Chris Morris (I)
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, producer and composer
Press clippings
Brass Eye film goes on the road again
Screening dates for Michael Cumming's Oxide Ghosts.
Chortle, 6th September 2024Chris Morris, Noel Fielding & more voice Richard Ayoade's spoof memoir
Chris Morris is returning to acting for the first time in eight years, voicing the audiobook of Richard Ayoade's latest spoof memoir, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes, alongside Stephen Merchant, Noel Fielding, David Mitchell, Sally Hawkins and Lydia Fox.
British Comedy Guide, 15th July 2024Jam: The experimental black comedy by Chris Morris
Life is fragile and baulked about by difficulty. Still, through a series of disturbing and surreal vignettes, Morris provided an experimental critique of our modern ills while making the whole human enterprise the absurdist comedy that it undoubtedly is.
Thomas Leatham, Far Out, 8th February 2024Nathan Barley: the British comedy that foresaw the future of culture
Nathan Barley depicts the self-absorption of East London, where vapid hipsters and narcissistic media online personalities run amok amid a new age of journalism.
Thomas Leatham, Far Out, 5th February 2024Inside No. 9 fools viewers with bus replacement service
Creators and stars Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton played an inspired 'trick' on fans of their anthology series Inside No. 9 this week by creating an episode that didn't even 'exist' and broadcasting an alternative episode that nobody expected.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 18th May 2023Arrest that joke! A history of gags so offensive that punters called the cops
Stand-up Joe Lycett has revealed that he was reported to police for one of his routines. From Sacha Baron Cohen to Jo Brand, Brian Logan looks at what happens when laughter and the law collide.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th June 2022Brass Eye's outtakes show the brutal TV comedy was the tip of an iceberg
With rare footage and personal insights, the documentary Oxide Ghosts is a must-see for fans of Chris Morris's satire, which is 25 years old.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd March 2022Brass Eye: Secrets from the UK's Most Controversial Comedy
As it celebrates its 25th TV anniversary, director Michael Cumming talks about working with Chris Morris and his documentary homage Oxide Ghosts.
Daniel Dylan Wray, Vice.com, 28th January 2022When Brass Eye ambushed The Time, The Place
Twenty-five years ago, the 'unembarrassable' satirist Chris Morris terrorised the famous and gullible. But host John Stapleton didn't quite fall for it.
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 28th January 2022The Day Today is still funny in fake news era
Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris's satire first aired 27 years ago. These days the media is almost too shameless to satirise, but - as the cast reunite - the show's hilarity remains.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 13th August 2021