Simon Farnaby

WriterActorProducerProduction Apr 2 (age 52) Yorkshire, England, UK 1994–2026 (32 year career)

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Biography

Simon Farnaby (born 2 April 1973) is an English actor, comedian, children's entertainer, writer and singer. He is best known for his work with the Them There collective, where he has written and starred in productions including the sketch show Horrible Histories, Yonderland, and Ghosts, as well as writing for film. Farnaby earned BAFTA nominations for his co-writing of Paddington 2, both for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best British Film, and was the winner of the 2023 Television BAFTA for memo…

Known For

Film

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Blue Five

Film

Paddington

Barry

Film

Paddington 2

Barry

Film

Wonka

Basil, Zoo Security Guard

Film

Christopher Robin

Taxi Driver

Film

Ghosts

Executive Producer

Film

Paddington in Peru

Barry the Air Steward

Film

Ghosts

Julian Fawcett

Filmography

Acting (45)

Movies (25)

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

2026 Upcoming

as Julian Fawcett

Oct 23

Paddington in Peru

2024

as Barry the Air Steward

6.8

An A to Z of Paddington

2024

as Self

Wonka

2023

as Basil, Zoo Security Guard

7.0

Paddington Meets The Queen

2022

as Butler

8.0

The Phantom of the Open

as Laurent Lambert

Christopher Robin

as Taxi Driver

Paddington 2

as Barry

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Blue Five

Mindhorn

as Clive Parnevik

Bill

as Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller

6.8

Paddington

2014

as Barry

7.1

Richard III: The Unseen Story

2013

as Self

6.0

Richard III: The King in the Car Park

as Self

All Stars

as Foreman

The Last Summer on Earth

2013

as Brad

Your Highness

2011

as Manious the Bold

5.3

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

2011

Burke & Hare

2010

as William Wordsworth

Bunny and the Bull

as Bunny

The Golf War

as Stuart Ogilvy

The Yellow House

2007

as Henri

7.7

Trafalgar Square

2004

as Kris

Fat Slags

as Ventriloquist

Blake's Junction 7

as Terry The Chef

Television (20)

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

as Lord Saltley

Ghosts

as Julian Fawcett

This Time with Alan Partridge

as Sam Chatwin

Detectorists

as Art

Utopia

as Marcus

Yonderland

as Various

Crackanory

as Various

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

as George Orwell

Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories

as Various

M.I. High

as James Blonde

Angelo's

as Kris

Not Going Out

as Scott Perry

Jam and Jerusalem

as Samuel 'Spike' Pike

7.0

Jam and Jerusalem

2006

as Samuel 'Spike' Pike

Blunder

Spoons

The Mighty Boosh

as Hamilton Cork / Simon McFarnaby

The House of Windsor

as Sean Sutcliffe

Coronation Street

as Greg Bamfield

Crew (19)

Movies (15)

The Magic Faraway Tree

2026

Writer

8.5

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

2026 Upcoming

Executive Producer

Oct 23

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

2026 Upcoming

Writer

Oct 23

Paddington in Peru

Screenstory

Wonka

Screenplay

The Phantom of the Open

2022

Book

6.8

The Phantom of the Open

2022

Executive Producer

6.8

The Phantom of the Open

2022

Screenplay

6.8

The Phantom of the Open

Writer

Paddington 2

Screenplay

Mindhorn

Associate Producer

Mindhorn

Idea

Mindhorn

Screenplay

Wonka 2

Writer

Prince Charming

Writer

Television (4)

Ghosts

Executive Producer

Ghosts

Executive Producer

Ghosts

Writer

Yonderland

Writer