Matthew James Green is a comedian, actor, and writer. Green was educated at the University of Cambridge where he was a undergraduate at Christ's College, Cambridge and studied English, graduating in 2000. He was a member of the Footlights alongside Richard Ayoade, John Oliver and John Finnemore, and served as president during his final year, with Finnemore as vice president. After graduating, he remained to direct the year-end tour, and did some screenwriting on the side, before embarking on a comedy career.

Green started performing stand up comedy in 2003. He was placed second at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2005, and later that year went on to perform in The Comedy Zone at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe alongside Isy Suttie, Russell Kane and Mark Olver.