Simon Farnaby

Simon Farnaby
L-R: Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and Jim Howick at 2011 Children's BAFTAs.
Born	(1973-04-02) 2 April 1973 Darlington, County Durham, England
Occupation	Actor, writer, comedian
Years active	1996–present

Simon Farnaby (born 2 April 1973) is an English actor, writer, and comedian.

Early life

Farnaby was born in Darlington, County Durham.

Career

Farnaby is a long-time member of The Mighty Boosh supporting cast, having had roles both in their series and co-starring in the quasi-spinoff film Bunny and the Bull. He is also well known for his similarly offbeat characters in the CBBC live-action series of Horrible Histories, such as Caligula and the Grim Reaper. Other notable television work includes a recurring role on the sitcom Jam & Jerusalem and co-starring as eccentric neighbour Sloman on The Midnight Beast's TV series. He previously had a very brief role in Coronation Street in the 1990s.

Along with the five other principal members of the cast of Horrible Histories, Farnaby is also the co-creator, writer and star of Yonderland, an eight-part family fantasy comedy series that premiered on SkyOne on 10 November 2013. He will co-star with the same troupe in Bill, a 2015 BBC comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare.

In 2013, Farnaby presented a documentary entitled Richard III: The King in the Car Park, tracing the discovery and identification of the remains of the last Plantagenet king. The next year, Farnaby presented another Channel 4 documentary series entitled Man Vs Weird, in which he travelled the world investigating people who claim superhuman abilities.

In mid-2014, Farnaby narrated a series on Channel Five called On the Yorkshire Buses, following East Yorkshire Motor Services.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Fat Slags	Ventriloquist
2004	Blake's Junction 7	Terry	Short film
2009	Bunny and the Bull	Bunny
2010	Burke and Hare	William Wordsworth
2011	Your Highness	Manious the Bold
2013	All Stars	Foreman
2013	Richard III: The King in the Car Park	Himself	Documentary
2014	Paddington	Barry the security guard
2015	Bill	Juan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Coronation Street	Greg Bamfield
2002	Captain V	Unknown
2004–2007	The Mighty Boosh	Various Characters
2005	The Lenny Henry Show	Twyford
2005	Spoons	Various Characters
2006	Blunder	Various Characters
2006	Ingham Infiltrates: Robbie Williams	Doctor
2006–2009	Jam & Jerusalem	Samuel "Spike" Pike
2007	Comedy Cuts	Werewolf
2007	The Yellow House	Henri
2008	M.I. High	James Blond
2008	The Golf War	Stuart Ogilvy
2008	Angelo's	Kris	2 episodes
2008	LifeSpam: My Child is French	Unknown
2009–2013	Horrible Histories	Various Characters
2010	The Persuasionists	Keaton
2011	Dick and Dom's Funny Business	Various Characters
2012–present	The Midnight Beast	Sloman
2013	Not Going Out	Scott
2013-present	Yonderland	Various characters
2014	Man Vs Weird	Self	3 episodes
2014–present	On the Yorkshire Buses	Narrator
2014	Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy	George Orwell	Series 2 Episode 3, Reality Man
2014	Detectorists	Art	Series 4 episodes
2015–present	Horrible Histories	Various Characters
2015	Top Coppers	Dr Schäfer	Series 1 Episode 3