# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-holness
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:50:19.952Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-holness"
name: "Matthew Holness"
slug: "matthew-holness"
description: "Matthew James Holness is an English comedian, actor, director and author. He is known for creating and portraying the fictional horror author Garth Marenghi."
tagline: "British comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_Holness_in_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1975"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.749122666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1478358/"
    handle:    "nm1478358"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ماثيو هولنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ماثيو هولنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Holness"
    title: "Matthew Holness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Holness"
    title: "Matthew Holness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Holness"
    title: "Matthew Holness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Holness"
    title: "Matthew Holness"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc30b0f5-6efb-498d-a58b-be90080168b8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6790695"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116267"
    title: "Matthew Holness"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump