Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade

Known for
Acting
Born
May 23, 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Biography

Richard Ayoade (born May 23, 1977) is a British actor, comedian, writer, filmmaker, and voice actor known for his deadpan style and sharp wit. He rose to fame playing Maurice Moss in the sitcom The IT Crowd, has voiced Tyrannis in Dan Harmon’s animated series Krapopolis, and has directed films including Submarine (2010) and The Double (2013). Beyond film and television, he has hosted shows such as Travel Man and The Crystal Maze and appeared on the comedy competition series Last One Laughing UK.

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Filmography

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The Bad Guys 3 poster

The Bad Guys 3

Movie · as Professor Marmalade (voice)

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The IT Crowd poster

The IT Crowd

TV · as Moss · 1 ep

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Presenter · 12 eps

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Ren & Stimpy poster

Ren & Stimpy

TV · as Genie (voice) · 1 ep

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Hot or Cold

Hot or Cold

TV · 1 ep

2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 poster

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Movie

2026
Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special poster

Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special

Movie · as Self

2026
The Jillon poster

The Jillon

Movie · as Narrator

2026
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord poster

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

TV · as Two-Boots (voice) · 10 eps

2026
Ed Gamble's Unacceptable! poster

Ed Gamble's Unacceptable!

TV · as Self - Team Captain · 10 eps

2026
Live from the Lycett Arms poster

Live from the Lycett Arms

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2026
Train‑ing It with Joe Wilkinson poster

Train‑ing It with Joe Wilkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
The Bad Guys 2 poster

The Bad Guys 2

Movie · as Professor Marmalade (voice)

2025
The Extraordinary Miss Flower poster

The Extraordinary Miss Flower

Movie · as Self

2025
The Phoenician Scheme poster

The Phoenician Scheme

Movie · as Sergio

2025
LOL: Last One Laughing UK poster

LOL: Last One Laughing UK

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More poster

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

Movie · as Dr. Marshall / The Great Yogi / Various (archive footage)

2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV poster

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2024
Dream Productions poster

Dream Productions

TV · as Xeni (voice) · 4 eps

2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar poster

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Movie · as Dr. Marshall / Yogi

2023
The Rat Catcher poster

The Rat Catcher

Movie · as Editor

2023
Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis

TV · as Tyrannis (voice) · 58 eps

2022
The Bad Guys poster

The Bad Guys

Movie · as Professor Marmalade (voice)

2022
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' poster

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

Movie · as Self

2022
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight poster

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

TV · as Archmage Kyle (voice) · 5 eps

2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain poster

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Movie · as Henry Wood

2021
The Souvenir: Part II poster

The Souvenir: Part II

Movie · as Patrick

2021
22 vs. Earth poster

22 vs. Earth

Movie · as Counselor Jerry (voice)

2021
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable poster

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Rugrats poster

Rugrats

TV · as Duffy (voice) · 7 eps

2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2021
Question Team poster

Question Team

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2021
Along for the Ride with David O'Doherty poster

Along for the Ride with David O'Doherty

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

TV · as Guest · 1 ep

2021
Monsters at Work poster

Monsters at Work

TV · as Declan (voice) · 4 eps

2021
Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank

TV · as Self - Panellist · 2 eps

2020
Soul poster

Soul

Movie · as Counselor Jerry (voice)

2020
Men in Brown

Men in Brown

Movie · as Self

2020
Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Souvenir poster

The Souvenir

Movie · as Patrick

2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part poster

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Movie · as Ice Cream Cone (voice)

2019
Hypothetical poster

Hypothetical

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2019
Moominvalley poster

Moominvalley

TV · as The Ghost (voice) · 2 eps

2019
The Mandalorian poster

The Mandalorian

TV · as Zero (voice) · 2 eps

2018
Early Man poster

Early Man

Movie · as Treebor (voice)

2018
Buff Up My Head poster

Buff Up My Head

Movie · as Onion (voice)

2018
Disenchantment poster

Disenchantment

TV · as Alva Gunderson / Gordy (voice), Alva Gunderson (voice) · 4 eps

2018
Apple & Onion poster

Apple & Onion

TV · as Onion (voice) · 76 eps

2018
Roast Battle poster

Roast Battle

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2018
The Big Narstie Show poster

