Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. He studied Law at Cambridge university, and followed in the footsteps of British Comedy legends like Monty Python's Eric Idle, Hugh Laurie and Graeme Garden when ...
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 7 wins & 14 nominations.
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of Everything | Unknown | 2016 |
| Series | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | Danger Mouse | Unknown | 2015-09-28 |
| Series | Crackanory | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | The Project | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | Duck Quacks Don't Echo | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | The Boxtrolls | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Harmontown | Unknown | 2014-03-08 |
| Movie | The Double | Unknown | 2014-04-04 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Strange Hill High | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Was It Something I Said? | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Gadget Man | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of the 90s | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | A League of Their Own | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Perspectives | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Full English | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The Watch | Jamarcus | 2012-07-27 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of the 00s | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Vivir de cine | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | Paul | Unknown | 2011-03-18 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Submarine | Unknown | 2011-03-18 |
| Movie | Four Lions | Unknown | 2010 |
| Series | Community | Unknown | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | Bunny and the Bull | Museum Curator | 2009-11-27 |
| Movie | Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
| Movie | Comic Relief 2007: The Big One | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Unknown | 2007-02-22 |
| Series | The IT Crowd | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | The Mighty Boosh | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | Darkplace Illuminatum | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | The IT Crowd | Unknown | 2006-02-03 |
| Series | Snuff Box | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | Time Trumpet | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | Man to Man with Dean Learner | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Horrificata Illuminata | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
| Movie | The Mighty Boosh: A History | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Festival | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Nathan Barley | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Last Call with Carson Daly | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | 2004: The Stupid Version | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | AD/BC: A Rock Opera | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | Garth Marenghi's Darkplace | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | T4 | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | The Soup | Unknown | 2004-07-30 |
| Movie | Hello, Friend | Unknown | 2003 |
| Series | Timeshift | Unknown | 2002-10-05 |
| Series | Bruiser | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | Breakfast | Unknown | 2000-10-02 |
| Series | Movie Babylon | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | Smack the Pony | Unknown | 1999 |
| Series | The Armstrong and Miller Show | Unknown | 1997-04-07 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Unknown | 1996-11-12 |
| Series | The Vicar of Dibley | Unknown | 1994-11-10 |