
Birthday:
09-02-1976
(48 years)
Birthplace:
Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Biography
Tim Key (born 2 September 1976) is an English writer, performance poet, comedian and actor. In 2009, he was the winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award and was also nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
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Tree
event2015 star_border 6.9
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In 2013, Daniel Kitson wrote a play for two people (himself and (the mighty) Tim Key) to perform for a week or two at the (also mighty) Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. In 2015 that play was restaged at the (again, mighty) Old Vic in London for something like 28 performances, in total. This is one of those performances, in real time, start to finish.
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Act like Charles
new_releases Release: March 28, 2025
Eccentric lottery winner Charles lives alone on a remote island but dreams of hiring his favourite musician, Herb McGwyer, to play an exclusive, private gig. Unbeknownst to Herb, Charles has also hired Herb’s ex-bandmate and ex-girlfriend, Nell, with her new husband in tow, to perform the old favourites. As tempers flare and old tensions resurface, the stormy weather traps them all on the island and Charles desperately looks for a way to salvage his dream gig.
I Give It a Year
Act like Alan
event2013 star_border 5.5
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After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Act like Sidekick Simon
event2013 star_border 6.6
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When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
Very Few Fish
Act like Jimbo
event2013
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A short film. In London, two separate couples go on dates with each other to try and fall in love.
The Dog Thrower
Act like Jonah
event2014
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Silent comedy drama starring Tim Key and Matthew Perry as two men who try to entertain a crowd by throwing their dogs in the air.
The Overcoat
Act like Narrator
event2017
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A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.
The Double
Act like Care Worker
event2014 star_border 6.5
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An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
Wicked Little Letters
Act like Father Ambrose
event2024 star_border 7
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When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate.
Two Films About Loneliness
event2014 star_border 8
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Split-screen, bilingual stop-motion film, in which two neighbours turn to technology in their search for companionship and acceptance.
The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island
Act like Charles
event2007 star_border 6
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Lottery winner Charles Heath pays a folk singer Herb McGwyer to visit to his private island and perform for him for a fee of half a million pounds. Isolated from the world, the jaded folk singers' passion for music is slowly reignited.
One Day
Act like Customer
event2011 star_border 7.4
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A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
I Decided to Leave
Act like Man (voice)
event2015 star_border 6
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A man decides to leave. He knows he wants to do something with his life. He just hasn't figured out what yet.
Anthony
Act like Santa
event2014 star_border 4
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Christmas Eve. An enormous explosion tears through Lapland. Santa and his elf, Anthony, have crash-landed in the middle of nowhere on their busiest night.
Regular
Act like Regular
event2017
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A man in a coffee shop asks the barista if she ever thinks about him.
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Act like Himself
event2017 star_border 8.2
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Documentary looking back at Alan Partridge's journey from broadcaster caricature to the award-winning study of complexity and pathos that he has become.
The Games That Time Forgot: Cricket on Horseback and Other Forgotten Sports
Act like Himself - Rival and Friend
event2010
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Alex Horne tries to discover why some games survived, and examines the best of those that did not. Whilst revisiting his own childhood haunts, he attempts to relaunch the ancient sport of the Quintain, horseless jousting, and tries his damnedest to understand the rules of the Jingling Match. Not forgetting his attempt to restage the forgotten spectacle of Cricket on Horseback. This might just be a journey to the very heart of sport itself, but if not, it will be a lot of fun playing games that have not been seen for hundreds of years and even more fun discovering why.
Wonderdate
Act like Man
event2018 star_border 8
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A man dazzles a girl on the perfect first date but why won't she text back? He retraces his steps, reexamining the date.
Love Wedding Repeat
Act like Sidney
event2020 star_border 5.6
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While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.
Greed
Act like Sam
event2019 star_border 5.7
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A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Act like Dale
event2020 star_border 6.1
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Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.
The Harry Hill Movie
Act like Toilet Attendant
event2013 star_border 4.9
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Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.
Talk Radio
Act like Danny Mallard
event2021 star_border 7
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Pauline and Barry are a seemingly happily married middled aged couple. That is until Pauline tunes into relationship hour on Talk Radio and thinks she recognises the nameless voice that’s relaying a lifetime of regrets live on the radio.
Games On: Tent
Act like Dan
event2012
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Tent, from Jonathan van Tulleken's collection of short films centred around the build up to the 2012 Olympics, follows Paul, who has sold all his belongings and is camping next to the Olympic site.
