Which of these did Richard Ayoade not do?
Richard Ellef Ayoade (born 23 May 1977) is an English actor, comedian, filmmaker, and broadcaster. He is best known for his role as socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom "The IT Crowd" (2006–2013), for which he won the 2014 BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance.
From 1998 to 1999, Ayoade was the president of the Footlights club at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He and Matthew Holness debuted their respective characters Dean Learner and Garth Marenghi at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2000, bringing the characters to television with "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace" (2004) and "Man to Man with Dean Learner" (2006). He appeared in the comedy shows "The Mighty Boosh" (2004–2007) and "Nathan Barley" (2005), before becoming widely known for his role in "The IT Crowd". After directing music videos for "Kasabian", "Arctic Monkeys", "Vampire Weekend", and "Yeah Yeah Yeahs", he wrote and directed the comedy-drama film "Submarine" (2010), an adaptation of the 2008 novel by Joe Dunthorne. He co-starred in the American science fiction comedy film "The Watch" (2012) and his second film as a writer and director, the black comedy "The Double" (2013), drew inspiration from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella of the same title.
In 2007, Ayoade married Lydia Fox, a member of the noted Fox family of actors. They have three children and live in the East Dulwich area of London.
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