Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayMay 21, 1973
BiographyNoel Fielding (born 21 May 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, television personality, and artist. He gained prominence in the late 1990s as a member of the comedy troupe The Mighty Boosh, which he formed with Julian Barratt. Fielding has also had a successful solo career as a stand-up comedian and is known for his dark and surreal comedic style.

Fielding began performing stand-up comedy when he graduated from art school in 1995, and in 1997 he first met Mighty Boosh collaborator Julian Barratt when they both appeared on the same comedy bill at a pub in north London. Around 1998, they performed their first comedy show together in London, which was a mix of stand-up and sketch comedy, then later in 1998 they took the show, The Mighty Boosh, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They returned to the festival in 1999 with Arctic Boosh, and in 2000 with Autoboosh. In 2001, The Mighty Boosh became a six-part radio show on BBC London Live called The Boosh, later transferring to BBC Radio 4. In 2004, the Mighty Boosh became a television show The Mighty Boosh, which ran for three series on BBC Three until 2007. The television show generated a cult following and earned them a variety of awards.

Fielding played the role of Richmond in the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd (2006–2013) and wrote and starred in his own Channel 4 comedy show Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy (2012–2014). He appeared as a team captain on the BBC Two comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2009–2015; 2021–present). Since 2017, Fielding has co-presented the Channel 4 baking competition show The Great British Bake Off. In 2024, he played Dick Turpin in the Apple TV+ comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin.

Aside from his comedy and television career, Fielding is also a visual artist, exhibiting his artwork internationally and collaborating with Fendi for their autumn/winter 2021 menswear collection. Fielding, along with Sergio Pizzorno from the band Kasabian, formed the band Loose Tapestries as an alternative project in 2012, to provide music for Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy.

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