Biography for
Richard Ayoade More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

12 June 1977, Whipp's Cross, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Richard Ellef Ayoade

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse

Lydia Fox

(8 September 2007 - present)

Trade Mark

Fuzzy hair

Thick rimmed glasses

High pitched voice

Trivia

Starred in many stand up comedy shows.

Was a member of Cambridge Footlights, a contemporary of David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Matthew Holness.

Of Norwegian-Nigerian parentage.

His surname is pronounced "eye-oh-WA-dee".

Close friends with the lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner. He has directed 3 of their music videos. Alex did the soundtrack music for Ayoade's film, Submarine.