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Richard Ayoade Biography

Richard Ayoade is one of the most popular and richest Comedian who was born on May 23, 1977 in London, England, United Kingdom. He is a comedian and actor, best known for his part in The IT Crowd in Britain. In 2014, he won a Best Male Comedy Performance award. He was also the presenter for the reboot of The Crystal Maze, a 90s classic.

Submarine was his coming-of-age film. It featured He directed the coming of age film Submarine, which featured Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys and earned him a BAFTA nomination. from the Arctic Monkeys. He received a BAFTA nomination.

Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, the son of a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father, on 23 May 1977. His father was an electrical engineer. The family moved to Ipswich, Suffolk, when he was young. At 15, Ayoade developed an interest in film “beyond Star Wars and Back to the Future” and began exploring the works of directors Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini.

Richard Ellef Ayoade (/aɪ . oʊ ˈ ɑː d i / ; born 23 May 1977) is a British comedian, actor, filmmaker, writer, author and television presenter best known for his role as the socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd (2006–2013), for which he won the 2014 BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance. He has often worked alongside Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Matt Berry, Matthew Holness and Rich Fulcher.

In 2007, he married Lydia Fox. Together they have two children, Esme and Ida.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Born in Hammersmith, Ayoade served as the president of Footlights at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (1998–1999). He and Matthew Holness debuted their respective characters Dean Learner and Garth Marenghi at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2000, bringing the characters to television with Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004) and Man to Man with Dean Learner (2006). Ayoade appeared in the comedy shows The Mighty Boosh (2004–2007) and Nathan Barley (2005), before gaining exposure and recognition for his role in The IT Crowd. After directing music videos for Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kasabian, Ayoade wrote and directed the comedy-drama film Submarine in 2010, an adaptation of the 2008 novel by Joe Dunthorne. Ayoade co-starred in the American science fiction comedy film The Watch in 2012 and his second film, the black comedy The Double, premiered in 2013, drawing inspiration from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novella of the same title.

Richard Ayoade Net Worth

Richard Ayoade is one of the richest Comedian from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Ayoade's net worth $2 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before studying law at the University of Central Lancashire, he studied at St. Joseph’s College. He was the president of the Footlights while at St. Catharine’s College in Cambridge.

He also has a successful career as a director of music videos for bands like Vampire Weekend and Arctic Monkeys.

Ayoade’s second feature film, the black comedy thriller The Double, was based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1846 novella The Double and written by Ayoade and Avi Korine. It stars Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. The story concerns a timid man who becomes frustrated by the appearance of his charming doppelgänger, both of whom are played by Eisenberg. The Double was released in April 2014 to generally positive reviews. The film drew comparisons to Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985), both in its visuals and narrative. In the stop-motion animated fantasy film The Boxtrolls (2014), Ayoade voiced Mr. Pickles, a henchman to the film’s antagonist Snatcher (voiced by Ben Kingsley).

Ayoade co-wrote the stage show Garth Marenghi’s Fright Knight with Matthew Holness, whom he also met at the Footlights, appearing in the show with Holness at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000 where it was nominated for a Perrier Award. The show saw the debut of Holness’ character Garth Marenghi, a fictional horror writer, and Ayoade’s character Dean Learner, Marenghi’s publisher. In 2001, he won the Perrier Comedy Award for co-writing and performing in Garth Marenghi’s Netherhead, the sequel to Fright Knight. In 2004, Ayoade and Holness took the Marenghi character to Channel 4, creating the spoof horror comedy series Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. Ayoade wrote, directed and appeared in the series, which saw Marenghi and Learner star in a 1980s television drama that was never broadcast. Learner played Thornton Reed, a hospital administrator. Along with Matt Berry, Ayoade directed, co-wrote and co-starred in AD/BC: A Rock Opera, which parodies life-of-Christ rock operas and aired on BBC Three in December 2004. Ayoade was also a writer on the sketch show Bruiser in 2000, which starred former Footlights president David Mitchell and Robert Webb, and featured Holness. Ayoade was featured in a bit-part as a reporter in the HBO television film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).

