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Richard Ellef Ayoade is a Actor, Director, Writer and Thanks British born on 23 may 1977

Richard Ellef Ayoade

Richard Ellef Ayoade
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Birth name Richard Ellef Ayoade
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 may 1977 (46 years)

Richard Ellef Ayoade (/aɪ.ɔːˈɑːdeɪ/ eye-awe-AH-day, born 12 June 1977) is an English actor, writer, TV presenter, and director, best known for his roles as Dean Learner in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd. He has directed films such as Submarine, The Double, starring Jesse Eisenberg, and various music videos for bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Kasabian. Ayoade has often worked alongside Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Matt Berry, and Rich Fulcher in shows such as The Mighty Boosh and Nathan Barley, is a team captain on panel show Was It Something I Said? and presents the factual show Gadget Man.

Biography

Ayoade married the actress Lydia Fox in 2007. They have two daughters, Esme and Ida. Ayoade is also a dog enthusiast, and has two brown Dachshunds named Marv and O'Grady who appeared in The Double.

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Filmography of Richard Ellef Ayoade (16 films)

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Actor

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Directed by Will Sharpe
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Stacy Martin
Roles Henry Wood
Rating68% 3.400663.400663.400663.400663.40066
Focus sur le parcours du peintre anglais Louis Wain, connu pour ses représentations de chats notamment anthropomorphes avec de grands yeux. Il a développé des symptômes psychiatriques ressemblant à la schizophrénie. Aujourd'hui, les historiens pensent davantage au syndrôme d'Asperger.
Soul
Soul (2020)

Directed by Pete Docter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Children's films
Actors Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Phylicia Rashād, John Ratzenberger, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Graham Norton
Roles Counselor Jerry (voice)
Rating80% 4.0016854.0016854.0016854.0016854.001685
Joe Garner est un professeur de musique de collège qui rêve depuis longtemps de jouer du jazz sur scène. La chance lui sourit après avoir impressionné d'autres musiciens de jazz lors d'une séance libre au Half Note Club. Cependant, un accident provoque la séparation de son âme et de son corps et la transporte au "You Seminar", un centre dans lequel les âmes se développent et gagnent des passions avant d'être transportées dans un enfant nouveau-né. Garner doit travailler avec d'autres âmes, telles que 22, une âme avec une vision sombre de la vie après avoir été piégée pendant des années au séminaire You, afin de retourner sur Terre.
The Souvenir, 1h59
Directed by Joanna Hogg
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jack McMullen, Tilda Swinton, Tom Burke, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Ariane Labed, Tosin Cole
Roles Patrick
Rating63% 3.196653.196653.196653.196653.19665
Julie anime une fête dans une école de cinéma quand elle rencontre un homme mystérieux nommé Anthony. Quelques jours plus tard, Anthony invite Julie dans un grand hôtel et lui demande de rester quelques jours avec elle. Ainsi commence la première histoire d’amour sérieuse de Julie. Ignorant ses amis et empruntant de grosses sommes d’argent à ses parents, Julie s’abandonne à la relation et donne la priorité aux besoins d’Anthony.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, 1h47
Directed by Mike Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Jeu, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about toys, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Ralph Fiennes, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie
Roles Ice Cream Cone (voice)
Rating65% 3.252333.252333.252333.252333.25233
Cela fait cinq ans que tout était génial et les citoyens font face à une nouvelle menace énorme : les Duplo envahissent l'espace, détruisant tout plus vite qu'ils ne peuvent reconstruire.
Early Man
Early Man (2018)

