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Moray Hunter (born October 1957) is a Scotland comedian, writer and performer. He starred in the Channel 4 sketch show, Absolutely. Alongside Jack Docherty, he played one half of the eccentric double-act, Don and George, in Absolutely and later in the spin-off series, Mr Don & Mr George. He also provided the voice for a shadow puppet in one of Aardman Animations' short films, Humdrum. He has written, produced and appeared in a variety of radio and television productions.
By December 1985, ITV had been announced that he would be appearing as part of a four person comedy segment on the Hogmanay television programme. In September 1987, ITV's Terry Nesson show was showing some Scottish acts not seen on television before, alongside some more established acts. The showed was billed as having regular contributions from a couple of comedy acts, including Hunter and Docherty, at that time performing as Don and George.
Hunter and Docherty were the voices of the two main characters in Humdrum, an animated comedy short film produced by Aardman Animations and released in 1998. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film and a BAFTA nomination in the same category. He had writing credits on the animated television series Meg and Mog which was adapted from books and first aired on CITV 2003–2004.
Hunter and Docherty wrote a sitcom based in an advertising agency, The Creatives, which had two series that aired on BBC 2 1998-2000. Hunter, Docherty and Kennedy all starred in the radio sitcom series Very Old Pretenders on BBC Radio Four in 2011.
In December 2006, The Clan was to be broadcast by BBC Radio Scotland as a pilot. It was a comedy radio play that he wrote, commissioned by BBC Scotland and produced by Tern TV.
Hunter and Docherty wrote the mockumentary series The Cup. After securing the rights, they adapted a Canadian series The Tournament which centred around a minor ice hockey. The result was a six-part series based around an ambitious under-elevens football team, which aired on BBC2 in 2008. Together with Gordon Kennedy, he produced two series of Secrets and Lattes a sitcom set in a middle-class Bruntsfield café which first was on BBC Radio Four in 2008.
He was a writer on Sorry, I've Got No Head, a children’s sketch show that aired on CBBC in 2009. He was writer and producer of Freedom a comedy programme that first aired on BBC Two Scotland in December 2010.
His radio comedy Alone had four series on BBC Radio 4 between 2018 and 2022. It was shortlisted for Best Scripted Comedy at the 2021 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
He has appeared in episodes of various comedy programmes: Rab C Nesbitt, Bob Servant, Badults, Still Game, and .
He appeared in the 2006 film The Flying Scotsman, a drama based on the life and career of Scottish amateur cyclist Graeme Obree.
He appeared in the BBC's forensic crime drama Silent Witness playing a depressed vet with a faulty hearing aid.
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