Biography
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 c...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021
Executive Producer, Writer
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't qui...
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
2021
Executive Producer, Writer
Never before seen footage from the award-winning movie Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
2020
Screenplay, Executive Producer
14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter,...
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
2017
as Himself
Documentary looking back at Alan Partridge's journey from broadcaster caricature to the award-winning study of complexity and pathos that he has becom...
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016
Summer 2003 and Bob Monkhouse entertains a room full of comedians with stand-up, chat and a comedy masterclass. It proved to be his final gig. The nig...
Grimsby
2016
as Traffic Warden
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...
Grimsby
2016
Screenplay, Producer
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013
Writer, Executive Producer
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to ...
Bright Day
2012
as Daddy
(Long Synopsis) "In this laugh-out-loud, satirical comedy, Tripp Bailey (Marc Evan Johnson, Transformers) is a washed-up journalist who longs to be a ...
Hotel Transylvania
2012
Screenplay
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One spe...
The Dictator
2012
Executive Producer
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Elf (voice)
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...
Arthur Christmas
2011
Screenplay, Co-Executive Producer
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...
Arthur
2011
Screenplay
A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.
Brüno
2009
Story, Associate Producer
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and p...
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2006
Screenplay, Story
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations...
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Man in Street (uncredited)
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threa...
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge
2003
as Ray Woollard
A documentary on the life and career of Norwich's finest broadcaster, Alan Partridge. In the programme, Alan is asked tough questions about his divorc...
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge
2003
Associate Producer, Writer
A documentary on the life and career of Norwich's finest broadcaster, Alan Partridge. In the programme, Alan is asked tough questions about his divorc...
Cruise of the Gods
2002
Writer
Andy Van Allen, former hero of the cult 80s futuristic TV show Children of Castor, is now working as a hotel porter. When Andy receives an unusual off...
Combat Sheep
2001
Writer
Combat Sheep is a heart warming Christmas story of four army mascots who have been made redundant due to military cutbacks and are jettisoned into the...
The Junkies
2001
as Jackie
Sal, Big Al and Jackie all deal with heroin use in a fun-filled romp.
Still Crazy
1998
as Kevin
In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an over...
Introducing Tony Ferrino: Who and Why? A Quest
1997
as Ross Woollard
In depth interview special with Steve Coogan's spoof Portuguese musical megastar Tony Ferrino
Lee and Herring Live
1996
as Peter
TV Comedy from radio award-winning writers Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.