Simon Farnaby

Simon Alexander Farnaby born 2 April 1973 is an English actor writer and comedian He is best known as a part of the TV series Horrible Histories 20092013 Yonderland 20132016 and Ghosts 2019 He also starred in films such as Mindhorn 2016 Paddington 2014 and its sequel Paddington 2 2017 and Christopher Robin 2018 He is a longtime member of The Mighty Boosh 20042007 supporting cast having had roles both in their series and costarring in the quasispinoff film Bunny and the Bull 2009 He is also well known for his similarly offbeat characters in the CBBC liveaction series of Horrible Histories such as Caligula and the Grim Reaper Other notable television work includes a recurring role on the sitcom Jam Jerusalem 20062009 and costarring as eccentric neighbour Sloman on The Midnight Beasts 2012 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 cocreator writer and star of Yonderland an eightpart family fantasy comedy series that premiered on Sky One on 10 November 2013 He costarred with the same troupe in Bill a 2015 BBC comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare In 2013 he 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 he presented another Channel 4 documentary series entitled Man Vs Weird in which he travelled the world investigating people who claim superhuman abilities In 2016 he cowrote Mindhorn with Julian Barratt a comedy about Richard Thorncroft Barratt He also has a small acting role as Clive Parnevik In December 2016 he had a small role in Rogue One as an XWing Pilot In 2017 he cowrote Paddington 2 with Paul King He had a small role in both the first film and its sequel Description above is from the Wikipedia article Simon Farnaby licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia