English actor and comedian (born 1969)
Adam Buxton
Buxton at dConstruct in 2013
Born Adam Offord Buxton
(1969-06-07 ) 7 June 1969 (age 55) Occupations Actor comedian podcaster writer Years active 1995–present Spouse
Sarah Evans-Lombe
(
m. 2001)
Children 3 Website adam-buxton .co .uk
Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish , he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe . They presented the Channel 4 television series The Adam and Joe Show (1996–2001) and the BBC Radio 6 Music series Adam and Joe (2007–2009, 2011).
Since 2015, Buxton has produced The Adam Buxton Podcast , in which he interviews comedians, authors, musicians and celebrities. He has appeared on panel shows including Would I Lie To You? , Never Mind the Buzzcocks , and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown . Buxton has produced music videos, including several collaborations with the band Radiohead .
Early life and education
Buxton was born on 7 June 1969 in Shepherd's Bush , London , and spent some of his childhood in Wales. His father was the travel writer and wine critic Nigel Buxton , who later appeared on The Adam and Joe Show as "Baaad Dad".[ 1] Adam's mother, Valerie (née Birrell),[ 2] was Chilean .[ 3]
Buxton was educated at Windlesham House School in Pulborough , West Sussex, then Westminster School , London. At Westminster, he befriended his future comedy partner Joe Cornish and the future documentarian Louis Theroux .[ 4] He attended the University of Warwick for two terms before dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art .[ 5] [ 6]
Career
Buxton at Glastonbury Festival in 2009
With Joe Cornish
Buxton's first television appearance was in an episode of Channel 4 's Takeover TV .[ 7] In 1995, he hosted the show itself. Buxton and Joe Cornish formed the comedy duo Adam and Joe , and with the production company World of Wonder created The Adam and Joe Show for Channel 4.[ 8] It ran for four series from 1996 to 2001.[ 9] In 1999, The Adam and Joe Book , a spin-off book written by Buxton and Cornish, was published.[ 10] Buxton and Cornish presented radio shows on Xfm and later BBC Radio 6 Music , which won a Silver Sony Award for Best Entertainment Programme in 2012.[ 7] [ 11]
Solo work
Buxton co-wrote and acted in the Channel 4 mini-series The Last Chancers , broadcast in December 2004.[ 12] In 2005, he performed character-driven comedy at Edinburgh Festival , with a show entitled I, Pavel , for which he grew a large beard.[ 13]
Buxton appeared as a future version of himself in the BBC Two comedy series Time Trumpet , which began a six-part series in August 2006.[ 14] In 2007, he portrayed journalist Tim Messenger in Edgar Wright 's film Hot Fuzz . He has also appeared in the film Stardust , covering for Noel Fielding , who was ill at the time of production.[ 15] Buxton appeared in the BBC Three comedy sketch show Rush Hour , which premièred on 19 March 2007.[ 16] He also featured in the 2007 film Son of Rambow as a teacher.[ 17]
Buxton has collaborated on several occasions with the band Radiohead . He assisted with a 2007 webcast from their studio,[ 18] directed the videos for their 2008 singles "Jigsaw Falling into Place "[ 19] and "Nude " with Garth Jennings ,[ 20] and created a video vignette for their 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool .[ 21]
Buxton released a number of videos on YouTube , and was commissioned to produce a pilot for the BBC based around work of this kind. It was broadcast as MeeBOX on BBC Three in June 2008.[ 15] Buxton guest-starred in the 2011 film The External World by David O'Reilly .[ 22] In January 2010, Buxton appeared in the BBC comedy The Persuasionists .[ 23]
In July 2012, Buxton appeared in a TV version of his tour Bug on Sky Atlantic , Adam Buxton's BUG .[ 5] He started performing the show in 2007, and has continued to tour the Bug show[ 11] as well as hosting it regularly at the BFI in London.[ 24] He is the narrator of some books available on the Ladybird Classic Me Books iPad app, including "Goldilocks and the Three Bears " and "Three Little Pigs ".[ 25] He has since narrated several other titles on the Me Books app such as The Great Explorer , The Brave Beast and The Lonely Beast by children's illustrator and author Chris Judge.[ 26] He also appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama The One Doctor by Big Finish Productions .[ 27]
Buxton has made appearances on Have I Got News for You , Never Mind the Buzzcocks ,[ 11] The IT Crowd , Don't Watch That, Watch This and Look Around You among others.[ 16] He was also a panellist with Jonathan Ross for the Big Fat Quiz of the '80s .[ 28] Buxton has guest starred in several episodes of the comedy gameshow mash-up 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown featuring in Dictionary Corner .[ 11] In 2015 Buxton became the voice of Messy for children's TV animation Messy Goes to Okido , which aired on 7 September 2015 on CBeebies.[ 29] In 2017 Buxton made regular cameo appearances as "Jarhead" in the revamped version of The Crystal Maze .[ 30] [ 31] He appeared in the video game Lego City Undercover for Nintendo's Wii U and the 2021 Illumination film Sing 2 .[ 32] Buxton released an autobiography, Ramble Book , in April 2020, published by HarperCollins .[ 33]
The Adam Buxton Podcast
Since September 2015, Buxton has produced The Adam Buxton Podcast , in which he interviews cultural figures including comedians, writers and musicians. Guests have included Joe Cornish, Louis Theroux , Charlie Brooker ,[ 34] [ 35] Jon Ronson , Caitlin Moran , Michael Palin and Brian Eno .[ 36] The Adam Buxton Podcast won Best Online Comedy Talk Show at the Online Radio Awards, Podcast Champion at the British Podcast Awards and the Internet Award from Chortle .[ 37]
Personal life
Buxton married Sarah Evans-Lombe in 2001.[ 38] They live near Norwich with their three children.[ 39] [ 7] [ 5] [ 40]
References
^ Freeman, Hadley (14 December 2013). "Comedians and their parents: Adam Buxton and 'Baaadad' Nigel" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Nigel Buxton, journalist - obituary" . Daily Telegraph . 18 December 2015. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ Adam and Joe (radio broadcast). BBC Radio 6 Music . 12 September 2009.
