Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding
Fielding in 2006
Born (1973-05-21) 21 May 1973 (age 51)
Westminster, London, England
EducationCroydon College of Art
Buckinghamshire New University (BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • artist
  • comedian
  • musician
  • presenter
Years active1996–present
PartnerLliana Bird (c. 2010–present)
Children2
RelativesMichael Fielding (half-brother)
Comedy career
Medium
  • Film
  • radio
  • stand-up
  • television
Genres
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Noel Fielding (/ˈnəʊəl/; born 21 May 1973) is an English comedian and actor. He was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s, and has been a co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off since 2017. He is known for his dark and surreal comedic style.

Fielding began performing stand up comedy when he graduated from art school in 1995[1] 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.[2] Sometime in around 1998[3] they then performed their first comedy show together in London[3] which was a mix of both stand up and sketch comedy and then in 1998 they took the show, The Mighty Boosh, to the Edinburgh fringe festival and returned again in 1999 with Arctic Boosh and in 2000 with Autoboosh.[3] In 2001 The Mighty Boosh became a six-part[4] radio show on BBC London Live, called The Boosh later transferring to BBC radio 4.[4] In 2004 the Mighty Boosh became a Television show The Mighty Boosh, which ran for three series on BBC Three from 2004 to 2007.[3][5][4] The show generated a cult following and won a variety of awards. From February to April 2006 they went on tour around the UK with the stage show The Mighty Boosh Live[4] and then toured the UK for a second time from September 2008 to January 2009 with The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour.

During the 2000s, Fielding also had smaller roles in a number of comedy shows for Channel 4 including Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd, AD/BC: A Rock Opera, and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. After The Mighty Boosh, he wrote and starred in two series of a solo show for Channel 4 called Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, which ran between 2012 and 2014. He has also appeared as himself as a team captain on the BBC Two comedy panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks, originally from 2009 to 2015, and again since 2021, and as a guest on Richard Ayoade's Travel Man series.

Fielding has also exhibited his paintings in London[6][7][8] and collaborated 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 music project that was formed in 2012 to provide music for Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy.[9][10][11]

  1. ^ "Interview Part 1: Noel Fielding on turning 40". Youtube. VelvetOnionOfficial. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ Raphael, Amy (21 October 2007). "Boys from the Boosh". The Observer. Retrieved 29 March 2008. Both wanted to get their material heard; neither had found anyone to work with who remotely understood what was going on in their head. It was a huge relief when they chanced upon one another and decided to be the new Goodies.... ...What they take from the classic Seventies series is more the spirit of... ...silly and surreal comedy.
  3. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Mighty Boosh A History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d "The Mighty Boosh". BBC. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  5. ^ Freeman, Hadley (24 April 2016). "Julian Barratt: 'I have trouble keeping a lid on the self-hatred'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2024. Barratt... ... initially thought he'd be a musician and set off as a teenager to pursue that dream: "You know the well-known saying: leave home at 17 and make your fortune in London as a jazz drummer,... ...This, after various detours, led him to comedy, where he met Fielding, and the two bonded over a shared love of Vic and Bob.
  6. ^ Husbands, Helen (14 December 2007). "Mighty Boosh comic's art goes on display". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  7. ^ Jones, Sam (14 December 2007). "He's a Mick Jagger of comedy ... sweet but unbelievably mischievous and naughty, like a very cheeky puppy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  8. ^ Kellaway, Kate (20 November 2011). "Noel Fielding: a brush with comic genius | interview". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno teams up with Noel Fielding for second series of 'Luxury Comedy'". nme.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. ^ Garvan, Sinead; Rahman-Jones, Imran (29 August 2017). "Kasabian's Serge persuaded Noel Fielding to take the Great British Bake Off job". BBC. Retrieved 10 September 2024. The pair collaborated on Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy on Channel 4, as the band The Loose Tapestries.
  11. ^ Hind, John (18 May 2014). "Noel Fielding: What I craved after those Mighty Boosh shows was milk". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2024.