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Richard Ayoade

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Richard Ayoade ( EYE-oh-AH-dee; born 23 May 1977) is a British comedian, actor, writer, director, and presenter. 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. Ayoade was president of the Footlights club whilst a student at the University of Cambridge. He and Matthew Holness debuted their respective characters Dean Learner and Garth Marenghi at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2000, bringing the characters to television with Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) and Man to Man with Dean Learner (2006). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Richard Ayoade is the 11,781st most popular actor (down from 10,660th in 2024), the 7,155th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,678th in 2019) and the 1,266th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Richard Ayoade ranks 11,781 out of 13,578. Before him are Soleil Moon Frye, Ayaka Miyoshi, Lee Young-ah, Elisa Donovan, Liza Lapira, and Selina Jen. After him are Shaun Sipos, Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Merle Jääger, Shawn Hatosy, Zach Cregger, and Daphne Ashbrook.

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Among people born in 1977, Richard Ayoade ranks 771. Before him are Ruslan Pidhornyy, Jun Enomoto, David García Dapena, Iker Martínez de Lizarduy, Sian Heder, and Donorovyn Lümbengarav. After him are Fróði Benjaminsen, Jasmin, Wes Ramsey, Ryō Hirohashi, Gjoko Taneski, and Kamil Kosowski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Ayoade ranks 7,157 out of 8,785. Before him are Micachu (1987), Mark Ravenhill (1966), Graeme Sharp (1960), Ritu Arya (1988), Laura Lopes (1978), and Silas Carson (1965). After him are Colin Jackson (1967), Daniel Jones (1973), Chris Sutton (1973), Ben Collins (1975), Arthur Darvill (1982), and Craig Thomson (1972).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Richard Ayoade ranks 1,266. Before him are Dean-Charles Chapman (1997), Stephen Campbell Moore (1979), Gethin Anthony (1983), Laurence Fox (1978), Ritu Arya (1988), and Silas Carson (1965). After him are Arthur Darvill (1982), Eleanor Tomlinson (1992), Daniel Casey (1972), Sophie Cookson (1990), Joan Littlewood (1914), and Tom Mison (1982).

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