Richard Ayoade

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1977-05-23 (48 years old)

Place of Birth

Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Richard Ayoade

Biography

Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in London in 1977. He is a a multi-award winning British comedian, actor, broadcaster, filmmaker, author, narrator & film buff. The success of Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place (which he co-wrote, directed and starred in) was followed by his BAFTA award winning role in The IT Crowd, and numerous other TV credits. In 2010, Ayoade made his debut directorial feature, Submarine, a BAFTA nominated, coming-of-age comedy-drama he adapted from Joe Dunthorne's 2008 novel of the same name. His second feature film in 2013, the black comedy thriller The Double, was based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1846 novella The Double; it was writ...

Acting

2004

2022

The Bad Guys

as Professor Marmalade (voice)

2012

The Watch

as Jamarcus

2023

2003

Hello, Friend

as Computer Man

2014

The Boxtrolls

as Mr. Pickles (voice)

2023

2024

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

as Dr. Marshall / The Great Yogi / Various (archive footage)

2025

The Bad Guys 2

as Professor Marmalade (voice)

2009

Bunny and the Bull

as Museum Curator

2018

Early Man

as Treebor (voice)

2014

The IT Crowd Manual

as Self - Maurice Moss

2019

The Souvenir

as Patrick

2005

Festival

as Dwight Swan

2017

Paddington 2

as Forensic Investigator

2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

as Ice Cream Cone (voice)

2021

2004

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

as Photographer at Wedding

2020

Soul

as Counselor Jerry (voice)

2007

Wynde: Behind the Man

as Interviewer

2018

Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas

as Herbert Sims (voice)

2021

22 vs. Earth

as Counselor Jerry (voice)

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Danger Island

as Dr. Medino (voice)

Production

2004

2004

2011

Submarine

as Director

2014

The Double

as Writer

2014

The Double

as Director

2010

Four Lions

as Thanks

2011

Submarine

as Writer

2011

Paul

as Thanks

2007

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