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Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade (born 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'. He is also known for directing the film 'Submarine' as well as many music videos. His father is from Nigeria and his mother is from Norway.

Ayoade studied in Ipswich, Suffolk and later studied law at St Catharine's College, Cambridge where he became president of the prestigious Footlights.

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WIN! Tickets to a special screening of Submarine and Q&A with director Richard Ayoade - 18 July 2011
t a central London venue, and you’ll be able to put your questions to the film’s director and star of The IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade. -Submarine- -Hailed “a triumphantly brilliant movie” (Dazed & Confused) and “the best British comedy i

Richard Ayoade - what members say

Man To Man With Dean Learner review by stpfitz from Downpatrick

Fantastic! 12 April 2008
...ays six different characters being interviewed by the Porn baron Dean Learner ( Richard Ayoade ). Each character is mad in their own way! I espectially liked the American act... Read customer review

AD/BC - A Rock Opera review by SiClark from London

AD/BC 29 December 2007
...ar a little thin by the end. It is not devoid of laughs, hearing Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade singing in high pitch voices is a amazing, as is Berry's talent for composing a... Read customer review

Submarine review by A customer from Edinburgh

Superb Debut 24 March 2011
...Richard Ayoade's warm and witty debut feature stars Craig Roberts as Oliver, an awkward 15-year-old schoolboy who is simultaneously trying to forge a relationship with a spik... Read customer review

Richard Ayoade - filmography

Submarine on DVD (2010)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor
Director: Richard Ayoade
Certificate:
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Producers Warp Films (This Is England, Four Lions) and director Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) present a comedy which follows a 15-year old boy (Craig Roberts, Jane Eyre) with two objectives: to lose his virginity to the girl of his dreams before his next birthday, and to stop his mother (Sally ..read more »

70% from 13,381 members

Submarine - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Noah Taylor
Director: Richard Ayoade
Certificate:
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Producers Warp Films (This Is England, Four Lions) and director Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) present a comedy which follows a 15-year old boy (Craig Roberts, Jane Eyre) with two objectives: to lose his virginity to the girl of his dreams before his next birthday, and to stop his mother (Sally ..read more »

70% from 3,134 members

Bunny and the Bull on DVD (2009)
Starring: Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Verónica Echegui
Director: Paul King
Certificate:
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Stephen (Edward Hogg) is a profoundly neurotic young man suffering from agoraphobia, though this is a relatively recent development, and as he ponders the dim prospect of going out for food, he recalls a vacation in Europe with his former best friend Bunny (Simon Farnaby). While Stephen is quiet ..read more »

61% from 4,820 members

The IT Crowd - Series 3 on DVD (2008)
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson
Director: Graham Linehan
Certificate:
Written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books) and produced by Ash Atalla (The Office), The IT Crowd centres on the worlds of Roy, Moss and Jen who make up the IT department of Reynholm Industries. While their social betters work upstairs in fantastic surroundings, the IT dept. work in a ..read more »

83% from 3,880 members

Bunny And The Bull - Blu-ray (2008)
Starring: Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Verónica Echegui
Director: Paul King
Certificate:
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Stephen (Edward Hogg) is a profoundly neurotic young man suffering from agoraphobia, though this is a relatively recent development, and as he ponders the dim prospect of going out for food, he recalls a vacation in Europe with his former best friend Bunny (Simon Farnaby). While Stephen is quiet ..read more »

58% from 1,973 member

Time Trumpet on DVD (2008)
Starring: Armando Ianucci, Richard Ayoade, Stewart Lee
Director: Armando Iannucci
Certificate:
Armando Ianucci presents a satirical look at the present onwards... from the future. Witness an increasingly bizzare Tom Cruise, Tesco invading Denmark, George Lucas' CGI enhanced funeral and many more hilarious memories yet to happen.

63% from 1,722 member

The IT Crowd - Series 2 on DVD (2006)
Starring: Richard Ayoade, Chris Morris, Chris O'Dowd
Director: Graham Linehan
Certificate:
The brand new sitcom written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books) and produced by Ash Atalla (The Office), The IT Crowd centres on the worlds of Roy, Moss and Jen who make up the IT department of Reynholm Industries. While their social betters work upstairs in fantastic surroundings, the IT ..read more »

81% from 5,029 members

Man To Man With Dean Learner on DVD (2006)
Starring: Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness
Director: Richard Ayoade, Ben Kellett
Certificate:
Live from his luxury apartment in London's glittering East End, Dean Learner: club owner, celebrity manager, restaurateur, entrepreneur and publisher of high-class gentlemen's magazines, invites you to meet some of his closest friends, Man to Man.

68% from 698 members

The IT Crowd - Series 1 on DVD (2005)
Starring: Richard Ayoade, Chris Morris, Chris O'Dowd
Director: Ben Fuller, Graham Linehan
Certificate:
From the creators of FATHER TED and THE OFFICE comes THE IT CROWD, the popular British sitcom that's taking the world by storm. Relegated to a dingy basement, Moss, Jen and Roy are their company's last line of technological defence; they are the IT crowd.

81% from 5,803 members

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace on DVD (2004)
Starring: Matthew Holness, Matt Berry, Alice Lowe
Director: Richard Ayoade
Certificate:
This spoof series invites you to see a 'long lost' 1980s TV chiller from acclaimed novelist, Garth Marenghi. With hammy acting and a ridiculously shoddy filmmaking technique, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace makes for seriously funny viewing.

78% from 3,387 members

AD/BC - A Rock Opera on DVD
Starring: Matt Berry, Julia Davis, Julian Barratt
Director: Richard Ayoade
Certificate:
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice ..read more »

62% from 643 members

Richard Ayoade facts

5 most recent films

Submarine - 3.5 stars
Submarine - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Bunny and the Bull - 3.0 stars
The IT Crowd - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Bunny And The Bull - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The IT Crowd - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
The IT Crowd - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
The IT Crowd - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - 4.0 stars
Submarine - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Bunny And The Bull - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Bunny and the Bull - 3.0 stars
AD/BC - A Rock Opera - 3.0 stars
Time Trumpet - 3.0 stars
Man To Man With Dean Learner - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Matthew Holness - 8 times - show films
Noel Fielding - 6 times - show films
Julian Barratt - 5 times - show films
Rich Fulcher - 5 times - show films
Matt Berry - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ben Kellett - 6 times - show films
Paul King - 3 times - show films
Graham Linehan - 3 times - show films
Armando Iannucci - 1 times - show films
Ben Fuller - 1 times - show films

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