Richard Ayoade's life and career as he presents the BAFTA TV Awards
08.05.2022 - 21:17
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Read more: Normal People stars to join Richard Ayoade as guest presenters for the Bafta TV awards 2020 But who is Ayoade and what is his net worth? Here’s everything we know. Ayoade was born in London and is half Norwegian and half Nigerian. He studied law at Cambridge and during that time he was the president of the theatrical club Footlights.
Ayoade’s interest in acting grew during this time. He and Footlights’ vice-president John Oliver worked on several productions together including Emotional Babbage and Between a Rock and a Hard Place. His main TV gig came in 2004 when he created and appeared in the spoof comedy horror series Garth Maranghi’s Darkplace.
The same year, along with Matt Berry he directed and co-wrote in AD/BC: A Rock Opera, a parody of life-of-Christ rock operas. Today Ayoade is widely known for playing Maurice in the sitcom The IT Crowd on Channel 4, alongside Katherine Parkinson, Chris Morris and Chris O’Dowd. The show ran until 2010, and Ayoade won a BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance.
In 2007, Ayoade began directing music videos, he has directed three Arctic Monkeys videos: Fluorescent Adolescent, Cornerstone and Crying Lightning. The 44-year-old has a good bond with the band’s frontman Alex Turner as he contributed five original songs to Ayoade’s directorial feature debut Submarine in 2010. Richard Ayoade is married to Lydia Fox, the daughter of James Fox, who appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and 1970s including The Servant.
Many of Fox’s family members are well known in the industry as actors and producers. Ayoade and his wife share three children together and currently reside in London. The two met during University and have been involved in projects together frequently.
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