Personal Info
Birth date
1976-09-02 (49 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also known as
Timothy Key
Tim Key
Biography
Tim Key (born 2 September 1976) is an English writer, performance poet, comedian and actor. In 2009, he was the winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Award and was also nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
Filmography
The One Show
4.6
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Skins
8.147
Overview:
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.Brassic
8.5
Overview:
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.The Paper
7.284
Overview:
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a historic Toledo newspaper, The Truth Teller, and the eager publisher trying to revive it.Taskmaster
8.3
Overview:
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?Never Mind the Buzzcocks
7
Overview:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.Mickey 17
6.873
Overview:
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.Inside No. 9
8
Overview:
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.Pointless Celebrities
6.3
Overview:
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.Peep Show
8.049
Overview:
Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
7.3
Overview:
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.The Ballad of Wallis Island
7.155
Overview:
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.One Day
7.422
Overview:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.Richard Osman's House of Games
6
Overview:
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.After Life
7.888
Overview:
Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.Plebs
7.3
Overview:
Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome.See How They Run
6.36
Overview:
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.Trust
7.1
Overview:
The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.A Young Doctor's Notebook
7.1
Overview:
A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.The Double
6.523
Overview:
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.Wicked Little Letters
6.9
Overview:
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something amiss, the town's women band together to investigate.Days of the Bagnold Summer
6
Overview:
Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new wife in Florida. But when they cancel his trip at the last minute, Sue and Daniel suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.The Overcoat
NYR
Overview:
A lonely social outcast gets a glimpse of what life is like for someone popular, and cannot let it go, even in death.The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island
6
Overview:
Lottery winner Charles Heath pays a folk singer Herb McGwyer to visit to his private island and perform for him for a fee of half a million pounds. Isolated from the world, the jaded folk singers' passion for music is slowly reignited.Games On: Tent
NYR
Overview:
Tent, from Jonathan van Tulleken's collection of short films centred around the build up to the 2012 Olympics, follows Paul, who has sold all his belongings and is camping next to the Olympic site.Playhouse Presents
6
Overview:
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012. Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013. The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.Greed
5.7
Overview:
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.I Give It a Year
5.528
Overview:
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.The Harry Hill Movie
4.8
Overview:
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.Saxondale
7.5
Overview:
Steve Coogan plays Tommy Saxondale: an ex-roadie with anger management issues and a pest-control business. Tommy is a little arrogant, a little egotistical and feels the world owes him more respect than it typically shows him. He has an assistant named Raymond who lives in a spare room in Tommy's house, a live-in girlfriend named Magz who owns a T-shirt business, and a receptionist named Vicky who has a tendency to drive him up the wall.Acting
2025The Paper (10 Episodes) as Ken Davies
2025Chess Ham as Self
2025The Ballad of Wallis Island as Charles Heath
2025Mickey 17 as Pigeon Man
2024Wicked Little Letters as Father Ambrose
2022The Horne Section TV Show (3 Episodes) as Ken Longlevers
2022See How They Run as Commissioner Harrold Scott
2022Here We Go (1 Episode) as Ray
2022The Witchfinder (6 Episodes) as Gideon Bannister
2021Talk Radio as Danny Mallard (voice)
2020Days of the Bagnold Summer as Dale
2020No More Jockeys (68 Episodes) as Unknown
2020Love Wedding Repeat as Sidney
2019Greed as Sam
2019Brassic (2 Episodes) as Vortex
2019After Life (1 Episode) as Rude Date
2019This Time with Alan Partridge (12 Episodes) as Simon Denton
2018Wonderdate as Man
2018Trust (1 Episode) as Gavin
2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2017Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom? as Himself
2017Regular as Regular
2017The Overcoat as Narrator
2017Richard Osman's House of Games (10 Episodes) as Self - Contestant
2017Gap Year (8 Episodes) as Greg
2017Pls Like (18 Episodes) as James Wirm
2016Stag (3 Episodes) as Aitken
2016Year Friends (3 Episodes) as Peter Priest
2015Taskmaster Bonus Material (5 Episodes) as Unknown
2015I Decided to Leave as Man (voice)
2015Together (4 Episodes) as Joseph the Policeman
2015Taskmaster (7 Episodes) as Self
2015Tree as Unknown
2014Anthony as Santa
2014Two Films About Loneliness as Unknown
2014The Dog Thrower as Jonah
2014The Double as Care Worker
2014Inside No. 9 (1, 1 Episode) as Ian, Self
2013The Harry Hill Movie as Toilet Attendant
2013Very Few Fish as Jimbo
2013Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa as Sidekick Simon
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Dictionary Corner, Self
2013Plebs (1 Episode) as Mushki
2013I Give It a Year as Alan
2013Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (2 Episodes) as Self
2012A Young Doctor's Notebook (1 Episode) as Pyotr the Patient
2012Games On: Tent as Dan
2012Playhouse Presents (1 Episode) as Jonah
2011Pointless Celebrities (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant
2011One Day as Customer
2010Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (12 Episodes) as Sidekick Simon
2010The Games That Time Forgot: Cricket on Horseback and Other Forgotten Sports as Self - Rival and Friend
2010The Bubble (1 Episode) as Self
2009No More Women (10 Episodes) as Self - Contestant
2009We Need Answers (16 Episodes) as Self - Question Master
2009Cowards (3 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Angelo's (1 Episode) as Steve
2007The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island as Charles
2007Skins (1 Episode) as Dr. O'Dwyer
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006Saxondale (1 Episode) as Promotions Guy
2003Peep Show (3 Episodes) as Jerry
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1 Episode) as Self
Writing
2025The Ballad of Wallis Island ... Screenplay
2018Wonderdate ... Writer
2014Anthony ... Writer
2009Cowards (3 Episodes) ... Writer
2007The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island ... Writer
Production
2025The Ballad of Wallis Island ... Executive Producer