angelo's as Kris
2007
The Yellow House as Henri
2007
The Golf War as Stuart Ogilvy
2006
Jam and Jerusalem as Samuel 'Spike' Pike
2006
Blunder
2006
Not Going Out as Scott Perry
2005
Spoons
2004
Fat Slags as Ventriloquist
2004
Blake's Junction 7 as Terry The Chef
2004
The Mighty Boosh as Marcus Hoffman
2004
The Mighty Boosh as Harold Boom
2004
The Mighty Boosh as Hamilton Cork / Simon McFarnaby
2004
Trafalgar Square as Kris
1994
The House of Windsor as Sean Sutcliffe