Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard is a world-renowned comedian, actor, writer, runner, and activist. She made her West End debut in 1993 in a one-man show called Live at the Ambassadors , for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement. She recently appeared on television as Dr Abel Gideon in Hannibal , and she produced and starred in the FX Networks series The Riches . Her films include Valkyrie ; Ocean's Thirteen and Ocean's Twelve ; Across the Universe ; Mystery Men ; Shadow of the...See more

Eddie Izzard is a world-renowned comedian, actor, writer, runner, and activist. She made her West End debut in 1993 in a one-man show called Live at the Ambassadors , for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement. She recently appeared on television as Dr Abel Gideon in Hannibal , and she produced and starred in the FX Networks series The Riches . Her films include Valkyrie ; Ocean's Thirteen and Ocean's Twelve ; Across the Universe ; Mystery Men ; Shadow of the Vampire ; The Cat's Meow ; Lost Christmas ; Castles in the Sky ; and Whisky Galore! Her stage appearances include David Mamet's Race and The Cryptogram ; the title role in Marlowe's Edward II ; 900 Oneonta ; and A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in London and on Broadway, which garnered her a Tony nomination for Best Actor. Izzard's hit one-man shows include Dress to Kill , Stripped , and Force Majeure . Her performance in Dress to Kill earned her two Emmy Awards. In 2010, the documentary Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story received an Emmy nomination. In 2009, Izzard ran forty-three marathons in fifty-one days throughout the United Kingdom, and in 2016, she ran twenty-seven marathons in twenty-seven days across South Africa in honour of Nelson Mandela's twenty-seven years in prison. By running these seventy marathons she has helped raise £4.8 million ($6 million) for the UK charity Sport Relief. See less