Tim Key

Career timeline

1. 1976 · Born

   Born in Cambridgeshire, England, UK

2. 2003 · Screen debut

   Celebrity Mastermind (TV)

3. 2007 · Breakthrough

   Skins (TV)

4. 2025 · Writing debut

   The Ballad of Wallis Island (Movie)

5. 2026 · Latest release

   New Zealand Spy (TV)

Career in numbers

9 2000s

35 2010s

15 2020s

• Comedy46
• Drama20
• Romance4
• Crime4
• Mystery4
• Adventure2

Highest-rated title Taskmaster 2015 8.3 Most popular title One Day 2011 7.4

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Tim Key in our catalogue.

Tom Basden

9 titles together

Vicki Pepperdine

2 titles together

Rob Brydon

2 titles together

Alex Horne

2 titles together

Reece Shearsmith

2 titles together

Greg Davies

2 titles together

Ryan Sampson

2 titles together

1. 2026 New Zealand Spy as Hilton TV
2. 2026 Sausage Poem Movie
3. 2025 The Paper as Ken Davies 7.2 TV
4. 2025 Stroke of Genius as Narrator (voice) Movie
5. 2025 The Ballad of Wallis Island as Charles Heath 7.2 Movie
6. 2025 Mickey 17 as Pigeon Man 6.8 Movie
7. 2024 Wicked Little Letters as Father Ambrose 6.9 Movie
8. 2022 The Horne Section TV Show as Ken Longlevers TV
9. 2022 See How They Run as Commissioner Harrold Scott 6.3 Movie
10. 2022 Here We Go as Ray 6.6 TV
11. 2022 The Witchfinder as Gideon Bannister 6.6 TV
12. 2021 Talk Radio as Danny Mallard (voice) Movie
13. 2020 Days of the Bagnold Summer as Dale 6.1 Movie
14. 2020 No More Jockeys TV
15. 2020 Love Wedding Repeat as Sidney 5.7 Movie
16. 2019 Greed as Sam 5.6 Movie
17. 2019 Brassic as Vortex 8.3 TV
18. 2019 After Life as Rude Date 7.9 TV
19. 2019 This Time with Alan Partridge as Simon Denton 7.8 TV
20. 2018 Wonderdate as Man Movie
21. 2018 Trust as Gavin 6.9 TV
22. 2017 Regular as Regular Movie
23. 2017 The Overcoat as Narrator Movie
24. 2017 Gap Year as Greg TV
25. 2017 Pls Like as James Wirm TV
26. 2016 Zapped as Sextus 6.5 TV
27. 2016 Stag as Aitken 6.0 TV
28. 2016 Year Friends as Peter Priest TV
29. 2015 Taskmaster Bonus Material TV
30. 2015 I Decided to Leave as Man (voice) Movie
31. 2015 Together as Joseph the Policeman TV
32. 2015 Cradle to Grave as Stutely TV
33. 2015 Taskmaster as Self 8.3 TV
34. 2015 Tree Movie
35. 2014 Anthony as Santa Movie
36. 2014 Two Films About Loneliness Movie
37. 2014 The Dog Thrower as Jonah Movie
38. 2014 The Double as Care Worker 6.5 Movie
39. 2014 Sardines as Ian Movie
40. 2014 Inside No. 9 as Ian 8.1 TV
41. 2013 The Harry Hill Movie as Toilet Attendant 4.7 Movie
42. 2013 Very Few Fish as Jimbo Movie
43. 2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa as Sidekick Simon 6.6 Movie
44. 2013 Plebs as Mushki 7.3 TV
45. 2013 I Give It a Year as Alan 5.5 Movie
46. 2012 A Young Doctor's Notebook as Pyotr the Patient 7.1 TV
47. 2012 Games On: Tent as Dan Movie
48. 2012 Playhouse Presents as Jonah TV
49. 2011 One Day as Customer 7.4 Movie
50. 2010 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge as Sidekick Simon 7.4 TV
51. 2009 Cowards TV
52. 2007 Angelo's as Steve TV
53. 2007 The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island as Charles Heath Movie
54. 2007 Skins as Dr. O'Dwyer 8.1 TV
55. 2006 Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive as Kim TV
56. 2006 Saxondale as Promotions Guy 7.5 TV
57. 2003 Celebrity Mastermind TV

1. 2020 No More Jockeys TV
2. 2009 No More Women TV
3. 2009 We Need Answers TV

1. 2025 The Ballad of Wallis Island 7.2 Movie

1. 2025 The Ballad of Wallis Island 7.2 Movie

1. 2026 Sausage Poem Movie
2. 2018 Wonderdate Movie
3. 2014 Anthony Movie
4. 2009 Cowards TV
5. 2007 The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island Movie

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