Matt Lucas

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Biography

English comedian, screenwriter, actor and singer. Notable for his roles in Little Britain including a, Les Misérables and Alice in Wonderland.

  • Real name
  • Matthew Richard Lucas
  • Name variations
  • Lucas
  • Aliases
  • Loren Madison Lucas
  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·producer
  • Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 05 March 1974
  • Place of birth
  • London
  • Spouses
  • Kevin McGee
  • Education
  • University of Bristol
  • Member of
  • Australia national under-20 rugby union team·New South Wales Waratahs

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Parents names are Diana and John.

Has a brother Howard.

Has experience with the National Youth Theatre.

Studied Drama at Bristol University.

Raised in Stanmore, Middlesex.

Went to Haberdashers Askes School for Boys in Hertfordshire

Went to the same school as Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G).

In "The Independent on Sunday" 2006 "Pink List" (renamed as "Rainbow List" beginning with 2014) - a list compiled to recognize the most influential (openly) gay men and women in the U.K. public sphere, where he was listed as number 9, up from number 16 the previous year.

Supporter of Arsenal FC.

Started to lose his hair when he was 6 years old. He suffers from Alopecia universalis which causes rapid loss of all hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes.

Formed a Civil Partnership with Kevin McGee on 16 December 2006.

In 2006 his cousin Alexa Tilley was a contestant on the business-based reality show "The Apprentice" .

His favorite band is Queen.

(October 2008) His break up from Kevin McGee was finalized. The pair split in June 2008 and are the first publicly known gay celebrity couple to dissolve their partnership (break up) since (same-sex) civil partnerships were introduced (legalized) in the U.K. in 2004.

Comedy partner of David Walliams.

Served as best man at the wedding of friend David Walliams and Lara Stone .

As of 2012, Matt shares a West Hollywood home with his Bridesmaids (2011/I) co-star Rebel Wilson.

Son of Diana Lobatto.

Like David Walliams , he is a fan of "Doctor Who" since being a child. He is also a fan of "Worzel Gummidge" , which starred the Third Doctor (and himself a famous comic actor of his era) Jon Pertwee.

He is from a Jewish family (from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, and Germany).

In season 4 episode 3 of Community , Matt Lucas portrayed Toby, who, like Aded, is an avid super fan of Inspector Spacetime, a fictional show based heavily on Doctor Who. 2 years after this episode aired, Matt Lucas went on to become a regular on Doctor Who as a human/cyborg named Nardole.

Quotes

"Pingu" (1986) is my favourite TV show and I loved the way they,used gibberish in that.

The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made.

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