See How They Run
Act like Commissioner Harrold Scott
event2022 star_border 6.4
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In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
Mickey 17
Act like Pigeon Man
new_releases Release: February 28, 2025
Mickey Barnes, an “expendable” employee, is sent on a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. With one regeneration, though, things go very wrong.
No More Jockeys
(68 ep.)
event2020 star_border 5
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Name a person, and a category they fall under – while avoiding naming people from all previous categories.
No More Women
Act like Self - Contestant (10 ep.)
event2009
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No More Women was broadcast on the BBC Comedy website as a spin-off from We Need Answers.
We Need Answers
Act like Self - Question Master (16 ep.)
event2009 star_border 8
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We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of celebrities answering questions which have previously been texted in by the public, or the audience, to 63336, a text message service.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Act like Self - Guest (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.5
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Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.
The Witchfinder
Act like Gideon Bannister (6 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.5
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A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.
Playhouse Presents
Act like Jonah (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6
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Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast.
The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012.
Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013.
The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
Inside No. 9
Act like Ian (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 8
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An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Stag
Act like Aitken (3 ep.)
event2016 star_border 6
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Dark comedy about a group of obnoxious friends who struggle to survive the Stag Weekend from hell, as a deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish Highlands quickly turns messier than expected.
Together
Act like Joseph the Policeman (4 ep.)
event2015 star_border 5.2
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When Tom and Ellen are together, things seem to work. It's only in the spaces outside the relationship - the intrusions of real life, and the deadly collaboration of parents, siblings, friends and exes - that the flailing attempts to make good first impressions, arrange first dates and hold a relationship together, seem to unravel.
Gap Year
Act like Greg (8 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.3
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It’s the story of British lads Dylan and Sean, childhood friends who have drifted apart, who initially set out to backpack through China but end up taking on the whole continent.
The Bubble
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 6.7
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The Bubble is news based celebrity panel game show. Three different celebrities are locked away in a media-free zone for four days. When they are released and take part on the show they have to decide which stories that have been in the media are true or have been made up.
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe
Act like Self (2 ep.)
event2013 star_border 8
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Charlie Brooker and guests cast their collective eyes over all that the telly, cinema, news and computer games have to offer, in order to wring a little laughter from a hilariously troubled world.
Taskmaster
Act like Self (7 ep.)
event2015 star_border 8.3
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Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?
Pls Like
Act like James Wirm (18 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.3
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A mockumentary about a struggling comedian entering an online talent contest to find the next big vlogger.
Taskmaster Bonus Material
(1 ep.)
event2015
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Interviews, outtakes and extra footage from Taskmaster UK
Saxondale
Act like Promotions Guy (1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 7.4
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Steve Coogan plays Tommy Saxondale: an ex-roadie with anger management issues and a pest-control business. Tommy is a little arrogant, a little egotistical and feels the world owes him more respect than it typically shows him. He has an assistant named Raymond who lives in a spare room in Tommy's house, a live-in girlfriend named Magz who owns a T-shirt business, and a receptionist named Vicky who has a tendency to drive him up the wall.
Plebs
Act like Mushki (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.3
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Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome.
Cowards
(3 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7
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Four-man sketch show packed with surprise and invention - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.
After Life
Act like Rude Date (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.9
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Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
Trust
Act like Gavin (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.1
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The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 7
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Act like Self - Dictionary Corner (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.2
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Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.
Here We Go
Act like Ray (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.5
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Family life with no filter. The Jessops navigate life's everyday challenges - from changing jobs to kidnapping dogs.
This Time with Alan Partridge
Act like Simon Denton (12 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.8
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Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?
Brassic
Act like Vortex (2 ep.)
event2019 star_border 8.5
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A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
Richard Osman's House of Games
Act like Self - Contestant (10 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6
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Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
Angelo's
Act like Steve (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7
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Angelo's is a sitcom created for Five and Paramount Comedy by Bwark Productions. It follows the ups and downs of everyday life in a central London greasy spoon café.
The Horne Section TV Show
Act like Ken Longlevers (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7
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Alex Horne steps out of Greg Davies' shadow as he gets the chance to host his own late-night chat show with his loyal band. But will all go to plan in this mash-up of comedy, celebs, music and mayhem?
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Act like Sidekick Simon (12 ep.)
event2010 star_border 6.8
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Famous DJ Alan Partridge gives us an insight into what happens behind the microphone at North Norfolk digital radio.
Peep Show
Act like Jerry (3 ep.)
event2003 star_border 8
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Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Act like Pyotr the Patient (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 7.1
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A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.
Untitled Greg Daniels and Michael Koman Mockumentary
(1 ep.)
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The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.
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