Adam Buxton

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Adam Buxton
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Born 7 June 1969 (1969-06-07) (age 39)
London, England
Nationality English
Years active 1990s - present

Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English comedian, who together with his comedy partner Joe Cornish wrote and presented the Channel 4 comedy series The Adam and Joe Show, as well as Adam and Joe Go Tokyo. The pair currently present the award-winning[1] Adam & Joe Show on BBC 6 Music.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Major work

His first television appearance was in an episode of Channel 4's Takeover TV as a man called "Louise" dressed as a Klingon, complaining about Star Trek: The Next Generation being taken off-air (see external links below). In 1995, he hosted the show itself, and following this he and Joe Cornish created the The Adam and Joe Show for the same channel, which ran for four series. A DVD featuring the 'best of' The Adam and Joe Show was produced by the pair and released in 2004.

Buxton co-wrote and acted in the Channel 4 mini-series The Last Chancers (aired Christmas 2004). In 2005 he moved from screen to stage, performing character-driven stand up comedy at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival, with a show was entitled "I, Pavel", for which he grew an extremely large beard. He continues to work as a stand-up comedian, appearing primarily at London venues.

His work with Cornish has extended beyond their Channel 4 series, with the pair producing an Adam & Joe themed book, and presenting radio shows on 6 music and XFM together. Expanded extracts from the XFM radio shows have been released as podcasts, which were placed in the UK's top 10 most downloaded. In 2007, Buxton portrayed nosy journalist Tim Messenger in Edgar Wright's action-comedy film Hot Fuzz. Buxton also appeared in the BBC Three comedy sketch show Rush Hour, which premièred on the 19 March 2007. Buxton plays many different characters throughout the show.

In November 2007, Buxton recorded the video for "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" for British band Radiohead, which was the first single from their album In Rainbows. The concept of the video involved each member of the band wearing bicycle helmets with cameras attached, shooting video of the band members faces.

[edit] Other appearances

Buxton has made appearances on Have I Got News For You, Never Mind The Buzzcocks ,The IT Crowd, Don't Watch That, Watch This, and Look Around You. He appeared as a future version of himself in the BBC comedy series Time Trumpet, which began a six-part series in August 2006.

He also appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama The One Doctor by Big Finish Productions, and has taken other comedy roles on productions for BBC Radio 4.

He has taken part in a number of major films, including his aforementioned performance in Hot Fuzz, as well as appearing in the film Stardust, deputizing for Noel Fielding, who was ill at the time of production. He featured in the film Son of Rambow as a teacher. Recently, he has released a number of popular videos on YouTube, and has, according to his website, been commissioned to produce a pilot programme for the BBC based around work of this kind.

[edit] Personal life

Buxton was born in London.[2] His father is Nigel Buxton, and was best known as a travel writer and wine critic before his work with his son on The Adam and Joe Show as 'Baad Dad'. Along with Joe Cornish and close friend Louis Theroux, Adam was educated at Westminster School. According to an interview with The Guardian newspaper, he attended The University of Warwick for two terms, before dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art.

Adam lives with his wife and two young sons in Stockwell, London.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/?p=176
  2. ^ How We Met: Adam & Joe - Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish | Independent on Sunday, The | Find Articles at BNET.com

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