Full Name | Richard Ayoade |
Net Worth | $2 Million |
Date Of Birth | June 12, 1977 |
Place Of Birth | Whipps Cross, London, United Kingdom |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Profession | Actor, Comedian, Television Director, Screenwriter |
Education | St Catharine's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, St Joseph's College, Ipswich |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Spouse | Lydia Fox (m. 2007) |
Children | Esmé Bibi Ayoade |
Parents | Dagny Baassuik Ayoade, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade |
Nicknames | Richard Ellef Ayoade , Ayoade |
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/richardayoade |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm1547964 |
Awards | British Academy Television Award for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme, British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay, International Emmy Award for Comedy |
Nominations | BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, British Independent Film Award Douglas Hickox Award (Directorial Debut) |
Movies | The Boxtrolls, The Double, Submarine, Bunny and the Bull, Festival, AD/BC: A Rock Opera, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Tommy Tiernan: Crooked Man, Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo, Hello Friend |
TV Shows | The IT Crowd, Travel Man, Gadget Man, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Nathan Barley, Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, Man to Man with Dean Learner, Snuff Box, Time Trumpet, The Crystal Maze |
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1 | [explaining the message of The Double (2013)] Darth Vader is within all of us. And I remember that every time I shower. |
2 | I suppose I sort of like effects that have some organic elements rather than ones that are entirely generated by a computer. Just because, no matter how complex the algorithm is, it's still an algorithm. |
3 | I was directing before I started doing 'The IT Crowd.' It wasn't something that led on after acting I guess. I was sort of doing this stuff before acting. |
4 | I actually prefer night shoots to days. I prefer being up. It's easier for me. I'm more of a night person. |
5 | I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one. |
6 | I'm just terrible. At talking. With words. |
7 | I'm not good at watching myself. |
8 | I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone. |
9 | Louis Malle is maybe one of my favourite directors, but I love Tarantino. |
10 | My parents didn't go to university and weren't brought up in England. They hadn't heard of any other universities other than 'Cambridge' or 'Oxford.' |
11 | No. I really don't think I'm cool. I'm not. |
12 | A lot of comedies are based on the reaction shot. You have one person doing something stupid and one person is generally the straight man, and the laughs generally come on the reaction of the straight man to the funny thing the other person has done. |
13 | As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: 'Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened' is one of the funniest lines in any film. |
14 | I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?' |
15 | I like Roy Orbison's video for 'I Drove All Night' because it's so literal. It is just a man driving throughout the night. I like that silliness. To be in a video is a ridiculous thing. It's almost impossible to do it without any humour. |
16 | I've only ever really been in shows of friends, so I don't know exactly what happened. I think I'm incredibly cheap to hire. That can buy some traction. I'm as cheap as it's possible for an actor to be legally. |
17 | The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if it's the classic Hitchcock shot of two people talking and a bomb being under the table. Part of the pleasure of it is seeing where people go wrong, and the irony of situations. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Apple & Onion | 2016 | Short | Onion (voice) |
Danger Mouse | 2015-2016 | TV Series | The Snowman / Birch Badboy |
The Vicar of Dibley | 2015 | TV Series | Bernard |
The Boxtrolls | 2014 | | Mr. Pickles (voice) |
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy | 2012-2014 | TV Series | City Gent / Reality Man / Todd Laguna / ... |
Strange Hill High | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Templeton |
Strange Hill High: Merchant of Menace | 2014 | Video Game | Templeton (voice) |
The IT Crowd | 2006-2013 | TV Series | Maurice Moss |
Full English | 2012 | TV Series | Edgar Johnson |
The Watch | 2012/I | | Jamarcus |
Bunny and the Bull | 2009 | | Museum Curator |
The IT Crowd | 2007 | TV Series | Maurice Moss |
The Mighty Boosh | 2003-2007 | TV Series | Saboo Dixon Bainbridge |
Man to Man with Dean Learner | 2006 | TV Series | Dean Learner |
Darkplace Illuminatum | 2006 | Video short | Dean Learner (uncredited) |
Horrificata Illuminata | 2006 | Video short | Dean Learner (uncredited) |
Time Trumpet | 2006 | TV Series | Richard Ayoade |
Snuff Box | 2006 | TV Series | Music Show Host |
Festival | 2005/I | | Dwight Swan |
Nathan Barley | 2005 | TV Series | Ned Smanks |
AD/BC: A Rock Opera | 2004 | TV Movie | Joseph |
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | 2004 | | Photographer at Wedding |
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace | 2004 | TV Series | Dean Learner Thornton Reed |
