--- title: "Matt King: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C." description: "Matt King is a British comedian and actor who started out as a stand-up, spending 15 years on the Australian comedy circuit before returning to…" url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matt-king.html updated: 2026-11-13 --- Stand-up comedian # Matt King ## Who Matt King is Matt King is a British comedian and actor who started out as a stand-up, spending 15 years on the Australian comedy circuit before returning to Britain. He is best known as Superhans in Peep Show. He co-wrote and starred in the comedy series Dogface (Channel 4), Whites (BBC Two) and Starlings (Sky One), and has acted in Jekyll, Doctor Who, Skins and The IT Crowd. ## Follow their dates Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week. Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live) ## Is Matt King on tour? **No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked. Last checked 13 November 2026. ### Are they coming to my town? No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked. ### Want them in your town? Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked. Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html) ## Specials, shows and podcasts ### On screen - **Peep Show** - **Dogface** - **Whites** - **Starlings** - **Jekyll** - **Doctor Who** - **Skins** - **The IT Crowd** ## Comedians like Matt King Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town. - [Chris Addison](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-addison.html) also in Doctor Who - [Greg Davies](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-greg-davies.html) also in Doctor Who - [Inder Manocha](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-inder-manocha.html) also in Skins - [Isy Suttie](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-isy-suttie.html) also in Peep Show - [Justin Brett](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-justin-brett.html) also in Peep Show - [Logan Murray](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-logan-murray.html) also in Peep Show - [Matt Blaize](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matt-blaize.html) also in Peep Show - [Tommy Campbell](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-tommy-campbell.html) also in Doctor Who [Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html) [Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html) ## Questions and answers ### Where is Matt King performing next? No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now. ### What TV shows and films are they in? Peep Show, Dogface, Whites, Starlings, Jekyll and Doctor Who, among 8 credits. ### Who are some comedians like them? [Chris Addison](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-chris-addison.html) (also in Doctor Who), [Greg Davies](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-greg-davies.html) (also in Doctor Who), [Inder Manocha](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-inder-manocha.html) (also in Skins), [Isy Suttie](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-isy-suttie.html) (also in Peep Show) and [Justin Brett](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-justin-brett.html) (also in Peep Show). ## Is this you? This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter. Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/matt-king** [Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html) ## The full SUCDb record The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve. [Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matt-king.html) ### Sources - [Chortle · chortle.co.uk ↗](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/m/34068/matt_king) Started as a stand-up; 15 years on the Australian circuit; Superhans in Peep Show; co-wrote and starred in Dogface, Whites and Starlings; appearances in… Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026