Mathew Pritchard (born 30 March 1973) 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. He began skateboarding at the age of 15. His first sponsor was City Surf skate shop in Cardiff.
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, an MTV stunt programme starring Pritchard, Dainton, Michael "Pancho" Locke, and Dan Joyce. This ran from 2003 to 2008, 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. Pritchard was also involved in multiple spin-off series. Dainton and Pritchard hosted MTV's 2007 stunt-based game show Wrecked, and Sanchez Get High was a spin-off in which Pritchard and Dainton visited indigenous peoples and took traditional medicines. 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.
Dirty Vegan Pritchard became vegan in 2015 after watching Cowspiracy. In 2017, he launched a YouTube-based cookery series called Proper Vegan Cookin. In 2019, he hosted Dirty Vegan, the BBC's first vegan cookery show. He also produced tie-in cookbooks for the series: Dirty Vegan and Dirty Vegan: Another Bite. His third book, titled Dirty Vegan: Fast and Easy, came out on 7 December 2023.
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.
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. His assailant was jailed for five years in 2010, after being found guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Pritchard had a dog named Lemmy, who made frequent appearances on Pritchard's Instagram posts.
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Notes2001Pritchard vs DaintonHimselfDirect-to-video release2003StupidityHimselfDocumentaryArchive footage2006Dirty Sanchez: The MovieHimselfWriterAssociate producer2007The Man Who Souled the WorldHimselfDocumentary2014Pritchard vs Dainton – The Rise and FallsHimselfDocumentary2019Mathew vs PritchardHimselfShort documentary2025The Road of ExcessHimselfDocumentary
Television Year Title Role Notes2003–2007Dirty SanchezHimselfCo-creatorWriter29 episodes2003MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2003HimselfPresenter2005–2008Balls of SteelHimselfSegment: "Pain Men"2005Comedy LabAliceEpisode 7.72005TRL UKHimself1 episode2006Death Wish LiveHimself2 episodes2007 WreckedHimselfCo-host2007MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007HimselfPresenter2008Sanchez Get HighHimself8 episodes2008Nike: Put It Where You Want ItHimselfCommercial series2009JailbaitHimselfTV special2009Gumball 3000HimselfTV documentary2009The Noughties... Was That It?HimselfTV documentary2010–2016The DudesonsHimself4 episodes2011Snog Marry Avoid?HimselfEpisode 4.82012Rally OnHimself8 episodes2012Gumball 3000: Number 13HimselfTV documentary2018Wild Man to IronmanHimselfTV documentary2019–2020Dirty VeganHimselfHostCo-creator
Web series Year Title Role Notes2015–2019London RealHimself2 episodes2020The Sanchez Story Volume 1HimselfDocumentaryPodcast2021The Sanchez Story Volume 2HimselfDocumentaryPodcast2021The Lazy GenerationHimself1 episode
Music videos Year Artist Track Role Notes2006Turbonegro"All My Friends Are Dead"Himself
Bibliography Dirty Vegan (2018) Dirty Vegan: Another Bite (2019) Dirty Vegan: Fast and Easy (2023)
References
External links Official website
Biography