Background
Greg McHugh was born in Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland on 5 January 1980. His father was a civil servant, and his mother a teacher.
Greg McHugh was born in Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland on 5 January 1980. His father was a civil servant, and his mother a teacher.
McHugh went to Street Thomas of Aquin"s High School or Street Tams as it"s known locally, he then studied business at the University of Stirling and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
He is the creator, writer and star of the BBC1 comedy series Gary: Tank Commander. He also plays Howard in the highly successful Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat. McHugh has two elder brothers.
Initially, McHugh had intended to study sports science but found it too difficult.
McHugh"s accent is a softer variation of the Edinburgh accent. McHugh played Josh Elvey in the television movie Not Safe for Work.
In 2010, McHugh appeared in the episode "Don the Musical" of the English sitcom How Not to Live Your Life. He played Randy, a local actor of amateur dramatics who played the Tom Cruise character, Charlie Babbitt, in a musical version of Rain Manitoba
He was in two 2010 episodes of Rab C. Nesbitt as Liam O"Hagan.
The episodes were "Muse" and "Candy."
McHugh appeared on Red Nose Day 2011 reporting the fund-raising going on throughout Scotland for Comic Relief. McHugh was nominated for a Scottish British Academy of Film and Television Arts as writer of Gary: Tank Commander. In 2011–2016, McHugh starred as Howard in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat.
In 2013, McHugh appeared in the Channel 4 serial Dates.
McHugh appeared in the 2013 Bad Education Christmas special as Bonehead, a homeless manitoba From 6 December 2014 to 11 January 2015 McHugh starred as the character of Smee in the pantomime production of Peter Pan at the King"s, Glasgow.
From 20–22 October 2016, he will reprise his role as Gary in a stage version of his hit sitcom at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.