How Much is Matt Lucas Worth? Matt Lucas's Total Wealth - Is the Star a Billionaire? Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets
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What Is Matt Lucas's Net Worth?
Matt Lucas is an English comedian, writer, actor, and musician who has a net worth of $15 million. Matt Lucas is best known for his pairings withDavid Walliamson the comedy television series "Little Britain" and "Come Fly With Me." He also had a notable role on the science-fiction series "Doctor Who" from 2015 to 2017 and began co-hosting the baking competition series "The Great British Bake Off" in 2020. Additionally, Lucas has appeared on the big screen in such films as "Bridesmaids," "Small Apartments," and "Paddington."
Lucas began his television career partnered with comediansVic ReevesandBob Mortimer. In 1995, he appeared in various roles on their sketch comedy show "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer" and also began a long-term starring role alongside them on the comedy panel game show "Shooting Stars." Following this, Matt began his prolific partnership with David Walliams, with whom he first appeared on the sketch show "Mash and Peas," which Lucas also wrote. In 1997, Matt appeared on the comedy series "Sunnyside Farm" and in the television film "It's Ulrika!" A couple of years later, he reunited with Reeves and Mortimer on "Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer" and reunited with Walliams on "Sir Bernard's Stately Homes," which the pair wrote together and starred on. The same year, Lucas and Walliams created and began starring on the comedy series "Rock Profile."
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Matt Lucas was born Matthew Richard Lucas on March 5, 1974, in London, England. He is the son of Diana and John, and he is of Jewish ancestry through his mother. When he was six years old, Lucas lost all of his hair due to alopecia. For his education, he went to Aylward Primary School and Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. Matt went on to attend the University of Bristol, but did not finish his degree. He also performed with the National Youth Theatre. When Lucas was in his early 20s, his father passed away from a heart attack.
In 2010, Lucas reunited with Walliams to create and star on the BBC mockumentary series "Come Fly With Me." He went on to appear in episodes of such American shows as "Portlandia," "Community," "Super Fun Night," and "Fresh Off the Boat." Matt returned to the UK in 2015 to create, write, co-direct, and star on the comedy series "Pompidou." That year, he also began playing Nardole on the science-fiction series "Doctor Who." Lucas was subsequently in episodes of several shows, both in the US and UK, including "Man Seeking Woman," "Bull," "Galavant," "Mack & Moxy," and "Stella." In 2020, he began co-hosting the cooking competition series "The Great British Bake Off" withNoel Fielding.
While he was still on "Little Britain," Lucas reteamed with Reeves and Mortimer for the BBC sitcom "Catterick." He also appeared in episodes of "French and Saunders," "Look Around You," "Casanova," "Gavin & Stacey," "Neighbours," and "Kath & Kim," and he lent his voice to the animated series "King Arthur's Disasters" and "Popetown." Additionally, Matt was in the television films "AD/BC: A Rock Opera" and "The Wind in the Willows." Following the conclusion of "Little Britain" in the UK, Lucas and Walliams launched an American spinoff for HBO called "Little Britain USA." Matt next appeared on the series "Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire."
In the early 2000s, Matt appeared in episodes of "Fun at the Funeral Parlour" and "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)"; he also portrayed Spanish film director Luis Buñuel in the television film "Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dalí." His most renowned work yet came in 2003 when he began starring alongside David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series "Little Britain," which the duo also wrote. On the series, Lucas played such colorful characters as teenage chav Vicky Pollard, the allegedly disabled Andy Pipkin, and homophobic gay man Daffyd Thomas. The hugely successful "Little Britain" ran for 44 episodes through 2007.
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