Tim Key is an actor, writer and poet.

At the start of his career, Tim won the 2009 Perrier Award and has since gone onto write and perform eight solo shows.

The most recent of which, Mulberry was described by The Times as “The greatest stand-up response to Lockdown” with over 150 shows performed in 2022 and 2023.

On screen he is best known as Sidekick Simon in This Time With Alan Partridge and his leading role with Daisy May Cooper in Witchfinder, as well as The Double, Inside Number 9, Peep Show, Pls Like, Greed, and The End of the F***ing World. Most recently he played Commissioner Harrold Scott alongside Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in See How They Run (Searchlight).

On stage he co-starred with Daniel Kitson in Tree at the Old Vic where he also played Yvan in Art with Rufus Sewell and Paul Ritter.

His radio series Late Night Poetry with Tim Key has just been commissioned for a sixth series.

Tim has also written several successful poetry anthologies, the most recent being Chapters, He Used Thought As a Wife and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.

This year you will be able to see Tim starring in his comedy film One For The Money (starring Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden) and in Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17 (starring Robert Pattinson).