Matthew Cottle | |
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| Born | 16 February 1967 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Children | 2 |
Matthew Cottle (born 16 February 1967) is an English film, stage, radio and television actor.
Cottle was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, [1] and studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990 with an Acting (RADA Diploma). [2]
Cottle appeared in Richard Attenborough's 1992 Chaplin (as Stan Laurel), [3] and in David Jones' 1999 adaptation of A Christmas Carol . [3] Cottle also appeared in The Personal History of David Copperfield in 2019. [1]
Cottle's recent theatre work includes The Deep Blue Sea and The Chalk Garden at Chichester Festival Theatre, Wonderland at the Nottingham Playhouse, How the Other Half Loves at the Haymarket Theatre and the Duke of York's, [4] Our Country's Good , A Small Family Business [5] The Habit of Art [3] at the National Theatre and Quartermaine's Terms , [3] directed by Richard Eyre, at Wyndham's Theatre. Cottle also appeared in A Chorus of Disapproval, [3] directed by Trevor Nunn (Harold Pinter Theatre), and Comic Potential , [3] directed by Alan Ayckbourn (Lyric Theatre). [3]
Other theatre roles include Communicating Doors Menier Chocolate Factory, [3] Neighbourhood Watch (in Scarborough and New York), [6] Racing Demon (Sheffield Crucible), [7] Taking Steps [8] (Orange Tree, Richmond), What the Women Did at the Southwark Playhouse and several tours and seasons at repertory theatres up and down the country. [3]
Cottle has appeared as a regular in a number of television series, including Murder on the Blackpool Express, two series of The Windsors for Channel 4, [1] three series as Martin in BBC Two's flat-share sitcom Game On , [1] and four series of Citizen Khan . [3] He has also appeared as a regular in several other series, including Fried , Get Well Soon , A Perfect State and Life Begins . [3]
Cottle has also appeared in many other TV shows, including Endeavour for ITV, [3] Defending the Guilty for BBC2, [3] Outlander for Amazon Prime, [1] Pure for Channel 4, [3] Plebs for ITV 2, [3] Unforgotten for ITV, [3] The Dresser , [1] Channel 4's Man Down , Dave's comedy series Hoff the Record , [3] The Job Lot , Holby City , [3] Doctors , Pramface and The Responder. [3]
He is an Arsenal supporter and has two children, a daughter, Hannah, born in 1997 and a son, Harry, born in 2000. [9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Chaplin | Stan Laurel | |
| 2008 | Blessed | Policeman #2 | |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: A Small Family Business | Benedict Hough | |
| 2015 | Two Down | The Banker | |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Mr Spenlow | |
| 2023 | The Critic | Graham Meadows | |
| 2024 | The Nun Slayer | Donald Peartree | Short |
| Seize Them! | Alric the Painter | ||
| 2025 | By the Throat | Dr. Lewis |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Miss Marple | Ernie Gregg | Episode: "They Do It With Mirrors" |
| Taking the Floor | Brian Wheeler | 6 episodes | |
| 1992 | Casualty | PC Naughton | Episode: "Body and Soul" |
| 1994 | Drop the Dead Donkey | PC Dean | Episode: "Strike" |
| 1995 - 1998 | Game On | Martin Henson | 18 episodes |
| 1997 | A Perfect State | Malcolm | 7 episodes |
| Get Well Soon | Roy Osborne | 6 episodes | |
| 1998 | The Bill | Simon Heath | Episode: "Unlicenced" |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol | Dick Wilkins | TV movie |
| 2001 | The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells | Whittaker | 6 episodes (mini-series) |
| 2003 | Down to Earth | David | Episode: "Honesty" |
| Holby City | Alan Knox | Episode: "House of Cards" | |
| 2004 | Doctors | Miles Fordham | Episode: "Over the Fence" |
| 2004 - 2006 | Life Begins | Nick | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | The Commander | DC Gareth Buckley | Episode: "Virus" |
| 2006 | EastEnders | Duncan | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Spooks | Alex Smith | Episode: "The Virus (Part 2)" |
| 2008 | Doctors | Donald Pegram | Episode: "The Man Who Wasn't There" |
| Holby City | William Middlebrook | Episode: "Or I'll Never Fall in Love" | |
| 2011 | Doctors | Graham Moodie | Episode: "Grin and Bear It" |
| 2013 - 2016 | Citizen Khan | Dave | 16 episodes |
| 2014 | The Job Lot | Peter McCrea | 1 episode |
| Pramface | Hugh (uncredited) | Episode: "Enchanted Picnic" | |
| Doctors | Peter Day | Episode: "Scullery Boy" | |
| 2015 | Fried | Derek Wom | 6 episodes |
| Man Down | Peter | Episode: "Dennis" | |
| Hoff the Record | Frank Evans | Episode: "Hostile Environment Training" | |
| The Dresser | Albany | TV movie | |
| Unforgotten | Liam Gough | 3 episodes | |
| 2016 | Plebs | Terrence | Episode: "The New Master" |
| 2016 - 2023 | The Windsors | Prince Edward | 14 episodes |
| 2017 | Murder on the Blackpool Express | George | TV movie |
| 2018 - 2019 | Defending the Guilty | Ronald | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Endeavour | Jeff Slayton | Episode: "Apollo" |
| Pure | Angus | 2 episodes | |
| Traitors | Norman Pitman | Episode: "Feef" | |
| 2020 | Bridgerton | Featherington Doctor | Episode: "After the Rain" |
| Outlander | Hubert Shertson | Episode: "The Ballad of Roger Mac" | |
| 2022 | Life After Life | Mr. Carver | 2 episodes |
| Pistol | Reginald Bosanquet | 3 episodes (mini-series) | |
| 2022 - 2024 | The Responder | Father Liam Neeson | 5 episodes |
| 2024 | Alice & Jack | Vicar | Episode: "2" |