Eddie Izzard
One of the most celebrated comics of her generation since the early nineties, Eddie Izzard has an equally stellar reputation as a film, television and stage actor.
Izzard's world-renowned stand-up shows include Unrepeatable, Definite Article, Glorious and Dress to Kill, which earned her a New York Drama Desk Award and two Emmys.
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Izzard's world-renowned stand-up shows include Unrepeatable, Definite Article, Glorious and Dress to Kill, which earned her a New York Drama Desk Award and two Emmys. Eddie/Suzy now tours her shows in four languages English, French, German and Spanish in countries all over the world. She completed her most recent global tour, The Remix in 2023, to wide critical acclaim.
Highlights from Izzard’s film career include Boychoir, Valkyrie, Ocean’s Thirteen and Ocean’s Twelve, Across the Universe, Mystery Men, Shadow of the Vampire, The Cat’s Meow, Victoria and Abdul alongside Judi Dench and most recently Dr Jekyl and Six Minutes to Midnight which she also co-wrote. On television, she has appeared most notably in the crime noir series, Powers, in Bryan Fuller’s series, Hannibal and in the critically acclaimed FX Networks series, The Riches.
In 2010, Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story received an Emmy Award nomination. Her companion-piece autobiography, Believe Me, entered the top ten in the Sunday Times Best-seller list and the New York Times Best-seller list.
A venerable charity campaigner, Izzard has completed marathons all over the world raising over £4 million for Sport Relief. During the 2021 lockdown, she completed an incredible 31 virtual marathons and 31 streamed gigs in 31 days to raise money for her Make Humanity Great Again campaign.
Eddie/Suzy Izzard has performed her critically acclaimed one-woman shows Great Expectations and Hamlet in New York, Chicago and London.
Alongside her prolific comedy and acting career, Izzard continues to be an active supporter and member of The Labour Party.
Television
| Masterclass with Michael Parkinson | Masterclass with Michael Parkinson - | Sky Arts | 2014 |
| Meet the Izzards | Meet the Izzards - | BBC 1 | 2013 |
| Hannibal Dr. Abel Gideon | Hannibal - Dr. Abel Gideon | NBC | 2013 — 2015 |
| Eddie Izzard’s Mandela Marathons | Eddie Izzard’s Mandela Marathons - | Sky 1 | 2013 |
| The Riches Wayne Malloy | The Riches - Wayne Malloy | FX Networks | 2007 |
| Kitchen Nick | Kitchen - Nick | Ecosse Films Production for Channel FIVE | 2006 |
| Time Team Guest Presenter | Time Team - Guest Presenter | Channel 4 | 2003 |
| Mongrel Nation Presenter | Mongrel Nation - Presenter | Discovery Channel | 2003 |
| 40 (TV mini series) Ralph Outen | 40 (TV mini series) - Ralph Outen | Channel 4/Company Pictures | 2003 |
| It's Monty Python (documentary as part of Monty Python Night) Presenter | It's Monty Python (documentary as part of Monty Python Night) - Presenter | BBC2 | 1999 |
| Rex The Runt (various episodes) voice-over | Rex The Runt (various episodes) - voice-over | BBC2 | 1998 |
| Monty Python's Flying Circus - Live at Aspen Performer | Monty Python's Flying Circus - Live at Aspen - Performer | HBO | 1998 |
| Cows Co-written with Nick Whitby | Cows - Co-written with Nick Whitby | Channel 4 | 1997 |
| Channel Izzard Presenter / Writer | Channel Izzard - Presenter / Writer | Channel 4 | 1997 |
| Lust For Glorious Writer / Performer | Lust For Glorious - Writer / Performer | Channel 4 | 1997 |
| Channel Hopping Performer | Channel Hopping - Performer | Rapido/Channel 4 | 1996 |
| Tales from the Crypt - 'Confession' Warhol Evans | Tales from the Crypt - 'Confession' - Warhol Evans | HBO | 1996 |
| TX Je Suis A Standup…. Definite Article Tour, 1996 Performer | TX Je Suis A Standup…. Definite Article Tour, 1996 - Performer | BBC2 | 1996 |
| Aristophanes - The Gods Are Laughing Socrates | Aristophanes - The Gods Are Laughing - Socrates | Channel 4 | 1995 |
| Open Fire Rich | Open Fire - Rich | ITV | 1994 |
| It's The Monty Python Story Presenter | It's The Monty Python Story - Presenter | BBC/A&E | 1993 |
Film
| Six Minutes To Midnight writer/ performer | Six Minutes To Midnight - writer/ performer | 2019 | |
| Valkyrie General Erich Fellgiebel | Valkyrie - General Erich Fellgiebel | Dir: Bryan Singer | 2008 |
| Ocean's Thirteen Roman Nagel | Ocean's Thirteen - Roman Nagel | Steven Soderberg | 2007 |
| The Wild voice-over | The Wild - voice-over | Steve 'Spaz' Williams | 2004 |
