Peter Baynham
Producer, Writer, Actor, Director
June 28, 1963 (63 years)
Peter Baynham is a Welsh screenwriter and performer. He is best known for appearing in a series of comedic Pot Noodle television adverts in the 1990s. His work largely represents collaborations with comedy figures such as Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Sarah Smith. Born in Cardiff, Baynham served in the Merchant Navy after leaving school and later pursued a career in comedy — first in stand-up, and then as a writer and performer for various news and sketch comedies in radio and television while enjoying personal fame starring in Pot Noodle adverts. He then became a writer in feature film.
In television, with Iannucci he is writer for I'm Alan Partridge, developing the character Alan Partridge as performed by Coogan, and as writer and host of the Armistice review shows. With Morris, he is writer for The Day Today, Brass Eye, and Jam. Baynham himself created the animated series I Am Not an Animal. In feature film, with Baron Cohen he is writer for Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006), Brüno (2009), Grimsby (2016), and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020). With Smith, he is writer for Arthur Christmas (2011) and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). With Iannucci and Coogan, he is writer for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013). Other features as writer include Arthur (2011) and Hotel Transylvania (2012).
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In television, with Iannucci he is writer for I'm Alan Partridge, developing the character Alan Partridge as performed by Coogan, and as writer and host of the Armistice review shows. With Morris, he is writer for The Day Today, Brass Eye, and Jam. Baynham himself created the animated series I Am Not an Animal. In feature film, with Baron Cohen he is writer for Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006), Brüno (2009), Grimsby (2016), and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020). With Smith, he is writer for Arthur Christmas (2011) and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). With Iannucci and Coogan, he is writer for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013). Other features as writer include Arthur (2011) and Hotel Transylvania (2012).
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Filmography
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| 2021 | Ron's Gone Wrong · as Executive Producer |
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| 2021 | Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Borat's American Lockdown · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm · as Executive Producer |
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| 2013 | Alan Partridge · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The Dictator · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Brüno · as Associate Producer |
| 2006 | Borat · as Co-Producer |
| 2003 | Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge · as Associate Producer |
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| 2026 | Ali G: Who Iz I? · as Screenplay |
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| 2020 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm · as Screenplay |
| 2016 | The Brothers Grimsby · as Screenplay |
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| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania · as Screenplay |
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| 2011 | Arthur · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 2006 | Borat · as Screenplay |
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| 2016 | The Brothers Grimsby · as Traffic Warden |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas · as Elf (voice) |
| 2010 | Bright Day! · as Daddy |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead · as Man In Street (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge · as Ray Woollard |
| 1998 | Still Crazy · as Kevin |
| 1997 | I'm Alan Partridge · as Hugh Morris |
| 1997 | Brass Eye · as Welsh Naval Officer |
| 1997 | Introducing Tony Ferrino: Who and Why? A Quest · as Ross Woollard |
| 1997 | The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon · as Cast |
| 1996 | Lee & Herring Live · as Peter |
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| 1994 | The Day Today · as Colin Poppshed |
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| 1984 | The Bill · as Mickey Tulliver |
| 2017 | Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom? · as Himself |
| 2016 | The Elephant in the Room · as Self |
| 2016 | The Making of Grimsby · as Self |
| 2015 | Laugh Out Loud: The Funniest Films Ever · as Self - Co-Writer & Producer, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan & Brüno |
| 1998 | This Morning with Richard Not Judy · as Self |
| 1997 | Light Lunch · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show · as Self |
| 2022 | The 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Sketch Written By |
| 2021 | Borat's American Lockdown · as Written By |
| 2020 | Avenue 5 · as Story By |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Steve Coogan Live: As Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters · as Additional Material |
| 2009 | Brüno · as Story |
| 2005 | High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman · as Additional Material |
| 1999 | Smack the Pony · as Additional Material |
| 1998 | Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's It · as Written By |
| 1997 | Brass Eye · as Additional Material |
| 1996 | Lee & Herring Live · as Additional Material |