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Richard Ayoade
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Richard Ayoade is a comedic genius! Can’t wait for the American IT CROWD, even if it does suck compared to the original. (Why couldn’t they just bring back the ENTIRE cast, and have them speak in American accents? That’s wildly popular this season.)
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Richard Ayoade - Comedy actor, writer and director Richard Ayoade has joined Tomboy. Best known for his performances in The IT Crowd, he has directed Man to Man with Dean Learner and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, as well as promos for The Arctic Monkeys and Super Furry Animals.
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This new NBC comedy, based on the British series of the same name, centers on two misfits, Roy (Joel McHale) and Moss (Richard Ayoade), who work in the IT department of a large corporation. The two techies are highly skilled at their job but are hardly recognized for their work, thanks to their boss, Denholm (Rocky Carroll), keeping them cooped up in the company basement. However, Jen, their new office manager, provides a beacon of hope for the two. With her social skills, Roy and Moss may finally get the respect they deserve. However, she just happens to ... not know a thing about computers - she lied on her resume.
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Richard Ayoade was born in 1977 to a Nigerian father and Norwegian mother and was educated at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 2000, he appeared on Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight, a show he co-wrote with Matthew Holness. The show was nominated for a Perrier Award and a year later its sequel which he ... co-wrote, won the Perrier Comedy Award. His stage appearances also include those in The Mighty Boosh where he played the dangerous villain Dixon Bainbridge. In 2004, Ayoade co-created, directed and appeared in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a spoof horror comedy from Channel 4. A year later he appeared in Nathan Barley as Ned Smanks.
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Richard Ayoade is best known for his work alongside long-time writing partner Matthew Holness as co-creator of the award-winning Garth Marenghi. Originally a live show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Garth Marenghi was nominated in its first year for a Perrier Award, winning it the following year (2001) , where it went on to sell-out theatres in the UK and United States. The duo then developed the character into a critically acclaimed series for Channel 4, Garth Marenghis Darkplace, which as well as co-starring in and co-writing, Richard ... directed.
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In addition to these parts, Ayoade is now a recognisable face in Britain due to his role as the technically brilliant but socially awkward Moss in Channel 4's The IT Crowd. He will reprise the role in the American version of the show.[2]
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