Eddie Izzard's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Riches Wayne Malloy Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (UK) Eddie Izzard The Day of the Triffids (2009) Torrence Parkinson (UK) Eddie Izzard Morecambe & Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did (UK) Eddie Izzard Ruby (UK) Eddie Izzard TFI Friday (UK) Eddie Izzard Where's Elvis This Week? (UK) Eddie Izzard

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Valkyrie 2008 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008 - Igor 2007 - Across the Universe 2007 - Ocean's Thirteen 2006 - The Wild 2006 - My Super Ex-Girlfriend 2005 - The Aristocrats 2005 - Romance & Cigarettes 2004 - Ocean's Twelve 2004 - Five Children and It 2004 - Blueberry 2001 - All The Queen's Men 2000 - Shadow of the Vampire 1999 - Mystery Men 1998 - The Avengers 1998 - Velvet Goldmine 1996 - The Secret Agent

BIOGRAPHY:

Eddie Izzard made his first stage appearance in London's West End in 1993 with his one-man comedy show Eddie Izzard: Live at the Ambassadors (1993) (V) . The show earned Izzard an Olivier Award nomination for outstanding achievement and garnered Izzard his first British Comedy Award for top stand-up comedian. He returned to the West End the next year with his second one-man show, Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable (1994) (V) , followed by his dramatic West End debut as the lead in the world premiere of David Mamet's The Cryptogram with Lindsay Duncan (I), which landed Izzard his second starring role in 900 Oneonta. Izzard appeared in 1995 portraying the title character in Christopher Marlowe's groundbreaking Edward II. In '96 Izzard made his big screen debut alongside Bob Hoskins (I) and Robin Williams (I) in The Secret Agent (1996) and staged another one-man show, Eddie Izzard: Definite Article (1996) (V) , for which he received his second British Comedy Award. He then took Definite Article to major cities outside the UK including New York City and returned to the West End with a new show,Eddie Izzard: Glorious (1997) (V) , which included a month in New York City at PS122. By '98 Izzard appeared in another film, Velvet Goldmine (1998), with Ewan McGregor, as well as staging his breakthrough one-man US show, Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V) which aired on HBO and went on to earn Izzard two Emmy Awards in 2000. At the end of the decade Izzard took on Lenny Bruce by securing the lead in Peter Hall (I)'s West End production of Lenny. Izzard started 2000 touring the world with Eddie Izzard: Circle (2002) (V) and continued to develop his acting resume with roles in _Criminal, The (2000)_, Shadow of the Vampire (2000) with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, co-starred opposite Kirsten Dunst in the Peter Bogdanovich-directed The Cat's Meow (2001) as Charles Chaplin and taking the male lead in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2002) (TV) on the London stage. In 2003 Izzard was seen on the big screen in the French production Muraya- Expanded Reality and Alex Cox (I)'s Revengers Tragedy (2002) and on the small screen in a BBC mini-series _40 (2002)(TV)_. Izzard made his Broadway debut in the spring of 2003, reprising his West End role in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.


TRIVIA:

• Uses 3 distinct voices in most of his one-man shows - God ('James Mason (I)' (qv)), 'Sean Connery' (qv) (several, including Noah) and Mrs. Badcrumble (Scottish clarinet teacher). In real life, Mrs. Badcrumble was his piano teacher as a young boy.
• 'Sarah Townsend (I)' (qv) composes the music for all of his shows.
• Is dyslexic.
• During the 1999 television special _Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV)_ (qv), which Izzard hosted, 'John Cleese' (qv) said Izzard was the lost Python.
• Born in Yemen while his parents were there on business. He has a brother named Mark. His mother died when Eddie was six years old.
• In 1991 he was nominated for the Perrier Award.
• Auditioned for the role of Rodney Skinner (The Invisible Man) in _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)_ (qv), but lost out to 'Tony Curran (I)' (qv).
• Was touring in New Zealand during the filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He heard about the filming and, being such a big fan of the books, asked if he could make an appearance in the films. He was declined.