Acting

Simon Farnaby

Born April 2, 1973 · Yorkshire, England, UK (age 53)

Simon Farnaby (born 2 April 1973) is an English actor, comedian, children's entertainer, writer and singer. He is best known for his work with the Them There collective, where he has written and starred in productions including the sketch show Horrible Histories, Yonderland, and Ghosts, as well as writing for film. Farnaby earned BAFTA nominations for his co-writing of Paddington 2, both for Bes…

Known For

Wonka

MovieComedyFamily

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Paddington in Peru

Paddington in Peru · 2024

Paddington in Peru

MovieAdventureComedy

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree · 2026

The Magic Faraway Tree

MovieAdventureFamily

A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

MovieActionAdventure

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Paddington

Paddington · 2014

MovieComedyAdventure

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

Paddington 2

Paddington 2 · 2017

MovieAdventureComedy

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin · 2018

Christopher Robin

MovieAdventureComedy

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

Your Highness

Your Highness · 2011

MovieComedyFantasy

A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

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Wonka

MovieComedyFamily

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Screenplay

Paddington in Peru

Paddington in Peru · 2024

Paddington in Peru

MovieAdventureComedy

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

Screenstory

The Magic Faraway Tree

The Magic Faraway Tree · 2026

The Magic Faraway Tree

MovieAdventureFamily

A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.

Writer

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

MovieActionAdventure

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Blue Five

Paddington

Paddington · 2014

MovieComedyAdventure

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

Barry

Paddington 2

Paddington 2 · 2017

MovieAdventureComedy

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Screenplay

Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin · 2018

Christopher Robin

MovieAdventureComedy

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

Taxi Driver

Your Highness

Your Highness · 2011

MovieComedyFantasy

A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

Manious the Bold

The Phantom of the Open

The Phantom of the Open · 2022

The Phantom of the Open

MovieDramaComedy

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Writer

Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare · 2010

MovieComedyThriller

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

William Wordsworth

All Stars

All Stars · 2013

MovieFamilyComedy

Two kids look to throw an ambitious dance show in order to save their struggling youth center.

Foreman

Mindhorn

Mindhorn · 2016

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Screenplay

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House · 2026

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

MovieFantasyComedy

It's a matter of life and death for Alison, Mike, Mia and the Ghosts.

Writer

Bill

MovieComedyFamily

What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.

Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller

Fat Slags

Fat Slags · 2004

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.

Ventriloquist

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square · 2004

Trafalgar Square

Short film set among the various workers and tradespeople in the famous London thoroughfare that spoofs the popular docusoap genre of the day. Writer and star Sharon Horgan would later rework this to form the basis of the 2007 TV sitcom Angelo's

Kris

Bunny and the Bull

Bunny and the Bull · 2009

Bunny and the Bull

MovieComedyRomance

A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.

Bunny

Paddington Meets The Queen

Paddington Meets The Queen · 2022

Paddington Meets The Queen

MovieComedyFamily

Paddington learns that The Queen also loves marmalade sandwiches. He shows Her Majesty where he hides his sandwiches, and The Queen also shows where she keeps hers.

Butler

The Yellow House

The Yellow House · 2007

The Yellow House

John Simm stars as Vincent Van Gogh in The Yellow House, a feature-length drama that tells the moving human story of the most influential and explosive housemates in art history. For just nine weeks, in late 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin share a home, The Yellow House, in Arles, southern France.

Henri

Wonka 2

MovieFamilyFantasy

The sequel to the 2023 film. Plot TBA.

Writer

Blake's Junction 7

Blake's Junction 7 · 2004

Blake's Junction 7

MovieScience FictionComedy

Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.

Terry The Chef

The Golf War

The Golf War · 2007

TV Pilot starring Simon Farnaby, Matt Berry, Rich Fulcher and Nina Conti.

Stuart Ogilvy

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party · 2011

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

MovieComedyMusic

Horrible Histories Prom was a free family concert showcasing the original songs from the British television series Horrible Histories, along with classical music. It was held on 30 July 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and was that year's children's entry in the BBC's annual Proms series.

The Last Summer on Earth

The Last Summer on Earth · 2013

The Last Summer on Earth

MovieComedyRomance

Feel the tension. Feel the heat. Listen to the beat! Join the Ginger Goofball in 50s America as he struggles with love, friendship, and the rebelliousness of youth.

Brad

Coronation Street

Coronation Street · 1960

Coronation Street

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.

Greg Bamfield

Ghosts

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

Executive Producer

Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories · 2009

Horrible Histories

SeriesFamilyComedy

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

Various

Ghosts

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

Executive Producer

Not Going Out

Not Going Out · 2006

Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.

Scott Perry

The Mighty Boosh

The Mighty Boosh · 2004

The Mighty Boosh

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.

Marcus Hoffman

M.I. High

M.I. High · 2007

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who have to balance their school life with their jobs as secret agents.

James Blonde

Utopia

SeriesMysteryDrama

The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.

Marcus

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin · 2024

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

SeriesComedyAction & Adventure

Legendary highwayman Dick Turpin sets out on a series of wildly absurd escapades when he's made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws—and tasked with outwitting utterly corrupt lawman Jonathan Wilde.

Lord Saltley

Detectorists

Detectorists · 2014

The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

Art

Jam and Jerusalem

Jam and Jerusalem · 2006

Jam and Jerusalem

The Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice, tolerance and fellowship. Or maybe it's just an excuse for good, old-fashioned gossip. Regardless, meetings feature discussions and visiting speakers. The Guild is the center of life in Clatterford, which has a good cross-section of people, local shops and a late-night convenience store.

Samuel 'Spike' Pike

Yonderland

Yonderland · 2013

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.

Writer

Crackanory

Crackanory · 2013

SeriesComedyDrama

Crackanory is a storytelling television series aimed at adults, inspired by the popular children's series Jackanory. Each episode features two 15-minute tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, containing a mix of live action and animation and all read from the same oversized chair.

Various

The Persuasionists

The Persuasionists · 2010

The Persuasionists

A look at the lives of five overpaid and underworked employees at fictional advertising agency HHH&H.

Keaton

This Time with Alan Partridge

This Time with Alan Partridge · 2019

This Time with Alan Partridge

SeriesComedyTalk

Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?

Sam Chatwin

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy · 2012

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

Noel Fielding fronts this psychedelic character-based comedy show half filmed and half animated, with music provided by Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno.

George Orwell

Angelo's

Angelo's · 2007

Angelo's is a sitcom created for Five and Paramount Comedy by Bwark Productions. It follows the ups and downs of everyday life in a central London greasy spoon café.

Kris

Blunder

Blunder · 2006

Blunder was a Channel 4 comedy sketch series shown in the UK on E4 and repeated on Channel 4. No announcement of a second series has been made.

Spoons

Spoons is a British sketch comedy programme produced by Endemol owned production company, Zeppotron for Channel 4 from 30 September 2005. The relationship themed show combined recent trends in sketch shows — dark content, strong language, and recurring catchphrases. It was not commissioned for a second series due to low ratings and poor reviews.