Mackenzie’s MILESTONES

1971

GROWS UP NEAR DARTFORD, KENT, MAINTAINING A GERALD DURRELL FANTASY BY KEEPING ANIMALS IN TANKS AND CAGES

1990s

TOURS THE COMEDY CIRCUIT, AFTER FAILING TO GET INTO

ART SCHOOL

2001-2003

GETS HIS BIG BREAK AS GEEKY SALESMAN GARETH IN The Office (BELOW LEFT) 2003-2007

FEATURES IN THREE OF THE Pirates of the Caribbean FILMS AS RAGETTI, A PIRATE WITH A POORLY FITTED WOODEN EYE 2009-2011

STARS IN Jerusalem AT THE ROYAL COURT, IN THE WEST END AND THEN ON BROADWAY. NOMINATED FOR AN OLIVIER IN 2010 AND A TONY IN 2011 2011-2014

WRITES AND ILLUSTRATES TWO CHILDREN’S BOOKS: The Windvale Sprites, SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE IN 2012, AND The Lost Journals of Benjamin Tooth 2014-2017

WRITES, DIRECTS AND STARS IN Detectorists, A HUMOROUS BBC TV SERIES ABOUT METAL-DETECTING ENTHUSIASTS, WINNING BAFTA AWARDS IN 2015 FOR BEST WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES AND BEST SITUATION COMEDY. A WRITERS’ GUILD AWARD FOR BEST TV SITUATION COMEDY FOLLOWS IN 2019 2019-2021

WRITES, DIRECTS AND STARS IN A REBOOT OF Worzel Gummidge (LEFT), REUNITING THIS YEAR WITH TOBY JONES, HIS FELLOW METAL DETECTORIST

2022

REPRISES HIS ROLE IN Jerusalem FOR A REVIVAL IN THE WEST END FROM APRIL TO AUGUST, BEFORE SEARCHING FOR TREASURE IN ANOTHER SERIES OF Detectorists