The Big Narstie Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Celebrity Catchphrase poster

Celebrity Catchphrase

TV · 1 ep

2017
Miranda:  Morecambe & Wise and Me poster

Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me

Movie · as Self

2017
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2

Movie · as Forensic Investigator

2017
Neo Yokio poster

Neo Yokio

TV · as Herbert Sims (voice) · 6 eps

2017
The Fake News Show poster

The Fake News Show

TV · as Himself - Panelist · 4 eps

2017
The Crystal Maze poster

The Crystal Maze

TV · as Host · 42 eps

2016
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches

Movie · as Self

2015
Danger Mouse poster

Danger Mouse

TV · as The Snowman (voice) · 5 eps

2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... poster

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

TV · as Self - Host · 40 eps

2015
Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2014
The Boxtrolls poster

The Boxtrolls

Movie · as Mr. Pickles (voice)

2014
The IT Crowd Manual poster

The IT Crowd Manual

Movie · as Self - Maurice Moss

2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

TV · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

TV · as Self - Contestant, Self - Guest Captain · 5 eps

2013
Strange Hill High poster

Strange Hill High

TV · as Templeton (voice) · 26 eps

2013
Was It Something I Said? poster

Was It Something I Said?

TV · as Self - Team Captain · 8 eps

2013
Gogglebox poster

Gogglebox

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 16 eps

2012
The Watch poster

The Watch

Movie · as Jamarcus

2012
Gadget Man poster

Gadget Man

TV · as Presenter · 19 eps

2012
Full English poster

Full English

TV · as Edgar Johnson · 6 eps

2012
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy poster

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

TV · as City Gent, Tod Lagoona (voice), City Gent / Tom Lagoona, Todd Lagoona, Reality Man / Narrator / Todd Laguna · 3 eps

2011
Black Mirror poster

Black Mirror

TV · as Richard Ayoade (voice) · 1 ep

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2010
A League of Their Own poster

A League of Their Own

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2009
Bunny and the Bull poster

Bunny and the Bull

Movie · as Museum Curator

2007
Wynde: Behind the Man poster

Wynde: Behind the Man

Movie · as Interviewer

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2006
Horrificata Illuminata poster

Horrificata Illuminata

Movie · as Dean Learner

2006
Darkplace Illuminatum poster

Darkplace Illuminatum

Movie · as Dean Learner

2006
The IT Crowd poster

The IT Crowd

Movie · as Maurice Moss

2006
Time Trumpet poster

Time Trumpet

TV · 6 eps

2006
Man to Man with Dean Learner poster

Man to Man with Dean Learner

TV · as Dean Learner · 6 eps

2006
The IT Crowd poster

The IT Crowd

TV · as Maurice Moss · 24 eps

2006
Snuff Box poster

Snuff Box

TV · as Music Show Host · 2 eps

2005
Festival poster

Festival

Movie · as Dwight Swan

2005
The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse poster

The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse

Movie

2005
Nathan Barley poster

Nathan Barley

TV · as Ned Smanks · 6 eps

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
AD/BC: A Rock Opera poster

AD/BC: A Rock Opera

Movie · as Joseph

2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers poster

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Movie · as Photographer at Wedding

2004
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace poster

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

TV · as Dean Learner / Thornton Reed · 6 eps

2004
The Mighty Boosh poster

The Mighty Boosh

TV · as Saboo · 4 eps

2004
Big Fat Quiz poster

Big Fat Quiz

TV · as Self - Panellist · 14 eps

2004
2004: The Stupid Version poster

2004: The Stupid Version

TV · as Himself · 2 eps

2003
Hello, Friend poster

Hello, Friend

Movie · as Computer Man

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Sammy Suckerfish (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights

Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights

Movie · as Self

1997
Armstrong and Miller poster

Armstrong and Miller

TV · 1 ep

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self - Host · 15 eps

1990
The Crystal Maze poster

The Crystal Maze

TV · as Himself - Host

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 1 ep