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    Richard Ayoade

    British comedian and actor

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  1. Richard Ayoade ( / ˌaɪoʊˈɑːdi / EYE-oh-AH-dee; born 23 May 1977) is a British [1] [2] comedian, actor, writer and director. He played the role of 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. Ayoade was the president of the ...

    • 2000–present
    • Fox (by marriage)
  2. Richard Ayoade. Writer: Submarine. Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade.

    • Actor, Writer, Director
    • May 23, 1977
    • 2 min
  3. Richard Ayoade. Writer: Submarine. Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. He studied Law at Cambridge university, and followed in the footsteps of British Comedy legends like Monty Python's Eric Idle, Hugh Laurie and Graeme Garden when he became ...

    • May 23, 1977
    • Growing up in the quiet English town of Ipswich, he became obsessed with J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. "I started to dress like [lead character] Holden Caulfield," Ayoade recalled drolly last year.
    • He's married to actress Lydia Fox, a member of the famous Fox acting dynasty. Lewis's Laurence Fox is his wife's brother, while Silent Witness star Emilia Fox and Cucumber actor Freddie Fox are her cousins.
    • Though he won a BAFTA TV Award for playing socially challenged Moss in The IT Crowd opposite Chris O'Dowd and Katherine Parkinson, he doesn't really rate his performance in the cult sitcom, calling it a mere "turn."
    • He studied Law at Cambridge University, where he became president of the famous Footlights theatrical club. Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Dame Emma Thompson all honed their craft as Footlights members in the early '80s.
  4. Richard Ayoade. Highest Rated: 100% The Rat Catcher (2023) Lowest Rated: 16% The Watch (2012) Birthday: Jun 12, 1977. Birthplace: Whipp's Cross, London, England, UK. An intelligent comedian-actor ...

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    • June 12, 1977
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  6. Host Richard Ayoade kicks off the 2022 Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards with a hilarious speech. Discover more from the ceremony: https://youtube.com/playlist?li...

    • May 8, 2022
    • 633.5K
    • BAFTA
  7. Aug 18, 2011 · The British comedian, actor, writer, and director Richard Ayoade is best known for his starring role on the UK television series The IT Crowd and his successful directorial debut Submarine, which was released in the U.S. in 2011. In selecting his ten favorite Criterions, Ayoade writes, “I really could have chosen a top 100.

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