Richard Ayoade

Richard's father is Nigerian and his mother is Norwegian. He is the only son in the family. Studied at St. Joseph’s College in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. He studied law at St. Catherine’s College at the University of Cambridge from 1995 to 1998. In 1998, he served as the chairman of the famous "Footlamp" Drama Club.

During the drama club, he starred in and wrote many dramas, and co-authored two fairy tale dramas with the vice chairman of the drama club John Oliver: "Sleeping Beauty" and "The Grimm's Fairy Tales", and starred in 1997 and 1998 respectively. He finished the drama "Emotional Baggage" and "Dilemma".

In 2010, Ayoade made his debut as a film director, "Submarine", a film about the growth of young people. The film received unanimous praise and was nominated for the Best New Director, Screenwriter, and Producer Award at the 65th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards .

In 2012, Ayoade starred in the Hollywood comedy " The Watch ". 

News from 2013: He is directing a new thriller film: "The Double", which will be released in 2013.

News from April 2013: He will be involved in the dubbing of the new BBC animation Strange Hill High created by Josh Weinstein (The Simpsons screenwriter). 

He is a good friend with the lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys ( Arctic Monkeys ), Alex Turner, and directed three music videos of the band, and Alex created the original soundtrack for the film Submarine directed by Ayoade. 

Acting as the host: In May 2013, it was reported that he will replace Stephen Fry as the host of the second season of Channel 4's high-tech small product program Gadget Man, which will be broadcast in the fall of 2013. 

News in June 2013: He will be the leader of Channel 4's new TV quiz show "Was It Something I Said". The opponent leader will be Micky Flanagan, and the host will be David Mitchell, Richard Ayoade's Cambridge alumnus. The theme of this TV quiz show is: Words, a comedy show that focuses on words and involves literary works, film and television works, and famous epigrams. It will premiere in July.

On September 8, 2007, Richard and actress Lydia Fox married. 

Fans of British dramas, please pay attention. If you love British dramas, no one will not know about our cute little otaku Moss in "IT Madman", who sang the song of "phone number" and sent an email to the police in the drama. IT otaku is definitely a real talent in life. He is a geek, an excellent actor, a top student in the University of Cambridge law department, a writer, and at the same time, he is also a MV director, and he is now directing. The first B-level Small fresh feature film, his name is Richard Ayoade.