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- Ayoade was born on 23 May 1977 in Hammersmith, London, the son of a Norwegian mother and Nigerian father. The family moved to Ipswich when he was young.
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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.
Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Bosvik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade.
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- Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Bosvik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade.
- May 23, 1977
Richard Ellef Ayoade was born on June 12, 1977 in Hammersmith in west London, but grew up in Suffolk County, where his parents moved to later on. His Nigerian father Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade is an electrical engineer and his mother Dagny Amalie is a Norwegian.
- 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.
Apr 19, 2024 · Richard Ellef Ayoade was born on 23 May 1977, in Hammersmith, London England, the son of a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father; the family later moved to Ipswich during his youth.
Ayoade was born on 23 May 1977 in Hammersmith, London, [5] the son of a Norwegian mother and Nigerian father. [6] [7] The family moved to Ipswich when he was young. [8] At the age of 15, he developed an interest in film "beyond Star Wars and Back to the Future" and began exploring the works of directors Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, and Federico ...
