Biography
Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in London in 1977. He is a a multi-award winning British comedian, actor, broadcaster, filmmaker, author, narrator & film buff. The success of Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place (which he co-wrote, directed and starred in) was followed by his BAFTA award winning role in The IT Crowd, and numerous other TV credits. In 2010, Ayoade made his debut directorial feature, Submarine, a BAFTA nominated, coming-of-age comedy-drama he adapted from Joe Dunthorne's 2008 novel of the sa...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Bad Guys 2
2025
as Professor Marmalade (voice)
The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, mast...

The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Sergio
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

The Extraordinary Miss Flower
2025
as Self
A spellbinding performance film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, bringing to life the remarkable story the extraordinary Geraldine Flower, and the di...

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Dr. Marshall / The Great Yogi / Various (archive footage)
Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swa...

The Rat Catcher
2023
as Editor
In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Dr. Marshall / Yogi
A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

The Bad Guys
2022
as Professor Marmalade (voice)
When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a...

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Henry Wood
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public...

The Souvenir: Part II
2021
as Patrick
In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in ma...

22 vs. Earth
2021
as Counselor Jerry (voice)
Set before the events of ‘Soul’, 22 refuses to go to Earth, enlisting a gang of 5 new souls in attempt of rebellion. However, 22’s subversive plot lea...

Soul
2020
as Counselor Jerry (voice)
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an acciden...

The Souvenir
2019
as Patrick
A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
as Ice Cream Cone (voice)
It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking every...

Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas
2018
as Herbert Sims (voice)
The holidays take a hit as Kaz juggles the Secret Santa competition, his Aunt Angelique's visit and his nemesis Arcangelo's Christmas plotting.

Early Man
2018
as Treebor (voice)
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the men...

Paddington 2
2017
as Forensic Investigator
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
2017
as Self
Eric and Ernie devotee Miranda Hart celebrates the incomparable comedy duo as she takes a look back at their top twenty greatest TV moments, ranked by...
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches
2016
as Self
This documentary showcases a number of new clips which have recently come to light from sketches which were thought to have been lost forever, some no...

The Boxtrolls
2014
as Mr. Pickles (voice)
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the ...

The Double
2014
Director, Writer
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman ...

The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self - Maurice Moss
This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the cult comedy "The IT Crowd", plus chats with celebrity fans.

The Watch
2012
as Jamarcus
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their ...

Submarine
2011
Director, Writer
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classm...

Paul
2011
Thanks
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind....

Tommy Tiernan: Crooked Man
2011
Director
CROOKED MAN is the show that Tommy has toured over the last 18 months and was recorded at the infamous home of real stand up in Ireland, City Limits C...

Four Lions
2010
Thanks
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and t...

Bunny and the Bull
2009
as Museum Curator
A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.

Arctic Monkeys - At The Apollo
2008
Director
At the Apollo is a live album and video release by the Arctic Monkeys of their final concert from their 2007 world-tour, filmed in Manchester, England...

Wynde: Behind the Man
2007
as Interviewer
Documentary on Tim Wynde made by a British television company shortly after the first broadcast of 'AD/BC.' However, owing to a lengthy legal dispute ...

Wynde: Behind the Man
2007
Writer, Director
Documentary on Tim Wynde made by a British television company shortly after the first broadcast of 'AD/BC.' However, owing to a lengthy legal dispute ...

Festival
2005
as Dwight Swan
'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and th...
The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse
2005
Documentary of the creation of Series 1 of The Mighty Boosh.

AD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004
as Joseph
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar stor...

AD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004
Director, Writer
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar stor...

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Photographer at Wedding
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge suc...

Hello, Friend
2003
as Computer Man
A satirical look at modern technology.
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
1997
as Self
Documentary of the 1997 Footlights, the theatrical club of Cambridge University.

The Semplica Girl Diaries
N/A
Family man Lloyd Turner (Ayoade) is facing up to his 40th birthday with the prospect of a new decade mouldering in debt and mediocrity. After attendin...

Danger Island
N/A
as Dr. Medino (voice)
16 year-old climate activist Hanna works tirelessly to raise climate awareness and fight against global warming, but the last person listening to her ...

The Semplica Girl Diaries
N/A
Director, Writer
Family man Lloyd Turner (Ayoade) is facing up to his 40th birthday with the prospect of a new decade mouldering in debt and mediocrity. After attendin...
Untitled Wes Anderson Film
N/A
Writer
To be inspired by the work of Alfred Hitchcock.