Eddie Izzard
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, executive producer, stand-up comedian and writer
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Eddie Izzard to star in Aussie comedy 'The Call Back'
British actor and comedian Eddie Izzard has signed on to star in The Call Back, the feature debut of producer turned writer/director Marion Pilowsky.
Pip Bulbeck, Hollywood Reporter, 19th October 2017Eddie Izzard interview
Victoria and Abdul is the new period drama based on the real story of an unlikely friendship between Queen Victoria and a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. We caught up with one of the film's stars, Eddie Izzard.
Eva Mackevic, Readers Digest, 15th September 2017Eddie Izzard could 'give up comedy' to become MP
Eddie Izzard has said that he will give up comedy to run for Parliament - hoping to become the country's first transgender MP.
Nick Duffy, Pink News, 11th September 2017Eddie Izzard interview
'Everything I do in life is trying to get my mother back'.
Tim Adams, The Guardian, 10th September 2017How Edinburgh changed British comedy
Comedy did not feature at all when the Edinburgh Fringe began but over the past three decades it has become the "spiritual home" of Britain's funny folk.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC, 6th August 2017Eddie Izzard: I reclaimed the word 'transvestite'
Eddie Izzard on coming out as as transvestite in the 1980s - and why he failed to impress the girls in his school days.
Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 1st August 2017Why I avoid the Edinburgh International Festival
Stick to the Edinburgh Fringe, which continues to get bigger - if not exactly better - at 70.
Lloyd Evans, The Spectator, 27th July 2017Star comics on camera in their early Fringe days
A stash of film shot in the 1990s chronicles the rise of comedy's big names including Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Jo Brand.
Dan Glaister, The Guardian, 16th July 2017Book review: Believe Me by Eddie Izzard
We get what's surely only a glimpse of how tough things must have been for him. But the message of Izzard's life is that self-belief and an unflagging work ethic can get you places. Though you probably need some talent as well.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th July 2017Eddie Izzard interview
People still shout abuse at me in the streets.
i Newspaper, 10th July 2017