Hello, Friend | 2003 | Short | Computer Man |
Armstrong and Miller | 1999 | TV Series | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Double | 2013 | written by | |
Submarine | 2010 | written by | |
The Mighty Boosh | 2007 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
Comic Relief 2007: The Big One | 2007 | TV Special additional material | |
Man to Man with Dean Learner | 2006 | TV Series written by - 6 episodes | |
Darkplace Illuminatum | 2006 | Video short uncredited | |
Horrificata Illuminata | 2006 | Video short uncredited | |
AD/BC: A Rock Opera | 2004 | TV Movie book | |
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace | 2004 | TV Series written and created by - 6 episodes | |
Smack the Pony | 2000 | TV Series additional material - 1 episode | |
Bruiser | 2000 | TV Series additional material - 6 episodes | |
Movie Babylon | 2000 | TV Series documentary | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | 2015-2017 | TV Series | Himself |
Room 101 | 2017 | TV Series | Himself |
The Fake News Show | 2017 | TV Series | Himself - Panellist |
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself |
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Panellist |
The Last Leg | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything | 2016 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
Crackanory | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Storyteller |
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
The Graham Norton Show | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Stephen Fry: Gadget Man | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Presenter |
Last Call with Carson Daly | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Duck Quacks Don't Echo | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
Harmontown | 2014 | Documentary | Himself - Community Director (uncredited) |
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
Was It Something I Said? | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain |
A League of Their Own | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Big Fat Quiz of the 90s | 2013 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
Perspectives | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Film Director |
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
Vivir de cine | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
The Big Fat Quiz of the 00s | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
The Project | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
8 Out of 10 Cats | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
The Soup | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
Breakfast | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - Contestant |
Comic Relief 2007: The Big One | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
Timeshift | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Narrator |
Time Trumpet | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
The Mighty Boosh: A History | 2005 | Video documentary short | Dixon Bainbridge |
The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself / Dixon Bainbridge |
2004: The Stupid Version | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
T4 | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2015 | BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film | The Boxtrolls (2014) |
2014 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme | The IT Crowd (2006) |
2012 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Direction in a Comedy Series | Community (2009) |
2011 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Screenplay | Submarine (2010) |
2011 | Golden Gryphon | Giffoni Film Festival | Best Film | Submarine (2010) |
2011 | Directors to Watch | Palm Springs International Film Festival | | Submarine (2010) |
2008 | Golden Nymph | Monte-Carlo TV Festival | Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series | The IT Crowd (2006) |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2015 | BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role | The Boxtrolls (2014) |
2015 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Foreign Film | The Double (2013) |
2014 | Critics Award | Hamburg Film Festival | | The Double (2013) |
2013 | Black Pearl Award | Abu Dhabi Film Festival | New Horizons Competition | The Double (2013) |
2013 | Best Film | London Film Festival | | The Double (2013) |
2013 | Grand Prize | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | | The Double (2013) |
2013 | Tokyo Grand Prix | Tokyo International Film Festival | | The Double (2013) |
2012 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer | Submarine (2010) |
2012 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Submarine (2010) |
2012 | Evening Standard British Film Award | Evening Standard British Film Awards | Most Promising Newcomer | Submarine (2010) |
2012 | GFCA Award | Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) | Best Adapted Screenplay | Submarine (2010) |
2012 | Breakthrough Award | Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) | | Submarine (2010) |
2012 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Breakthrough British Filmmaker | Submarine (2010) |
2011 | Douglas Hickox Award | British Independent Film Awards | | Submarine (2010) |
2011 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | Best Film Screenplay | Submarine (2010) |