Mathew Pritchard

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Mathew Pritchard (born 30 March 1973)[1] is a Welsh professional skateboarder, stunt performer, celebrity chef, and triathlon athlete. He is best known as the star and co-creator of MTV UK's Dirty Sanchez. In 2019, he hosted the first BBC vegan cookery show, Dirty Vegan. He authored three cookbooks: Dirty Vegan, Dirty Vegan: Another Bite, and Dirty Vegan: Fast and Easy.

Career

Early career

Pritchard worked for Globe Shoes for six years and later designed his own signature shoe, a Sleep When You're Dead model named after his motto.[2] He began skateboarding at the age of 15. His first sponsor was City Surf skate shop in Cardiff.[3]

Dirty Sanchez and Balls of Steel

Pritchard filmed the skating video Pritchard vs Dainton, in which Pritchard and Lee Dainton skated against, hit, and pranked each other. This formed the basis of Dirty Sanchez,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". an MTV stunt programme starring Pritchard, Dainton, Michael "Pancho" Locke, and Dan Joyce.[4] This ran from 2003 to 2008,Template:Fact and in 2006 the four released Dirty Sanchez: The Movie, in which they traveled around the globe doing stunts and pranks that related to the Seven Deadly Sins.[5] Pritchard was also involved in multiple spin-off series. Dainton and Pritchard hosted MTV's 2007 stunt-based game show Wrecked,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and Sanchez Get High was a spin-off in which Pritchard and Dainton visited indigenous peoples and took traditional medicines.[4] It aired on MTV in 2008.

Pritchard appeared with Locke as the "Pain Men" in 10 episodes of the Channel 4 game show Balls of Steel, which ran from 2005 to 2008.[6]

Dirty Vegan

Pritchard became vegan in 2015 after watching Cowspiracy.[7] In 2017, he launched a YouTube-based cookery series called Proper Vegan CookinTemplate:'.[8] In 2019, he hosted Dirty Vegan, the BBC's first vegan cookery show.[9] He also produced tie-in cookbooks for the series: Dirty Vegan and Dirty Vegan: Another Bite.[10][11][12] His third book, titled Dirty Vegan: Fast and Easy, came out on 7 December 2023.[13]

Other works

In 2018, BBC Wales filmed a documentary titled Wild Man to Ironman in which Pritchard performs a 14-day ironman challenge in Wales.[14]

Personal life

On 7 September 2009, Pritchard was attacked with a set of keys in a supermarket in Toftwood, Norfolk, suffering serious stab wounds to his neck and chest.[15][16] His assailant was jailed for five years in 2010, after being found guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.[17]

Mathew has a dog named Lemmy.

Filmography

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Pritchard in 2008

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Pritchard vs Dainton Himself Direct-to-video release
2003 Stupidity Himself Documentary
Archive footage
2006 Dirty Sanchez: The Movie Himself Writer
Associate producer
2007 The Man Who Souled the World Himself Documentary
2014 Pritchard vs Dainton - The Rise and Falls Himself Documentary
2019 Mathew vs Pritchard Himself Short documentary
2023 The Road of Excess Himself Documentary

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003-2007 Dirty Sanchez Himself Co-creator
Writer
29 episodes
2003 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2003 Himself Presenter
2005-2008 Balls of Steel Himself Segment: "Pain Men"
2005 Comedy Lab Alice Episode 7.7
2005 TRL UK Himself 1 episode
2006 Death Wish Live Himself 2 episodes
2007 Wrecked Himself Co-host
2007 MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 Himself Presenter
2008 Sanchez Get High Himself 8 episodes
2008 Nike: Put It Where You Want It Himself Commercial series
2009 Jailbait Himself TV special
2009 Gumball 3000 Himself TV documentary
2009 The Noughties... Was That It? Himself TV documentary
2010-2016 The Dudesons Himself 4 episodes
2011 Snog Marry Avoid? Himself Episode 4.8
2012 Rally On Himself 8 episodes
2012 Gumball 3000: Number 13 Himself TV documentary
2018 Wild Man to Ironman Himself TV documentary
2019-2020 Dirty Vegan Himself Host
Co-creator

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2015-2019 London Real Himself 2 episodes
2020 The Sanchez Story Volume 1 Himself Documentary
Podcast
2021 The Sanchez Story Volume 2 Himself Documentary
Podcast
2021 The Lazy Generation[18][19] Himself 1 episode

Music videos

Year Artist Track Role Notes
2006 Turbonegro "All My Friends Are Dead" Himself

Bibliography

  • Dirty Vegan (2018)
  • Dirty Vegan: Another Bite (2019)
  • Dirty Vegan: Fast and Easy (2023)

References

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External links

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