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Eddie Izzard: Velvet Goldmine
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With Emmys aside, Izzard's place on stage and on screen was in full effect by the early 1990s. He had the lead spot in the David Mamet drama The Cryptogram in 1994 and starring roles in 900 Oneonta and Edward II. In 1996, Izzard landed his first movie role in The Secret Agent with Robin Williams. Appearances in Velvet Goldmine, Shadow of the Vampire, The Cat's Meow and All The Queen's Men with Friends star Matt LeBlanc earned Izzard a prime spot among the new millennium mainstream.
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His stand up made him famous, but these days Izzard is ... known for his ensemble theatrical pursuits. He made his big screen debut alongside Bob Hoskins and Robin Williams in The Secret Agent in 1996 and has since appeared in films including Velvet Goldmine, The Criminal, Shadow of the Vampires and as Charlie Chaplin in The Cat's Meow. In 2003, Izzard will be seen on the big screen in the French production Muraya-Expanded Reality and Alex Cox's The Revenger's Tragedy and on the small screen in a BBC mini-series, "40
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Since finding a dramatic agent 10 years ago, Izzard has been in a series of small films, usually with good casts but receiving little attention. Velvet Goldmine is perhaps the best known to date.
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