| Ocean's Twelve Roman Nagel | Ocean's Twelve - Roman Nagel | Steven Soderberg | 2004 |
| The Cat's Meow Charlie Chaplin | The Cat's Meow - Charlie Chaplin | Peter Bogdanovich | 2004 |
| Romance and Cigarettes Gene Vincent | Romance and Cigarettes - Gene Vincent | John Turturro | 2004 |
| Five Children and It Psammead (voice of IT) | Five Children and It - Psammead (voice of IT) | John Stephenson | 2004 |
| Blueberry Baron Werner Amadeus von Luckner/Prosit | Blueberry - Baron Werner Amadeus von Luckner/Prosit | Jan Kounen | 2004 |
| Revengers Tragedy Lussurioso | Revengers Tragedy - Lussurioso | Alex Cox, | 2002 |
| The Criminal Peter Hume | The Criminal - Peter Hume | Julian Simpson | 2001 |
| All The Queen's Men Tony Parker | All The Queen's Men - Tony Parker | Stefan Ruzowitzky | 2001 |
| The Circus Troy Cabrara | The Circus - Troy Cabrara | Rob Walker | 2000 |
| Shadow of the Vampire Gustav von Wagenheim/Thomas Hutter | Shadow of the Vampire - Gustav von Wagenheim/Thomas Hutter | E. Elias Merhige | 2000 |
| Mystery Men Tony P. (Pompadour) | Mystery Men - Tony P. (Pompadour) | Kinka Usher | 1999 |
| The Avengers Bailey | The Avengers - Bailey | Jeremiah Chechic | 1998 |
| Velvet Goldmine Jerry Devine | Velvet Goldmine - Jerry Devine | Todd Haynes | 1998 |
| Hanging Around Psychiatrist | Hanging Around - Psychiatrist | Damien Hirst | 1996 |
| The Secret Agent Vladimir | The Secret Agent - Vladimir | Christopher Hampton | 1996 |
Theatre and Live Performance
| Great Expectations Performer | Great Expectations - Performer | 2019 — 2021 | |
| Wunderbar writer/ performer | Wunderbar - writer/ performer | 2019 | |
| Wunderbar Preview (Writer/Lead Performer) | Wunderbar Preview - (Writer/Lead Performer) | Gilded Balloon Teviot - Debating Hall | 2019 |
| Force Majeure One-man-Stand-up | Force Majeure - One-man-Stand-up | World Tour | 2013 — 2015 |
| Stripped One-man Stand-up | Stripped - One-man Stand-up | USA Tour (34 cities) & London (5 week West End run) | 2008 |
| Just For Laughs Festival Performer | Just For Laughs Festival - Performer | Just For Laughs Festival Montreal, | 2007 |
| Secret Policeman's Ball Performer | Secret Policeman's Ball - Performer | Benefit gig for Amnesty International, Royal Albert Hall | 2006 |
| Timestalks - New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend 2003 Live interview with Jesse Mckinley | Timestalks - New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend 2003 - Live interview with Jesse Mckinley | Graduate Center, City University of New York | 2003 |
| Trumbo Dalton Trumbo | Trumbo - Dalton Trumbo | Westside Theatre, New York | 2003 |
| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Bri | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - Bri | American Airlines Theatre, New York | 2003 |
| Sexie One-man Stand-up | Sexie - One-man Stand-up | World Tour (Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK & Ireland) | 2003 |
| Gutted Performer Performer | Gutted Performer - Performer | Benefit gig for The Gilded Balloon Picadilly Theatre, London | 2003 |
| 3rd New Yorker Festival 2002 Live interview with John Lahr | 3rd New Yorker Festival 2002 - Live interview with John Lahr | Bowery Ballroom | 2002 |
| Spike - I Told You I Was Ill Performer | Spike - I Told You I Was Ill - Performer | Live Tribute to Spike Milligan, The Guildhall Theatre, London | 2002 |
| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Bri | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - Bri | Comedy Theatre, London | 2001 — 2002 |
| We Know Where You Live Live! Performer | We Know Where You Live Live! - Performer | Benefit gig for Amnesty International, Wembley Arena | 2001 |
| Here, There and Everywhere - A Concert for Linda Compere | Here, There and Everywhere - A Concert for Linda - Compere | The Royal Albert Hall and transmitted by on BBC1 & HBO | 1999 |
| Lenny Lenny Bruce | Lenny - Lenny Bruce | The Queen's Theatre, London | 1999 |
| Dress To Kill One-man Stand-up Benefit for the Prince's Trust | Dress To Kill - One-man Stand-up Benefit for the Prince's Trust | Wembley Arena | 1999 |
| Circle One-man Stand-up | Circle - One-man Stand-up | Tour of Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand and London | 1999 — 2000 |
| Dress To Kill One-man Stand-up | Dress To Kill - One-man Stand-up | USA Tour (New York, San Francisco and LA) | 1998 |
| Glorious One-man Stand-up | Glorious - One-man Stand-up | World Tou | 1997 |