Directed by Nick Park
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes La préhistoire, Sports films, Association football films
Actors Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Selina Griffiths
Roles Treebor (voice)
Rating61% 3.051523.051523.051523.051523.05152
Durant la Préhistoire, quand les dinosaures et les mammouths parcouraient encore la terre, un homme des cavernes courageux, Doug, et son meilleur ami Hognob (Crochon en français) s’unissent pour sauver leur tribu d’un puissant ennemi.
Paddington 2, 1h43
Directed by Paul King
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un ours, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters
Roles Forensic Investigator
Rating77% 3.8957753.8957753.8957753.8957753.895775
Paddington est un ours heureux aux côtés de la famille Brown à Windsor Gardens. Membre populaire de la communauté, l'animal cherche le cadeau parfait à offrir pour les 100 ans de sa tante Lucy. Alors qu'il a trouvé son bonheur avec un livre animé unique, ce dernier est volé.
The Boxtrolls, 1h36
Directed by Anthony Stacchi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Monde imaginaire, Films based on mythology, Films based on Norse mythology, Children's films
Actors Ben Kingsley, Simon Pegg, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Toni Collette, Jared Harris
Roles Mr. Pickles (voice)
Rating67% 3.3986153.3986153.3986153.3986153.398615
In the fictional large hill-top town of Cheesebridge during the Victorian era, rumors abound that subterranean trolls (known as Boxtrolls for the cardboard boxes they wear) have kidnapped and killed young children. Pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher strikes a deal with the city's leader Lord Portley-Rind to exterminate every Boxtroll in exchange for membership in the city's cheese-loving council called the White Hats despite the fact that he is severely allergic to cheese.
The Watch
The Watch (2012)
, 1h42
Directed by Akiva Schaffer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nicholas Braun
Roles Jamarcus
Rating56% 2.8490552.8490552.8490552.8490552.849055
In the town of Glenview, Ohio, Evan Trautwig (Ben Stiller) is an active participant in the community and senior manager of the local Costco store. His life is disrupted when the store's night security guard, Antonio Guzman (Joseph A. Nunez) is murdered. The local police have no leads, and show no interest in investigating further. Determined to find the killer and bring him to justice, Evan decides to form a neighborhood watch. However, he only manages to recruit Bob (Vince Vaughn), a construction worker and loving father; Franklin (Jonah Hill), a high school dropout who dreams of being a police officer but failed the written, physical, and mental-health tests; and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade), a recent divorcé.
Bunny and the Bull, 1h41
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Verónica Echegui, Noel Fielding, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Julian Barratt
Roles Museum Curator
Rating65% 3.296643.296643.296643.296643.29664
Stephen is an agoraphobic recluse who has not left his flat in nearly a year. Each of his days are structured around carefully planned routines, but one day his routine is disrupted when he discovers an infestation of mice in the kitchen cupboards. He contemplates leaving the flat to buy mouse traps, but can not bring himself to open the door, so he reminisces about the events leading up to his current situation, with objects around the flat triggering flash backs.
Festival
Festival (2005)
, 1h47
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Lyndsey Marshal, Chris O'Dowd, Stephen Mangan, Megan Dodds, Clive Russell, Selina Cadell
Roles Dwight Swan
Rating60% 3.001333.001333.001333.001333.00133
Festival est une comédie noire qui se déroule en marge du festival annuel d'Édimbourg : le Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Le film se concentre autour de la projection d'une comédie à gros budget, qui sera primée au Festival, dans l'une des plus petites salles du Festival. Plusieurs histoires s'entremêlent alors incluant la relation entre une célébrité narcissique britannique et son assistante qui n'arrête pas de se plaindre, une actrice débutant au festival avec un one-woman show sur Dorothy Wordsworth et sur une riche mais dépressive femme mariée.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, 2h2
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Vaughan
Roles Photographer at Wedding
Rating68% 3.447963.447963.447963.447963.44796
The film shows Peter Sellers as a complex and tormented genius, whose success as a film star concealed his difficult and relatively unhappy private life. This "troubled life" is the primary focus of this biopic, which personalizes "one of the greatest comic actors in the history of the British cinema," and shows the many masks he wore and characters he played as an actor.
Hello, Friend, 11minutes
Directed by Graham Linehan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Julia Davis, Helen Grace, David Walliams, Amelia Bullmore, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Peter Serafinowicz
Roles Computer Man
Rating61% 3.0625453.0625453.0625453.0625453.062545
The Subject (who is referred to as Mr Ward by the company and John by his wife - John Ward) one day receives an email advertising a product called "Praemus", described as "The cheaper, faster and better way of using the internet." After the Subject buys Praemus, he advises his friends to get it also. He also notices the mysterious connection unit, which connects to his computer by sticking to it.

Director

The Double
The Double (2014)
, 1h33
Directed by Richard Ellef Ayoade
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Rade Šerbedžija, Yasmin Paige
Rating64% 3.249923.249923.249923.249923.24992
Downtrodden Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg) has worked at his office for seven years, but he is ignored by his boss and colleagues. From his apartment he spies on a beautiful co-worker he admires, Hannah (Mia Wasikowska), who lives in the apartment opposite. He sees her throwing away art and secretly retrieves and admires it.
Submarine
Submarine (2011)
, 1h37
Directed by Ben Stiller, Richard Ellef Ayoade
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Noah Taylor, Yasmin Paige, Paddy Considine, Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Gemma Chan
Rating73% 3.6504353.6504353.6504353.6504353.650435
Oliver Tate (played by Craig Roberts) is a 15-year-old from Swansea, infatuated with Jordana (Yasmin Paige). When Jordana invites Oliver to meet secretly after school, she takes pictures of them kissing, hoping to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. The plan backfires, but Jordana soon becomes his girlfriend.

Scriptwriter

The Double
The Double (2014)
, 1h33
Directed by Richard Ellef Ayoade
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Rade Šerbedžija, Yasmin Paige
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.249923.249923.249923.249923.24992
Downtrodden Simon James (Jesse Eisenberg) has worked at his office for seven years, but he is ignored by his boss and colleagues. From his apartment he spies on a beautiful co-worker he admires, Hannah (Mia Wasikowska), who lives in the apartment opposite. He sees her throwing away art and secretly retrieves and admires it.