Background
Baynton was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the youngest of three brothers.
Baynton was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the youngest of three brothers.
He was educated at Southend High School for Boys. He graduated with first class honours from the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, and later trained in clowning at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris.
Baynton explained his motivation in an interview with Metro, "The performing instinct came from making my family laugh, so I"ve always been drawn to the funny side of things. Comedy is really rewarding." Acting and writing In 2009, Baynton featured in the video for The Maccabees" single "Number Kind Words" alongside Mathew Horne. The series is co-produced by online television provider Hulu.com in the United States, where it premiered in November 2013.
The first six-part series proved a critical and commercial success, and a similarly well-received two-part sequel was broadcast in December 2014.
Baynton is also familiar as one of the stars of the hit children"s television series Horrible Histories, appearing over all five series as a singer, actor, and occasional writer Other notable roles include the recurring character of Deano in Gavin & Stacey and co-starring as Chris in the Darren Boyd sitcom vehicle Spy.
He starred with the same troupe in Bill, a British Broadcasting Corporation family comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare. Baynton appeared at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring in the world premiere of Tom Basden"s play Holes.
He reprised his role of Gus in a London revival of the same play in summer 2014.
In late 2015, Baynton starred in a dual role as Jamie Winton and his evil twin Ariel Conroy in Sky1"s science fiction comedy-drama miniseries You, Maine and the Apocalypse.
He is best known as the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcoms The Wrong Mans and Yonderland, as well as a member of the starring troupe of children"s sketch comedy Horrible Histories. Along with the five other members of the Horrible Histories cast, Baynton is the creator, writer, and star of Yonderland, an eight-part family fantasy comedy series that premiered on Sky1 on 10 November 2013. Baynton is a former member of the band Special Benny as a vocalist, guitarist, and bassist.