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Tim is delighted to be an Ambassador for Blue Sky Autism “ It is really great to be part of such a special organisation that works with young people and their families with autism and other developmental delays. As a screenwriter he was the finalist in the New York Screenwriters challenge and Atlanta Skyfest in 2010. His work for radio has included the macabre comedy The Revenge of Anubis for the BBC.

His first play, The Dead Moon was commissioned in 2007 and staged at the Aldeburgh Festival in the summer of 2008 (the first non-operatic play ever to be performed there.) As a playwright his work has been performed at the Soho Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, The Kings Head and as part of the Offcut and London Bridge Festivals and last year was his writing debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with his dark, comic tale The Curse of Elizabeth Faulkner, which after 5 star reviews transferred to a run at the Charring Cross Theatre.

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He will shortly be filming the third series of the critically acclaimed Toast of London, and appearing in Hoff The Record on Dave and Tripped for E4. As well as dramas such as Jekyll & Hyde, Wolf Hall, Micromen with Martin Freeman and the epic ABC series Titanic by Julian Fellows, alongside Toby Jones and Timothy West. Recently he has been working extensively in comedy on such shows as BAFTA winning Toast of London, Peep Show, Miranda, Heading Out, Skins, This is Jinsy, The Royal Bodyguard and the BAFTA nominated Cricklewood Greats with Terry Gilliam and Peter Capaldi.

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He is currently filming the new James Marsh movie to be released next year. His latest film role saw him playing the explorer Montgomery Clyde in Paddington. He made his feature film debut in the Oscar and BAFTA winning King’s Speech as the Duke of Gloucester, and followed this up by working with Tom Hooper again on Les Miserable in 2012. In 2014, he appeared in the award-winning Paddington, as explorer Montgomery Clyde.Tim began his acting career at Mountview Theatre School, the youngest in his year and in fact the youngest in the schools history at the time having bent the truth a bit on his CV. Wells in the 2010 short film A Great Mistake, produced by February Films, with Abner Pastoll directing both films. He also starred in the 2004 film Shooting Shona, and appeared as a time-travelling H.G. It was selected by Jason Reitman as a finalist in the Project Direct! film competition. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Short Film Corner and has been in competition at several high profile international film festivals including Newport Beach Film Festival, Tiburon Film Festival and the final Siena Short Film Festival in Italy.

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The film was described by SKY TV as a 'Delightfully daft cop comedy'. Other films include Homicide: Division B a 2008 short film, written and directed by Abner Pastoll and starring Edward Peel, about a group of defective detectives who attempt to foil a bomb plot. He appeared as the Duke of Gloucester in the 2010 83rd Academy Awards-winning film The King's Speech.

A second series and Christmas special has been commissioned. In 2016 he appeared as Kit Marlowe in the BBC2 sitcom Upstart Crow, written by Ben Elton and starring David Mitchell as William Shakespeare. Since 2012, Tim has played the regular character of Danny Bear on the award-winning cult series Toast of London.

The first series was nominated in 2011 for the British Comedy Awards for Best Sketch Show In 2013, he played the lead regular of Tim Curtain in Father Figure. Tim's more recent TV work includes starring as Yates opposite David Jason in the primetime BBC series The Royal Bodyguard, both series for Sky Atlantic of This is Jinsy. In 20 he starred with Sam Heughan in an award-winning series of commercials for Tennents Lager in the UK. High 2008 for the BBC, New Tricks 2004 for the BBC, Keen Eddie 2004 which aired on the Fox Network, Judge John Deed 2001 for the BBC, Doctors in 2002. Downie's work in television includes BBC Four's Micro Men 2009, The Legend of Dick and Dom 2009 on CBBC, M.I. Tim's first foray into television was when he starred as Street in Out of Tune, a British children's TV sitcom which was shown on CBBC from 1996 to 1998, alongside James Corden and Jane Danson.