After appearing in Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding’s radio series The Boosh, Ayoade was part of the original cast of Barratt and Fielding’s The Mighty Boosh television show. He was originally selected to play the role of dangerous villain Dixon Bainbridge. However, by the time the radio series transferred to television he was under contract by Channel 4 and was only able to act in the pilot before leaving The Boosh. The part was taken by fellow Darkplace actor and eventual IT Crowd co-star Matt Berry. He later returned in the second series in 2005, to play the part of the belligerent shaman Saboo. Ayoade continued his association with The Mighty Boosh in the third series, reprising his role and acting as script editor. In 2005, he played the role of Ned Smanks in Chris Morris’ and Charlie Brooker’s sitcom Nathan Barley. Ayoade’s Dean Learner character was resurrected in 2006 to host a comedy chat show, Man to Man with Dean Learner, on Channel 4. The different guests were played each week by Holness. Ayoade appeared in the satirical comedy series Time Trumpet in 2006, which is set in the year 2031 and saw Ayoade and other celebrities reminiscing about the year 2007 onwards.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Ayoade studied at St Joseph’s College, Ipswich, where he recalls being obsessed with J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. According to Ayoade, he was so obsessed with the book that he “started to dress like Holden Caulfield.” He later attended St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (1995–98), where he won the Martin Steele Prize for play production and was president of the amateur theatrical club Footlights from 1997 to 1998. He and Footlights vice-president John Oliver wrote and performed in several productions together, appearing in both Footlights’ 1997 and 1998 touring shows: Emotional Baggage and Between a Rock and a Hard Place (directed by Cal McCrystal). He says that his parents would not approve of studies considered to be of the “Regency era”, adding that “a non-vocational degree seemed such an outlandish indulgence”. Ayoade states that his degree in law is no longer a viable “fallback” for him and that he would need to “go back to square one”.

Ayoade married actress Lydia Fox in 2007. They have three children and live in East Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark, England.

Who is Richard Ayoade Dating?

According to our records, Richard Ayoade married to Lydia Fox . As of December 1, 2023, Richard Ayoade’s is not dating anyone.

In February 2006, Ayoade began playing the technically brilliant but socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in the sitcom The IT Crowd on Channel 4, appearing alongside Chris O’Dowd, Katherine Parkinson, Chris Morris, and later on, Matt Berry. The series’ creator Graham Linehan wrote the part specifically for Ayoade to play. In 2008, he won the award for an outstanding actor in a television comedy series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for his performance. In 2009, Ayoade co-starred with Joel McHale in the pilot for an American remake, reprising his role with the same appearance and personality; no series was commissioned, and the pilot never aired. The IT Crowd ran for four seasons until 2010, with a special airing in 2013, for which Ayoade won a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance. In 2007, Ayoade directed the music videos for the songs “Fluorescent Adolescent” by Arctic Monkeys and Super Furry Animals’s “Run-Away”, which starred Matt Berry. The former received a UK Music Video Award nomination, attributed by Ayoade only to the song being “so good”. Ayoade has frequently appeared as a panelist on the quiz show The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, often with Noel Fielding, making his first appearance in The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz in 2007, which marked Channel 4’s 25th anniversary.

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In 2008, Ayoade directed the music videos for two Vampire Weekend singles – “Oxford Comma”, filmed in one long take, and “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”. In the same year, he also directed the videos for The Last Shadow Puppets songs “Standing Next to Me” and “My Mistakes Were Made for You”, the latter of which was inspired by Federico Fellini’s Toby Dammit. He directed a live Arctic Monkeys DVD entitled At the Apollo (2008), which was recorded at the Manchester Apollo on super 16mm film. It was previewed at Vue cinemas across the UK during October 2008 and was released on DVD the following month. He was featured in Paul King’s 2009 film, Bunny and the Bull, playing the role of an extremely boring museum tour guide. That year, he also directed two music videos for the Arctic Monkeys – “Crying Lightning” and “Cornerstone” – and others for Kasabian’s “Vlad the Impaler”, starring Fielding, and “Heads Will Roll” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Are Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade friends?

Fielding was originally paired with Russell Brand, but he got too famous for the show after Get Him to the Greek. Fielding and Ayoade were already friends and collaborators, having worked together on The Mighty Boosh and The IT Crowd.

What is Richard Ayoade doing now?

Ayoade has written three comedic film-focused books: Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey (2014), The Grip of Film (2017), and Ayoade on Top (2019). He is currently writing two children’s books: The Book That No One Wanted to Read (2022)and a picture book called The Fairy Tale Fan Club (TBD).

Was Richard Ayoade in the Mandalorian?

Richard Ellef Ayoade (born May 23, 1977) is a British actor, presenter and comedian who voiced Q9-0 in The Mandalorian.

Does Richard Ayoade voice Onion?

Onion (voiced by Richard Ayoade) – A tall anthropomorphic onion. He is polite and timid and Apple’s best friend who resembles a scallion. He comes to the city hoping to make new friends the same day as Apple. Onion often works on bringing Apple’s ideas to life as well as being the voice of reason of the duo.

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