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Richard Ayoade

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Ellef Ayoade (born 12 June 1977 in Whipps Cross, London) is an English comedian, actor, writer and director best known for his role as Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd. Ayoade was born an only child to a Norwegian mother, Dagny (née Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. Ayoade studied at St. Joseph's College in Ipswich, Suffolk and later studied law at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (1995–1998) where he won the Martin Steele Prize for play production and became president of the prestigious Footlights during 1997 -1998. While in Footlights, Ayoade acted in and wrote many shows. He and Footlights vice-president John Oliver wrote two pantomimes together: Sleeping Beauty, and Grimm Fairy Tales. Ayoade acted in both Footlights' 1997 and 1998 touring shows: Emotional Baggage and Between a Rock and a Hard Place (directed by Cal McCrystal). On 8 September 2007 he married the actress Lydia Fox. They live in Gipsy Hill, South London. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Ayoade, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jun 12, 1977 In Hammersmith, London, England
Movie/TV Credits:
43
First Appeared:
In the movie The Semplica Girl Diaries
Latest Project:
Movie The Rat Catcher 2023-09-28
Known For
Poster of The Fake News Show
Poster of Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Poster of Was It Something I Said?
Poster of Full English
Filmography
Movie The Semplica Girl Diaries 2025
Series Krapopolis Tyrannis (voice) 2023-09-24
Movie The Rat Catcher Editor 2023-09-28
Movie The Bad Guys Professor Marmalade (voice) 2022-03-17
Movie 22 vs. Earth Counselor Jerry (voice) 2021-04-30
Series Question Team Self 2021-10-12
Movie The Souvenir: Part II Patrick 2021-10-11
Movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Henry Wood 2021-10-21
Movie Soul Counselor Jerry (voice) 2020-12-25
Movie The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Ice Cream Cone (voice) 2019-02-06
Series Moominvalley The Ghost 2019-02-25
Movie The Souvenir Patrick 2019-05-17
Movie Early Man Treebor (voice) 2018-01-26
Series Apple & Onion Onion (voice) 2018-02-23
Movie Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me Self 2017-01-01
Series The Fake News Show Himself - Panelist 2017-05-15
Series Neo Yokio Herbert Sims (voice) 2017-09-22
Movie Paddington 2 Forensic Investigator 2017-11-09
Movie Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches Self 2016-12-31
Series Travel Man: 48 Hours in... Self - Host 2015-03-30
Movie The IT Crowd Manual Himself / Maurice Moss 2014-01-04
Movie The Boxtrolls Mr. Pickles (voice) 2014-09-10
Series Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Unknown 2014-06-16
Series Strange Hill High Templeton (voice) 2013-05-08
Series Was It Something I Said? Self - Team Captain 2013-10-06
Series Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy 2012-01-26
Movie The Watch Jamarcus 2012-07-26
Series Full English Edgar Johnson 2012-11-12
Series Gadget Man Presenter 2012-11-19
Movie Bunny and the Bull Museum Curator 2009-11-27
Series The IT Crowd Moss 2007-03-08
Series The IT Crowd Maurice Moss 2006-02-03
Series Time Trumpet 2006-08-03
Series Snuff Box Music Show Host 2006-02-27
Series Man to Man with Dean Learner Dean Learner 2006-10-20
Series Nathan Barley Ned Smanks 2005-02-11
Movie Festival Dwight Swan 2005-07-15
Series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Dean Learner / Thornton Reed 2004-01-29
Series The Mighty Boosh Unknown 2004-05-18
Movie AD/BC: A Rock Opera Joseph 2004-12-21
Movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Photographer at Wedding 2004-10-01
Series Big Fat Quiz Unknown 2004-12-27
Movie Hello, Friend Computer Man 2003-02-02