Toad

...From where they sat they could get a glimpse of the main stream across the island that separated them; and just then a wager-boat flashed into view, the rower -- a short, stout figure -- splashing badly and rolling a good deal, but working his hardest. The Rat stood up and hailed him, but Toad -- for it was he -- shook his head and settled sternly to his work...

Londoner Matt Lucas is primarily known as a comedian though he studied drama at Bristol University and has performed with the National Youth Theatre. He has received several BAFTA nominations and won Best Comedy Performance for Little Britain, a comedy sketch show he helped create, in 2003. He played Cousin Tom in the 2004 zombie film Shaun of the Dead. He appeared as Villars in Masterpiece Theatre's Casanova.