Richard Ayoade (born May 23, 1977) is a British actor, comedian, writer, filmmaker, and voice actor known for his deadpan style and sharp wit. He rose to fame playing Maurice Moss in the sitcom The IT Crowd, has voiced Tyrannis in Dan Harmon’s animated series Krapopolis, and has directed films including Submarine (2010) and The Double (2013). Beyond film and television, he has hosted shows such as Travel Man and The Crystal Maze and appeared on the comedy competition series Last One Laughing UK.

Filmography

• 2027Sonic the Hedgehog 4
• Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord — Two-Boots (voice)
• 2025The Bad Guys 2 — Professor Marmalade (voice)
• 2025The Phoenician Scheme — Sergio
• Dream Productions — Xeni (voice)
• Ren & Stimpy — Genie (voice)
• 2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More — Dr. Marshall / The Great Yogi / Various (archive footage)
• Krapopolis — Tyrannis (voice)
• 2023The Rat Catcher — Editor
• 2023The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar — Dr. Marshall / Yogi
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight — Archmage Kyle (voice)
• 2022The Bad Guys — Professor Marmalade (voice)
• 202122 vs. Earth — Counselor Jerry (voice)
• Monsters at Work — Declan (voice)
• Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains — Guest
• Rugrats — Duffy (voice)
• 2021The Electrical Life of Louis Wain — Henry Wood
• 2021The Souvenir: Part II — Patrick
• 2020Soul — Counselor Jerry (voice)
• Moominvalley — The Ghost (voice)
• 2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — Ice Cream Cone (voice)
• The Mandalorian — Zero (voice)
• 2019The Souvenir — Patrick
• Apple & Onion — Onion (voice), Theme Song Performance
• 2018Buff Up My Head — Onion (voice)
• Celebrity Catchphrase
• Disenchantment — Alva Gunderson / Gordy (voice), Alva Gunderson (voice)
• 2018Early Man — Treebor (voice)
• Neo Yokio — Herbert Sims (voice)
• 2017Paddington 2 — Forensic Investigator
• The Crystal Maze — Host
• Danger Mouse — The Snowman (voice)
• Travel Man: 48 Hours in... — Self - Host, Writer
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo
• 2014The Boxtrolls — Mr. Pickles (voice)
• 2014The Double — Writer, Director
• Strange Hill High — Templeton (voice)
• Full English — Edgar Johnson
• Gadget Man — Presenter
• Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy — City Gent, Tod Lagoona (voice), City Gent / Tom Lagoona, Todd Lagoona, Reality Man / Narrator / Todd Laguna
• 2012The Watch — Jamarcus
• Black Mirror — Richard Ayoade (voice)
• 2011Paul — Thanks
• 2011Submarine — Director, Writer
• 2011Through the Prism — Director
• 2011Tommy Tiernan: Crooked Man — Director
• 2010Four Lions — Thanks
• 2009Bunny and the Bull — Museum Curator
• Community — Director
• 2008Arctic Monkeys: At the Apollo — Director
• 2007Wynde: Behind the Man — Interviewer, Director, Writer
• 2006Darkplace Illuminatum — Dean Learner, Director, Writer
• 2006Horrificata Illuminata — Dean Learner, Director, Writer
• Man to Man with Dean Learner — Dean Learner, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• Snuff Box — Music Show Host
• The IT Crowd — Maurice Moss
• Time Trumpet
• 2005Festival — Dwight Swan
• Nathan Barley — Ned Smanks
• 2005The Mighty Boosh: Inside the Zooniverse
• 2004AD/BC: A Rock Opera — Joseph, Director, Writer
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace — Dean Learner / Thornton Reed, Writer, Director, Creator
• 2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers — Photographer at Wedding
• The Mighty Boosh — Saboo, Script Editor, Writer
• 2003Hello, Friend — Computer Man
• Bruiser — Additional Writing
• Smack the Pony — Additional Writing
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Sammy Suckerfish (voice)
• Armstrong and Miller
• Hot or Cold
• The Bad Guys 3 — Professor Marmalade (voice)
• The IT Crowd — Moss
• The Semplica Girl Diaries — Director, Writer
• Untitled Wes Anderson Film — Writer

Appearances as themselves (40)

• Live from the Lycett Arms — Self
• 2026Taskmaster: GOSH Charity Special — Self
• Unacceptable — Self - Team Captain
• LOL: Last One Laughing UK — Self
• 2025The Extraordinary Miss Flower — Self
• Rob Beckett's Smart TV — Self - Guest, Self - Panelist
• 2022Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' — Self
• Along for the Ride with David O'Doherty — Self
• Blankety Blank — Self - Panellist
• Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Panellist
• Question Team — Self
• Between the Covers — Self
• 2020Men in Brown — Self
• Hypothetical — Self
• Roast Battle — Self - Guest Judge
• The Big Narstie Show — Self
• 2017Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me — Self
• The Fake News Show — Himself - Panelist
• 2016Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches — Self
• Taskmaster — Self
• Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2014The IT Crowd Manual — Self - Maurice Moss
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — Self - Contestant, Self - Guest Captain
• Gogglebox — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• Was It Something I Said? — Self - Team Captain
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self - Guest
• A League of Their Own — Self - Panellist
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004: The Stupid Version — Himself
• Big Fat Quiz — Self - Panellist
• 1997Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights — Self
• Room 101 — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
• The Crystal Maze — Himself - Host
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter