Eddie Izzard
Edward John Eddie Izzard is an English standup comedian, actor, and writer. His comedic style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue, and selfreferential pantomime. He had a starring role in the television series The Riches as Wayne Malloy and has appeared in films such as Oceans Twelve, Oceans Thirteen, Mystery Men, Shadow of the Vampire, The Cats Meow, Across the Universe, and Valkyrie. He has also worked as a voice actor in The Wild , Igor , The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian , and Cars.
Izzard was born onFebruary 1962, in the Colony of Aden, the younger son of English parents. His mother, Dorothy Ella, was a midwife and nurse his father, Harold John Izzard, was an accountant who was working in Aden with British Petroleum. A year after Izzards birth, the family moved to Bangor, County Down, and lived there until he was five. The family then moved to Skewen, West Glamorgan, where his mother died of cancer when Izzard was six and his brother, Mark, was eight. The Izzard family name is of French Huguenot descent.
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