Richard Ayoade
Birth Name:
Richard Ellef Ayoade
Birth Place:
Whipps Cross, London, England, United Kingdom
Profession
Actor, Writer, Director, Soundtrack, Producer, Music department, Script department
Fast Facts
- He won a British independent Film Award for Best Screenplay in 2011 for "Submarine․"
- He won a Perrier Comedy Award in 2001 for co-writing and performing in "Garth Marenghi's Netherhead․"
- While in college, he won a Martin Steele Prize for play production
- He studied law while attending St․ Catherine's College, Cambridge
- From 1997 to 1998, he was the president of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club
- He is the only cast member from the UK version of "The IT Crowd" to reprise his role for the American adaptation
- He has directed several music videos, including the videos for "Fluorescent Adolescent" by the Arctic Monkeys and "Oxford Comma" by Vampire Weekend
Awards
- 2008Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series:Winner
- 2011Douglas Hickox AwardNominated
- 2011British Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2011DFCC - Breakthrough Artist - International:Nominated
- 2011Golden Gryphon - Best Film:Winner
- 2011Golden Duke - International Competition:Nominated
- 2011Directors to WatchWinner
- 2011Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best Film Screenplay:Nominated
- 2012BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:Nominated
- 2012Chlotrudis Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2012Evening Standard British Film Award - Most Promising Newcomer:Nominated
- 2012GAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2012Breakthrough AwardNominated
- 2012ALFS Award - Breakthrough British Filmmaker:Nominated
- 2012OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Winner
- 2013Black Pearl Award - New Horizons Competition:Nominated
- 2013Best FilmNominated
- 2013Grand PrizeNominated
- 2013Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
- 2014BAFTA TV Award - Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme:Winner
- 2014British Screenwriters' Award - Best British Feature Film Writing:Nominated
- 2014Critics AwardNominated
- 2015BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film:Winner
- 2015BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award - Best Male Vocal Performance in a Feature Film in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 2015Black Reel - Outstanding Foreign Film:Nominated
- 2017BAFTA TV Award - Best Features:Nominated
- 2019National Film Award - Best Performance in an Animation film:Nominated
- 2021British Independent Film Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
- 2022IFJA Award - Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance:Nominated
- 2022ALFS Award - Supporting Actor of the Year:Nominated