Hugo Myatt
Encyclopedia
Hugo Myatt is a British
actor
, best known for his role as dungeon master
Treguard of Dunshelm in the children's game show
Knightmare
. He has often commented that he did not mind working with children on Knightmare as his first job was as an actor in children's theatre
.
In addition to numerous computer security training videos, he directs and performs in rep theatre and pantomime
. He has recently appeared in two horror movies, Snuff-Movie
(2005) for director Bernard Rose
, and Clive Ashenden's horror short Snatching Time (2006) in which he played the lead role of psychopath Bob Snatcher.
In 2000, he appeared in an episode of ChuckleVision
called "Out for the Count", which included several references in Myatts acting of 'The Count' to his character in Knightmare. He appeared in an edition of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
, but was locked in a cage for the entire production, only speaking at the end of the show with his Knightmare catchphrase "Oooh, nasty!". It aired on 21 February 2004. He has also appeared in a crime reconstruction on Crimewatch
.
He has provided voices for the computer games Black and White and Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
, the Doctor Who
audio dramas Omega
, Weapon of Choice
, A Blind Eye
and Panacea
(part of the Gallifrey audio series); and for the Sapphire & Steel
audio drama The Passenger. He also provided the voice of the guildmaster in the Xbox video game Fable
and the PC update Fable: The Lost Chapters.
He also does several voices in the English version of the Dutch animated series Alfred J. Kwak.
In his spare time he enjoys motorcycling and sailing
.
United Kingdom
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, best known for his role as dungeon master
Gamemaster
A gamemaster is a person who acts as an organizer, officiant for questions regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer game...
Treguard of Dunshelm in the children's game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
Knightmare
Knightmare
Knightmare is an English television program for children, produced by Broadsword Productions for Anglia Television and was broadcast on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994...
. He has often commented that he did not mind working with children on Knightmare as his first job was as an actor in children's theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
In addition to numerous computer security training videos, he directs and performs in rep theatre and pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
. He has recently appeared in two horror movies, Snuff-Movie
Snuff-Movie (film)
Snuff-Movie is a 2005 gothic horror film by British director Bernard Rose. It stars Jeroen Krabbé as a horror film maker named Boris Arkadin, whose pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s...
(2005) for director Bernard Rose
Bernard Rose (director)
Bernard Rose is an English actor and film director most famous for his direction of the 1992 urban horror film Candyman and the 1994 historical romance film Immortal Beloved....
, and Clive Ashenden's horror short Snatching Time (2006) in which he played the lead role of psychopath Bob Snatcher.
In 2000, he appeared in an episode of ChuckleVision
ChuckleVision
ChuckleVision is a popular British television series shown mainly on CBBC. New episodes are always first aired on BBC One, and occasionally episodes are shown on BBC Two. The first episode was shown on 26 September 1987. It follows the adventures of the Chuckle Brothers & the Patton Brothers, who...
called "Out for the Count", which included several references in Myatts acting of 'The Count' to his character in Knightmare. He appeared in an edition of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow was a CBBC children's entertainment television series presented by the duo Dick and Dom...
, but was locked in a cage for the entire production, only speaking at the end of the show with his Knightmare catchphrase "Oooh, nasty!". It aired on 21 February 2004. He has also appeared in a crime reconstruction on Crimewatch
Crimewatch
Crimewatch is a long-running and high-profile British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes with a view to gaining information from the members of the public. The programme is usually broadcast once a month on BBC One...
.
He has provided voices for the computer games Black and White and Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds
Magic Carpet 2
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds is a 1995 computer game, the sequel to the Magic Carpet. It was developed by Bullfrog and published by Electronic Arts .-Story:...
, the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
audio dramas Omega
Omega (Doctor Who audio)
Omega is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:Jolly Chronolidays is offering sight-seeing tours of the "Sector of Forgotten Souls", the place where in ancient times the Time Lord Omega detonated a star that enabled...
, Weapon of Choice
Gallifrey: Weapon of Choice
Gallifrey: Weapon of Choice is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series is set on the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey.- Plot :...
, A Blind Eye
Gallifrey: A Blind Eye
Gallifrey: A Blind Eye is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series is set on the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey.-Plot:...
and Panacea
Gallifrey: Panacea
Gallifrey: Panacea is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series is set on the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey.- Plot :...
(part of the Gallifrey audio series); and for the Sapphire & Steel
Sapphire & Steel
Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who conceived the programme under the working title The...
audio drama The Passenger. He also provided the voice of the guildmaster in the Xbox video game Fable
Fable (video game)
Fable is an action role-playing video game in the Fable series. It was developed for Xbox, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms, by Big Blue Box, a satellite developer of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft. The game shipped for Xbox on October 14, 2003...
and the PC update Fable: The Lost Chapters.
He also does several voices in the English version of the Dutch animated series Alfred J. Kwak.
In his spare time he enjoys motorcycling and sailing
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
.