^ Hogan, Michael (25 December 2016). "Forget Christmas TV: Adam and Joe's 20th anniversary reunion podcast is the best present you'll get in 2016" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 3 June 2017 .
^ a b c Salter, Jessica (14 July 2012). "World of Adam Buxton, comedian and actor" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
^ Hadley Freeman (15 September 2001). "Trivia pursuits" . The Guardian . Retrieved 17 September 2009 .
^ a b c Greenstreet, Rosanna (13 July 2012). "Interview Q&A: Adam Buxton" . The Guardian . Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
^ Mumford, Gwilym (15 January 2019). "Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish: how we made The Adam and Joe Show" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ Gibsone, Harriet (8 February 2019). "Joe Cornish: 'Adam and I were very competitive in an unhealthy way' " . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "The Adam And Joe Book Book" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ a b c d Ganatra, Shilpa (23 July 2016). "Adam Buxton brings David Bowie show to Dublin" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Adam Buxton: Chancer of a lifetime" . The Independent . 21 December 2004. Archived from the original on 20 November 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "The Edinburgh festival 2005 – Reviews – Comedy – (A) – 11 out of 91" .
^ "Time Trumpet with Armando Iannucci - S1 - Episode 1" . Radio Times . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ a b Walker, Esther (27 January 2008). "Close-up: Adam Buxton" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ a b Dee, Johnny (6 July 2012). "Six to watch: Adam Buxton" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ Bradshaw, Peter (3 April 2008). "Son of Rambow" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ NME (6 November 2007). "Radiohead set for special webcast?" . NME . Retrieved 16 November 2019 .
^ Henderson, Paul (3 September 2020). "Adam Buxton: "I made the least popular Radiohead video ever. And I don't care" " . GQ . Retrieved 19 June 2021 .
^ Dombal, Ryan (28 March 2008). "Radiohead" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 20 August 2018 .
^ Daly, Rhian (27 May 2016). "Radiohead share 'Desert Island Disk' interpretation video by Adam Buxton" . NME . Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016 .
^ "Adam Buxton" . BFI . Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Last Night's Television: The Persuasionists, BBC2Horizon, BBC2" . The Independent . 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ Logan, Brian (17 September 2013). "Adam Buxton – review" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Sir David Jason joins Adam Buxton and Josie Lawrence for an exciting new update to the award-winning Ladybird Classic Me Books App" . Licensing International . 30 January 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Made in Me — The Little Interview: Chris Judge" . Made in Me . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "027. Doctor Who: The One Doctor - Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures - Big Finish" . www.bigfinish.com . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year The Big Fat Quiz Of The 80s" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Introducing Messy Goes to OKIDO: Balabalaboomboom!" . BBC. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Adam Buxton and Jessica Hynes join Richard Ayoade in Channel 4's Crystal Maze reboot" . Radio Times . 12 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Adam Buxton has joined the new series of 'The Crystal Maze' " . NME . 12 June 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018 .
^ Diver, Mike (10 May 2017). "VICE - The License-Free 'Lego City Undercover' Is Full of Great Movie Moments" . www.vice.com . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ Chandler, Mark (2 April 2020). "Early release for Adam Buxton audiobook, recorded remotely" . The Bookseller . Retrieved 11 May 2020 .
^ Griffin, Sarah (10 November 2018). "Podcasts: Adam Buxton" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ Verdier, Hannah (15 September 2016). "The Adam Buxton Podcast: Louis Theroux as you've never heard him before" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ Sturges, Fiona (17 April 2017). "Podcasts: Adam Buxton's fascinating exchanges" . www.ft.com . Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Pick of the Podcasts: The Adam Buxton Podcast, The Morning After and Beyond Today" . The Sunday Post . 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020 .
^ "Adam O Buxton marriage" . ancestry.co.uk . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ "Hope Buxton" . British Comedy Guide . Retrieved 18 December 2020 .
^ Keller, David (23 February 2009). "Norfolk home for TV's Adam Buxton" . BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2018 .
External links
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