| One Word Improv Performer | One Word Improv - Performer | Albery Theatre | 1997 |
| The Three Musketeers Co-writer with Rob Ballard | The Three Musketeers - Co-writer with Rob Ballard | Covent Garden Plaza | 1997 |
| The Dirty Three & A Half Dozen/What's Up Dockers Performer | The Dirty Three & A Half Dozen/What's Up Dockers - Performer | London Palladium/Channel 4 | 1997 |
| Rock The Vote Performer | Rock The Vote - Performer | Shepherds Bush Empire | 1996 |
| Campaign To Free Danny McNamee Performer | Campaign To Free Danny McNamee - Performer | Clapham Grand | 1996 |
| The Big Snog Performer | The Big Snog - Performer | London Astoria | 1995 |
| Edward II Edward II | Edward II - Edward II | Leicester Haymarket, | 1995 |
| The Equality Show 1995 Performer | The Equality Show 1995 - Performer | Royal Albert Hall | 1995 |
| Unrepeatable One-man Stand-up | Unrepeatable - One-man Stand-up | London and Nationwide Tour | 1995 |
| Definite Article One-man Stand-up | Definite Article - One-man Stand-up | Nationwide Tour and World Tour | 1995 — 1996 |
| One Word Improv Performer | One Word Improv - Performer | Royal Court Theatre, UK and European Tour | 1995 — 1996 |
| The Cryptogram Des | The Cryptogram - Des | Ambassadors Theatre | 1994 |
| 900 Oneonta Performer | 900 Oneonta - Performer | Ambassadors Theatre | 1994 |
| Live at the Ambassadors One-man Stand-up | Live at the Ambassadors - One-man Stand-up | London and Nationwide Tour | 1993 |
Commercials
| Millennium Gift Aid Performer | Millennium Gift Aid - Performer | COI | 1999 |
Radio
| Missed Demeanors Artist | Missed Demeanors - Artist | Radio 4 | 1995 |
Speaker
| Make Humanity Great Again: 28 Marathons in 28 European countries Participant | Make Humanity Great Again: 28 Marathons in 28 European countries - Participant | 2019 — 2020 |
News
Multiple PBJ nominees for National Comedy Awards 12th October 2021 2021 will bring the first National Comedy Awards, hosted by Channel 4 as part of this year's Stand Up To Cancer programming |
Eddie Izzard embarks on epic journey to #MakeHumanityGreatAgain 3rd February 2020 PBJ's Eddie Izzard is currently undertaking the epic challenge of running 28 marathons in 28 days in 28 countries in Euope, all in the name of unity |
Eddie Izzard and Noel Fielding on The Big Fat Quiz of Everything on Sunday 28th August 24th August 2016 Tune in to Channel 4 this Sunday 28th August at 9PM to watch Eddie Izzard and Noel Fielding on 'The Big Fat Quiz of Everything |
Your chance to be in the audience for Tim Fitzhigham in THE GAMBLER, for BBC Radio 4 10th October 2012 On November 10th 2012, Perrier Award nominated comedian, author, explorer and air recycler Tim FitzHigham is a man with bad ideas |
Henry Paker & Mike Wozniak's The Golden Lizard - one to watch in the Guardian Guide 3rd February 2011 One unexpected highlight of last year's Edinburgh fringe was a gloriously inventive, unremittingly silly sketch show called The Golden Lizard, performed by upcoming comedians Mike Wozniak and Henry Paker |
Eddie Izzard & Dylan Moran to appear at Laughs In The Park 31st August 2010 On September 24th, 25th and 26th 2010, three of the UK’s best loved comedians EDDIE IZZARD, DYLAN MORAN and REGINALD D HUNTER will take to the stage together in the glorious surroundings of St Albans’ Verulamium Park |
Eddie Izzard to perform for Nelson Mandela's 46664 campaign in South Africa 12th January 2010 Eddie Izzard will be performing for five nights in South Africa to help raise funds for the ongoing work of the Nelson Mandela charitable organizations |
Eddie Izzard - STRIPPED Live DVD Now On Sale 23rd November 2009 EDDIE IZZARD recently broke box office records selling out a five-week residency in London’s West End in less than forty-eight hours |
Tommy Tiernan Signs to PBJ Management 29th October 2009 We are delighted to announce that we now look after the wonderful Tommy Tiernan here in the UK |
Eddie Izzard Stripped tour - new dates announced 6th May 2009 For ticketing details and further information check | |
Eddie Izzard wins Theatre Goer's Choice award 16th February 2009 Eddie was awarded Best Solo Performance for Stripped at the Whatsonstage |
PBJ Management & JBJ Management News - February 10th February 2009 First of all, congratulations are in order to TIM MINCHIN, DYLAN MORAN and MIKE WOZNIAK who have been nominated in this years' Chortle awards |
Eddie Izzard live dates announced 30th January 2009 Eddie to tour UK with Stripped |