Chris Addison
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Chris Addison | |
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Birth name | Christopher David Addison |
Born | Cardiff, Wales, UK | 5 November 1971
Education | University of Birmingham (BA) |
Years active | 1995–present |
Genres | Observational, satire |
Children | 2 |
Notable works and roles |
Christopher David Addison (born 5 November 1971)[1] is a British[2] comedian, writer, actor, and director. He is perhaps best known for his role as a regular panellist on Mock the Week. He is also known for his lecture-style comedy shows, two of which he later adapted for BBC Radio 4.
In addition to stand-up, Addison played Ollie Reeder in the
Early life
Addison was born in
Career
Stand-up
Addison's first solo show at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- 1998 Chris Addison
- 1999 Gentleman Scholar Acrobat
- 2000 Cakes and Ale
- 2001Port Out, Starboard Home
- 2002 The Ape That Got Lucky (later adapted for BBC Radio 4)
- 2004 Civilization (nominated for Perrier Comedy Award, later adapted for BBC Radio 4)
- 2005 Atomicity (nominated for Perrier Comedy Award)
Radio
First broadcast in 2004, Addison co-wrote and co-starred in the
In August 2005, Radio 4 aired
In 2006, Addison recorded Chris Addison's Civilization, again for Radio 4, based on his
He has been a panellist on three of Radio 4's comedy panel games: Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, first appearing in 2006, Just a Minute, first appearing in 2007, and The Unbelievable Truth, first appearing in 2009.
Addison hosted a series of the Radio 4 comedy series
On 10 May 2009, Addison hosted the Sunday Night Show on Absolute Radio in place of fellow stand-up comedian Iain Lee who was away due to being on his honeymoon.
Addison hosted 7 Day Sunday, a satirical news show on BBC Radio 5 Live along with his co-hosts Sarah Millican and Andy Zaltzman. The first episode aired in January 2010. Addison presented the second series of the show until February 2011, when he was replaced by Al Murray.
He is also good friends with
Television
The Thick of It
From 2005 to 2012, Addison appeared in the
Addison also featured in the film spin-off of The Thick of It, titled In the Loop, playing Toby Wright, a character very similar to his part in the television original.[9]
Lab Rats
In July 2008, BBC Two aired Lab Rats, a sitcom starring Addison and co-written with Carl Cooper. Lab Rats featured cast members Jo Enright, Geoffrey McGivern and Dan Tetsell, with whom Addison had worked previously on the radio adaptations of his one-man shows The Ape That Got Lucky and Civilisation.
Lab Rats was a return to the traditional, joke-heavy, studio based sitcom format that has fallen out of fashion in recent times in favour of the single-camera sitcom.[6] The series was not generally well received by critics and was not renewed for a second series.
Mock the Week
After several guest appearances on the comedy panel show Mock the Week, in September 2011 Addison became a regular panellist, appearing in every episode since the second part of series 10 until series 12 (2013). He appeared alongside other regular panellists Hugh Dennis and Andy Parsons and the show's host, Dara Ó Briain.
Other TV acting projects
In 2014 Addison starred in the Sky Living series Trying Again.
Guest appearances and hosting
In 2000 Addison co-hosted the short-lived Channel 4 comedy series Dotcomedy with Gail Porter. This was a late-night, risque show featuring video clips and other humour derived from the Internet.
He has appeared on Have I Got News for You six times, Would I Lie to You? once and 8 Out of 10 Cats twice. Addison also appeared in episode 3 of series 5 of Live at the Apollo. He has thrice appeared on QI.
Addison appeared on
He appeared on
In the summer of 2011 Addison hosted an E4 comedy chat show called Show and Tell, with each of the 8 episodes featuring three guest stand-up comedians.[10]
Addison has also made an appearance in children's television show Horrible Histories.
In August 2014, it was announced that Addison would make a guest appearance in the two-part series finale of
Directing and producing
In 2013, he began working as a director on Armando Iannucci's HBO sitcom Veep. He directed 13 episodes. In 2016, he won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. Alongside directing, he also served as executive producer in 2015. For this work on Series 3, he and the other producers on the show received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. They won the award for Series 4 and 5.
In 2020, sitcom Breeders premiered on both US TV channel FX and Britain's Sky One. Breeders was co-created by Addison, main co-star Martin Freeman and comedy writer Simon Blackwell and is based on Freeman's own experience as a parent. Addison directed fifteen episodes.
Film
Addison directed the 2019 comedy The Hustle, starring Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway, a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), which in turn was a remake of Bedtime Story (1964).[12]
Addison is set to direct
Other work
From 2003 to 2005 Addison wrote a fortnightly finance column for The Guardian titled "Funny Money". On alternate weeks, when the column was not written by Addison, writing duties passed to fellow stand-up Dominic Holland.
Addison has written two books, both published by
In 2011 and 2012 he appeared in a range of
In 2011 he took part in three shows of the 16-date Uncaged Monkeys tour along with Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh and Dara Ó Briain.
In July 2013 he received an honorary degree from the University of Birmingham.[15]
In February 2016 Addison took the speaking role of Smith, an Englishman, in the French opera
Addison became a Patron of Social Enterprise UK in 2017.
Stand-Up DVDs
- Live (14 November 2011)
Personal life
Addison currently lives in Bromley, South East London, with his wife and two children: a boy and a girl.[17][18]
As of March 2020, he was a member of the Labour Party.[19]
References
- ^ "Chris Addison: The thinking man's comic adjusts to fame" The Independent (13 November 2011). Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Addison, Chris (17 February 2013). "Chris Addison on 'Veep', the American cousin of 'The Thick of It'". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ a b c "Chain Reaction – Series 8 – 2. Rebecca Front talks to Chris Addison". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Drama". Manchester Grammar School. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
MGS Drama has a long and proud theatrical tradition, as Old Boys including Sir Ben Kingsley, Robert Powell, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Chris Addison can confirm.
- ^ BBC (2021) Test Match Special, BBC Radio 5, 4th Sep.
- ^ a b Hall, Julian (10 July 2008). "Chris Addison: Swapping satire for sitcom". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ "Perrier/if.comedy Award Past Winners". ifcomedy.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ "Sony Radio Academy Awards 2006, The Comedy Award". Zafer Associates. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ Jeremy Kay (23 January 2009). "Sundance 2009: In the Loop puts rest of the fest in the shade". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
- ^ "Show & Tell". E4. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Kelly, Stephen (2014) "The Thick of It's Chris Addison to reunite with Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who finale", Radio Times, 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (19 January 2017). "Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson Are The 'Nasty Women' In MGM's 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' Remake".
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (27 April 2018). "Ralph Fiennes & Chris Addison Team Up On Comedy-Drama 'Hallelujah!' From 'Rush', 'Yardie' Producers".
- ^ Alex Brownsell (4 January 2011). "Direct Line drops red phone in favour of comedy ads – Marketing news". Marketing magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "University of Birmingham Honorary Graduands for July 2013". Birmingham.ac.uk. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Ashley, Tim (3 February 2016). "L'Étoile, Royal Opera House". The Guardian. p. 32. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Chris Addison". The Guardian. London. 26 April 2010.
- ^ Duerden, Nick (3 March 2013). "Chris Addison: He's like a can of Red Bull made flesh". The Independent. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Chris Addison [@mrchrisaddison] (8 March 2020). "Members of the Labour Party and associated personages! I just sent you an email about voting for @DrRosena for Deputy Leader, which is exactly what I'm doing. You should TOTALLY do that too, IMH, as the kids say, O. https://quiz.drrosena.co.uk" (Tweet) – via Twitter.