Noel Fielding Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned an honorary master's degree from Buckinghamshire New University in 2011
• Earned his first British Comedy Award nomination in 2004 alongside Julian Barratt for "The Mighty Boosh"
• Earned the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the 1998 Edinburgh Festival
• After studying at Croydon Art College, he would later attend Buckingham Chilterns University
• Began his career as a traveling stand-up comic across the United Kingdom in the 1990s
• Music video appearances include Mint Royale's "Blue Song", Razorlight's "In the Morning" and Kasabian's "Vlad the Impaler", among others
• After appearing on numerous sketch programs such as "Nathan Barley" and "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace", he would begin appearing as a regular contestant on "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" in 2009
• Rose to prominence in the early 2000s after landing a radio show with collaborator Julian Barratt on Radio 4, a program that would work as the precursor to "The Mighty Boosh" television series on BBC
• Came up with the name of Mighty Boosh after seeing an odd hairstyle that was referred to as a 'mighty bush'