Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas

Date of birth: 05-03-1974
Born in London and educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Matt Lucas lost his hair at the age of six, giving him a distinctive look from an early age.

He was a member of both the National Youth Music Theatre and the National Youth Theatre, where he met comedy partner David Walliams, and both went on to study drama at the University of Bristol.

He began his career in comedy on the stand-up circuit as character act Sir Bernard Chumley, an aging luvvie actor, which he took to the Edinburgh Festival and who later resurfaced in Little Britain

In 1992, Bob Mortimer spotted him on a comedy club stage and recruited him to appear in the second series of The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. He then went on to be the giant baby George Dawes, who kept score on Reeves and Mortimer's cult quiz show Shooting Stars.

But he is best known for his partnership with David Walliams, which started in earnest with the 1999 UK Play series Rock Profile. They recorded their first of two series of Little Britain for Radio 4 in 2001, and it transferred onto BBC Three in 2003.

In 2002, he played Leigh Bowery in Boy George's musical Taboo in London,and in 2005, he took his first role in a TV drama, playing a Venetian duke in the BBC's Casanova.

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Fantasy Football League to return

New series for Matt Lucas and Elis James in 2024

Sky has confirmed a second series of  Fantasy Football League with hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James.

Fellow football fanatic and comedian Andrew Mensah will also be back on the show when it returns to screens in early 2024.

Former players lined up to appear in the upcoming series include Jack Wilshere, Gabby Agbonlahor, Wes Morgan, Pedro Mendes, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermain Defore and Emile Heskey.

However it has not yet been revealed which celebrities will appear as  guest managers over the new eight-part series.

Comedians who took part in series one included: Maisie Adam, Doc Brown, Russell Howard, Guz Khan, Chris McCausland and Jennifer Saunders.  

Viewers can  compete with the celebrity guest managers each week  by signing up via the official Fantasy Premier League app using code a7qb7a via. Find more information on the website.

 

Fantasy Football League production credits                                                                                          

Produced by: Avalon 
Series producer:  Spencer Millman
Series director: Peter Orton
Commissioned by: Phil Edgar-Jones, director of Sky arts and entertainment, Dwayne Eaton, commissioning executive

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Published: 6 Dec 2023

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Products

Book (2017)
Matt Lucas: Little Me

DVD (2015)
Pompidou

DVD (2011)
Barking

DVD (2010)
The Infidel

Past Shows

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