Cast & creator
Peter Baynham
Best known for The Bill, Hotel Transylvania, The Dictator
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 comedies in radio and television while enjoying personal fame starring in Pot Noodle adverts. He then became a writer in feature film. In television, with Iannucci he is writer for I'm Alan Partridge, developing the character Alan Partridge as performed by Coogan, and as writer and host of the Armistice review shows. With Morris, he is writer for The Day Today, Brass Eye, and Jam. Baynham himself created the animated series I Am Not an Animal. In feature film, with Baron Cohen he is writer for Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006), Brüno (2009), Grimsby (2016), and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020). With Smith, he is writer for Arthur Christmas (2011) and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021). With Iannucci and Coogan, he is writer for Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013). Other features as writer include Arthur (2011) and Hotel Transylvania (2012). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
37
film credits
21
television credits
19
1984–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
The Bill
Mickey Tulliver
1984
Hotel Transylvania
Screenplay
2012
The Dictator
Executive Producer
2012
Shaun of the Dead
Man in Street (uncredited)
2004
Ron's Gone Wrong
Executive Producer
2021Ron's Gone Wrong
Writer
2021
Arthur Christmas
Elf (voice)
2011Arthur Christmas
Co-Executive Producer
2011Arthur Christmas
Writer
2011
Grimsby
Traffic Warden
2016Grimsby
Screenplay
2016Grimsby
Producer
2016
I'm Alan Partridge
Hugh Morris
1997I'm Alan Partridge
Writer
1997I'm Alan Partridge
Producer
1997I'm Alan Partridge
Creator
1997
Bob and Margaret
1998
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Screenplay
2006Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Story
2006
Brass Eye
Sven Yabbsley
1997Brass Eye
Welsh Naval Officer
1997Brass Eye
Additional Writing
1997
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Screenplay
2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Executive Producer
2020
The Day Today
Colin Poppshed
1994The Day Today
Writer
1994Terry Wogan's Friday Night
Script
1992
Jam
Writer
2000
Brüno
Story
2009Brüno
Associate Producer
2009
Fist of Fun
1995Fist of Fun
Writer
1995
Big Train
Writer
1998
I Am Not an Animal
Director
2004I Am Not an Animal
Writer
2004I Am Not an Animal
Creator
2004
Ali G: Who Iz I?
Producer
2026Ali G: Who Iz I?
Screenplay
2026Ali G: Who Iz I?
Story
2026The Saturday Night Armistice
1995The Saturday Night Armistice
Writer
1995
Arthur
Screenplay
2011
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Writer
2013Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Executive Producer
2013
Still Crazy
Kevin
1998
The Junkies
Jackie
2001
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Himself
2017
Cruise of the Gods
Writer
2002
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
Writer
2021Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
Executive Producer
2021
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge
Ray Woollard
2003Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge
Writer
2003Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge
Associate Producer
2003
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
2016
Introducing Tony Ferrino: Who and Why? A Quest
Ross Woollard
1997
Lee and Herring Live
Peter
1996
Combat Sheep
Writer
2001
Bright Day
Daddy
2012