Career Noel Fielding

1 career

1.1 stand-up comedy
1.2 mighty boosh
1.3 television
1.4 radio
1.5 music
1.6 art

career
stand-up comedy

fielding performed regularly stand-up comedian during late 1990s, , appeared repeatedly on television stand-up showcase lee mack s gas. highly animated stand-up routine included surreal stories, physical comedy, characters, , songs, later work in mighty boosh.

in 2010, fielding perform solo tour across country. cancelled, however, concentrate on writing mighty boosh film julian barratt , creating album. fielding announced via twitter busy tour. in 2015, fielding told guardian film talked writing barratt. album released in june 2016.

in 2010, fielding took part in channel 4 s comedy gala, benefit show held in aid of great ormond street children s hospital , filmed live @ o2 arena in london on 30 march.

the mighty boosh


fielding in 2006

fielding best known playing role of vince noir, childlike eccentric, opposite julian barratt (howard moon) in cult comedy series mighty boosh.

fielding met barratt when performing gig. impressed fielding s skill, barratt offered him place perform, , 2 went on form partnership. barratt , fielding said have compared relationship marriage; character of vince noir kind, naive , loyal friend self-centred, neurotic , ambitious howard moon. vince can talk animals, earning him nickname mowgli in flares . vince vibrant , flamboyant, contrasting friend howard, more geography teacher leeds .

as noir, fielding plays various supporting characters in mighty boosh, including: tony harrison, small pink head tentacles , member of shaman council; hitcher, cockney hitch-hiker polo mint eye; moon; spider dijon, bongoist in rudi s band; , old gregg, hermaphroditic merman obsessed baileys irish cream , watercolours.

the mighty boosh has won shockwaves nme best tv award 3 times: in 2007, 2008, , 2010.

television

outside work on mighty boosh, fielding has had bit parts in many of channel 4 s off-beat comedy programmes, including nathan barley, crowd, ad/bc: rock opera , garth marenghi s darkplace, more not appearing alongside julian barratt. appeared in 1998 sketch show unnatural acts. in february 2007, fielding appeared on never mind buzzcocks panellist, before going on become permanent team captain. fielding made short appearance in film plunkett & macleane bystander robert carlyle s scuffle in brothel. fielding appeared on charlotte church show special guest.

fielding on set of mighty boosh television series

at bill bailey s request, fielding stood in team captain 3 episodes during season 21 of never mind buzzcocks. achieved record highest team score ever on show. when bailey returned, presenter simon amstell made various jokes fielding s departure. in 2009, bailey left show , fielding became 1 of regular team captains. according neil gaiman s blog, fielding scheduled appear in film stardust, had drop out due ill health. participated twice russell brand in 2006 , 2007 on annual quiz show big fat quiz of year. participated again in 2010 , 2013 richard ayoade.

in 2008, fielding appeared comic partner julian barratt on transmission. usual, wore flamboyant attire, time featuring cuban heels , polka dot trousers.

in 2009, helped host comic relief top of pops reggie yates , fearne cotton.

fielding played role of marcus in series 3 of how not live life, broadcast in november 2010.

fielding produced first solo series channel 4 network s e4 channel in 2011, broadcaster invests additional £5 million in comedy budget following cancellation of reality show big brother. fielding said of project, tentatively titled noel fielding: boopus: want make in spirit of spike milligan or kenny everett show using modern techniques. blending filmed comedy animation. television needs madman! want show psychedelic , beautiful have charm , personality. if dalí made show this. show has since been renamed noel fielding s luxury comedy , began broadcasting on channel 4 s e4 channel on 26 january 2012. contains many aspects of animation composed live action. video shown select audience of c4 staff, producers, writers, performers , journalists showed boosh star stingray, discussing recording of albums. similar mighty boosh, in luxury comedy fielding plays wide array of characters including optimistic lion, chocolate finger, deranged clown, new york cop, music producer stingray, , futuristic don quixote called fantasy man.

fielding performed dance wuthering heights kate bush let s dance comic relief reaching finale. has appeared in kate bush video remix version of deeper understanding .

in march 2017 revealed fielding co-host upcoming series of great british bake off alongside sandi toksvig.

fielding appeared contestant on series 4 of dave comedy panel game taskmaster in 2017, hosted greg davies , alex horne: overall series winner.

radio

fielding starred in 2001 mighty boosh radio series vince noir , other characters. broadcast on bbc london live. appeared on russell brand show on bbc radio 2 on 26 may 2007 , 13 october 2007, , team disgusting s show on life fm co-host 1 episode, along fellow team disgusting members melvis , birdy.

in november 2007, fielding starred in 5 episodes of bbc radio 2 show vic reeves house arrest local vagrant knocks on reeves door once week ask work. character given seemingly pointless tasks, such building galleon out of sausages, , paid in small change.

music

fielding has appeared in several music videos, including mint royale s blue song , alongside julian barratt, nick frost , michael smiley. made brief appearance in video razorlight s in morning . appeared in music videos robots in disguise songs girl (alongside chris corner was, @ time, boyfriend sue denim), tears , , turn . in 2009, noel involved in kasabian video vlad impaler , in plays titular character, , s referenced in la fée verte (his friend sergio pizzorno said line, met dalí in street. dalí noel fielding. , modern-day dalí ). fielding makes brief appearance vlad in video kasabian song, re-wired , riding five-seater bicycle band, , appears patient in psychiatric hospital in re in love psycho , in re-enacts broken mirror routine marx brothers film duck soup pizzorno , tom meighan. has appeared in kate bush s music video deeper understanding means of let s dance comic relief performance.

fielding friends members of razorlight, , involved them in priest , beast episode of mighty boosh. fielding lent voice midfield general song midfielding . fielding plays bass live robots in disguise. furthermore, has been known dj, playing @ barfly in london rest of mighty boosh or dj collective known team disgusting, made of 6 women , rev (formerly of towers of london). lately, has been djing dave brown, plays bollo in mighty boosh, under djing phenomenon, doctor , pencil, first appeared in boosh episode chokes .

fielding half of loose tapestries, comedy music partnership kasabian s sergio pizzorno, set create music noel fielding s luxury comedy.

art

fielding , co-stars of mighty boosh @ panel @ comic con

he held first exhibition, entitled psychedelic dreams of jelly fox, @ maison bertaux, patisserie in greek street, soho in 2008. claimed inspired henri rousseau, rené magritte, willem de kooning, roy lichtenstein, , dexter dalwood. has stated has been heavily influenced works of salvador dalí. second exhibition entitled bryan ferry vs jelly fox took place @ maison bertaux, 5 july 2010 through 5 january 2011.

on 6 september 2011, fielding received honorary master s degrees buckinghamshire new university ongoing interest in graphics area , support many art organisations, in october 2011, fielding released art book called scribblings of madcap shambleton , produced alongside mighty boosh cast member, dave brown. features many of old , new paintings, drawings , photography.

fielding s video installation of jelly fox shown @ saatchi gallery, , in 2012 created unique piece inspired beatles liverpool love @ museum of liverpool. in march 2015, exhibition wore dreams around unkind faces shown @ royal albert hall.