Actor

As an actor, Matt’s stage work has varied from rock’n'roll panto to Shakespeare, children’s theatre to national musical tours. He has appeared in television programmes for BBC and Yorkshire TV. Acting credits include; Narrator in Roald Dahl’s The Twits (UK Tour and London), Duke Box in From A Jack To A King (Oldham Coliseum), Malvolio in Twelfth Night (Chester Gateway), Rasputin (UK/Germany tour), Threepenny Opera (UK tour), Puss in Blue Suede Boots (Liverpool Everyman), Cinderella (Liverpool Neptune), Magic Book (Action Transport Theatre). Matt played alongside Keddy Sutton in the three plays for Action Transport and Leicester Haymarket: Jack In The Junk Box, Jack and the Little Fir Tree and Jack’s Midnight Surprise which he also co-devised.

Cutting It
Matt Baker played the role of ‘Compere’ in the highly acclaimed BBC Drama Cutting It.

Twelfth Night
Matt played Malvolio (“..gloriously prissy” – The Stage) in this Chester Gateway production. Directed by Russ Tunney.

Emmerdale
Matt’s acting credits also include appearing in ITV’s popular soap Emmerdale, in which he played the role of an Estate Agent.

The Twits
Matt played the role of Narrator, also playing accordion and trumpet on stage. UK Tour/Coventry Belgrade Theatre. Directed by Kathy Leahy with music by Dylan Vaughn. Venues included Bloomsbury Theatre, London, Liverpool Empire, Manchester Palace and Edinburgh Playhouse.

What Are We Like
Matt played the role as an over emotional pianist in a ‘set – up’ in a restaurant in this one-off show hosted by Jo Brand

Rasputin
This was a Natural Theatre Company production.Matt played the role of Tsar Nicholas II, along with a variety of other cameo roles. He also played piano, accordion and trumpet. The production toured many venues across the UK, including Greenwich Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and plyed in Hamburg for 6 weeks at the St Pauli Theater.

Newcastle Building Society (Commercial)
Matt featured on television as part of Newcastle Building Society’s advertising campaign.