Matt Lucas

Birthday: 5 March 1974, Paddington, London, England, UK

Birth Name: Matthew Richard Lucas

Height: 169 cm

Matt Lucas was born on March 5, 1974 in Paddington, London, England as Matthew Richard Lucas. He is an actor and writer, known for Alice in Wonderland (2010), Bridesmaids (2011) and Little Britain (2003). He was previously married to Kevin McGee.

I grew up watching Worzel Gummidge (1979) and I loved the physicality of what Jon Pertwee did.

In the Sixties we could smoke to our lungs' discontent more or less anywhere we liked.

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I loved all the camp comics of my childhood, Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd and John Inman, but...Show more »

I loved all the camp comics of my childhood, Kenneth Williams and Frankie Howerd and John Inman, but school gave me a very bad feeling about being gay and then, when I was about 12 - bang, along came AIDS. I can't think of a single positive thing about being gay at that time. Show less «

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[on Pompidou (2015)] It's a bit of Pingu (1986), it's a bit of Worzel Gummidge (1979), it's a bit of Mr. Bean (1990), it's all those things. Show less «

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

I met Boy George in a club and he asked me if I'd play Leigh Bowery, presumably because I'm bald and...Show more »

I met Boy George in a club and he asked me if I'd play Leigh Bowery, presumably because I'm bald and fat. I'd make my entrance to a lovely song called 'Don't Knock It 'Til You've Tried It', which is about cottaging, a big part of Leigh's life. He wasn't fussed what you looked like, and I really think that's something to celebrate. Show less «

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I grew up watching Worzel Gummidge (1979) and so, after Little Britain (2003), which was so rude, I wanted to do a show that actually the whole family could watch and enjoy and that people wouldn't tell me off in the streets for corrupting their kids. Show less «

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