
Matt Lucas
Lucas first came to prominence on the comedy panel show Shooting Stars, in which he portrayed scorekeeper George Dawes from 1995 to 2009. From 2015 to 2017, he portrayed the role of Nardole in the BBC series Doctor Who. He has also appeared in films, including Astro Boy (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Bridesmaids, Gnomeo & Juliet (both 2011), Small Apartments (2012), Paddington (2014), Wonka (2023) and Gladiator II (2024). Lucas presented the baking competition show The Great British Bake Off, alongside Noel Fielding, from 2020 to 2023.
In 2026, Lucas was revealed as the Masked Band's lead singer "Emperor Penguin", and joined as a guest panellist on The Masked Singer UK.
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Known For

Comic Relief

Fantasy Football League

The Great British Bake Off

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer

Barking

Come Fly with Me

Doctor Who

It Was Alright in the...

King Arthur's Disasters

Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire

Little Britain

Little Britain USA

Pompidou

Popetown

Reasons to Be Cheerful with Matt Lucas

Rock Profile

Round Planet

Shooting Stars

Sir Bernard's Stately Homes

Sunnyside Farm

The Great British Bake Off: Best Bits

The Great British Bake Off: The Winners

The Matt Lucas Awards
Part of Crew
Recently Updated Shows

Fire Country
In Fire Country, seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.

The Undeclared War
Set in 2024, The Undeclared War tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ, secretly working to ward off a series of cyber-attacks on the UK in the run up to a general election. When a routine stress test of internet infrastructure goes awry 21-year-old GCHQ intern Saara Parvin suddenly finds herself operating on the invisible frontier of high-stakes cyber warfare.

Chicago P.D.
District 21 of the Chicago Police Department is made up of two distinctly different groups. There are the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head to head with the city's street crimes. And there's the Intelligence Unit, the team that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond. These are their stories.


