Noel Fielding

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Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding performing at The Mighty Boosh Live
Noel Fielding performing at The Mighty Boosh Live
Born May 21, 1973 (1973-05-21) (age 35)
London,
England
Medium Stand-up, television, radio
Nationality British
Years active 1997 – Present
Notable works and roles Vince Noir
in The Mighty Boosh Richmond
in The IT Crowd

Noel Fielding (born 21 May 1973 in Westminster, London) is an English artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes with fellow actor Julian Barratt. He recently won Sexiest Male at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008. He is the co-originator of crimping. He is known to many as "Old Gregg", as in the title character of Mighty Boosh episode "The Legend of Old Gregg".


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Career

Noel Fielding performed regularly as a stand-up comedian during the late 1990s, and appeared repeatedly on the BBC television stand-up showcase Gas. His highly animated stand-up routine included surreal stories, characters, and songs, much like his later work in The Mighty Boosh. Noel also stars in The IT Crowd as Richmond, but due to a busy schedule, he is not appearing in series 3. He has also appeared in Never Mind the Buzzcocks as a guest captain in place of Bill Bailey.

The Mighty Boosh

Main article: The Mighty Boosh

Fielding is best known for playing the role of Vince Noir opposite Julian Barratt (Howard Moon) and his brother Michael Fielding (Naboo) in the cult comedy series The Mighty Boosh. Fielding met Frank coul when Julian was performing a gig - and Julian offered Noel a place to perform. Julian was impressed by Noel's skill (especially the joke about back to front rams legs), and the two formed a partnership. They often compare their relationship to a marriage.

His character is a kind, somewhat naive and loyal friend to Howard Moon. He can talk to animals, earning him the nickname "Mowgli in Flares". Vince has a 'run-between-the-rain drops' quality about him, giving him the ability to land on his feet in the most difficult of situations. He is largely popular with most of the other characters (and comically, almost all of the characters played by Rich Fulcher), much to the annoyance of Howard.

Fielding trained as a visual artist and is responsible for much of the Boosh's distinctive sets and characters, including the polo theme that occurs in many episodes (e.g. The Hitcher's eye, the background of the main titles, the Ape of Death's costume.

Vince has a very feminine aspect to his attire, often being confused as Howard Moon's "wife" by supporting characters. This is due to his androgynous dress sense, which commonly includes lots of different coloured/print drainpipe jeans, boots with heels, a mirror-ball suit, faux-fur leopard skin jackets, capes, sparkly accessories and clothes from high-street store Topshop.[citation needed]

Other Projects

Television

Outside of his work on The Mighty Boosh, Fielding has also had bit parts in many of Channel 4's somewhat off-beat comedy programmes, including Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd, AD/BC: A Rock Opera and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, more often than not appearing alongside Julian Barratt. He also appeared in 1998 sketch show Unnatural Acts. In February 2007, Fielding appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks as a panelist. Fielding also made a short appearance in the film Plunkett & Macleane as a bystander to Robert Carlyle's scuffle in a brothel.

He filled in for Bill Bailey as team captain for three episodes in the Season 21 of Never Mind The Buzzcocks at Bailey's request. Noel also achieved a record for the highest team score ever on the show. When Bailey returned, presenter Simon Amstell made various jokes about Fielding's departure. According to Neil Gaiman's blog, Fielding was scheduled to appear in the film Stardust, but had to drop out due to ill health[1].

In 2008, Fielding appeared with comic partner Julian Barratt on C4's Transmission.

Radio

Fielding starred in the 2001 Mighty Boosh radio series as Vince Noir, and other characters. It was broadcast on BBC London Live. He also appeared on The Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2 on 26 May 2007 and 13 October 2007, and Team Disgusting's show on Life fm as a co-host for one episode, along with fellow Team Disgusting members Melvis and Birdy.

In November 2007 Fielding starred in five episodes of BBC Radio 2 show Vic Reeves' House Arrest as a local vagrant who knocks on Reeves' door once a week to ask for work.[2] His character is often given seemingly pointless tasks, such as building a galleon out of sausages, and is paid in small change.

Music

Fielding has appeared in several music videos, including Mint Royale's 'Blue Song', alongside Julian Barratt, Nick Frost and Michael Smiley. He also made a brief appearance in the video for Razorlight's 'In the Morning'. Additionally, he appeared in two music videos for the Robots In Disguise songs 'Girl' (alongside Chris Corner who was, at the time, boyfriend to Sue Denim) and 'The Tears'. Fielding is friends with the members of Razorlight, and involved them in the 'The Priest and the Beast' episode of The Mighty Boosh. Fielding lent his voice to the Midfield General song 'Midfielding'. Fielding also sometimes plays bass live for Robots In Disguise. Furthermore, he has been known to DJ, often playing at The Barfly in London with the rest of The Mighty Boosh or with his DJ collective known as Team Disgusting, made up of six girls and the Rev (formerly of Towers of London).

Goth Detectives

In December 2006, Fielding appeared alongside Russell Brand in annual Channel 4 panel show The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, hosted by Jimmy Carr. The pair won with 39 points after Carr jokingly offered 22 points for correctly answering one question, assuming that they would not know the answer. Following a question involving the winter sport Bob Skeleton, Jonathon Ross pointed out that this would be a good name for a 'Goth Detective', which led to Fielding and Brand describing a fictional scenario in which they were 'Goth Detectives'. Brand and Fielding later performed a Goth Detectives themed show for a Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 March 2007.

On a broadcast of Russell Brand's Radio 2 show, the pair admitted that they were going to appear in the 2007 version of the Big Fat Quiz of the Year in a bid to defend their title. However, that year, they placed last and were not awarded a large amount of points like they were the previous year.

Art

Before going into comedy, Fielding studied Fine Art at Croydon Art College. He held his first exhibition, entitled Psychedelic Dreams of the Jelly Fox at Maison Bertaux, a patisserie in Greek Street, Soho in early 2008. He claimed that he was inspired by Henri Rousseau, Rene Magritte, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein and Dexter Dalwood.

Personal life

Fielding currently resides in Camden, London and is in a long-term relationship with vocalist/guitarist Dee Plume of the UK electro duo Robots in Disguise. Fielding's parents are named Diane and Ray Fielding, both of whom have appeared in The Mighty Boosh episodes. His brother is Michael Fielding, who appears as Naboo on The Mighty Boosh. He also revealed on Russell Brand's radio show (13 October 2007) that his grandmother is French. He was educated at Croydon Art College and Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (Bucks New University).[3]

In recent years he has become something of a regular in the London celebrity social scene, often photographed out and about at gigs, clubs, and events with various celebrity friends: his Mighty Boosh co-stars, actor Rhys Ifans, members of Razorlight, The Horrors, Robots In Disguise, IAMX, Kasabian, Dirty Pretty Things, Amy Winehouse and Courtney Love.

Fielding has stated that he has no middle name, was never baptised and does not follow a religion.[4] He has a penchant for celebrity clothing, claiming to have worn Johnny Depp's hat and Freddie Mercury's coat during the filming of The Mighty Boosh.

He was given the awards for Sexiest Man and Best Dressed at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008, and was nominated for Hero Of The Year but lost to Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty.

Fielding suffers from the liver condition Gilbert's Syndrome, and has commented that if he drinks too much, it gives him slight jaundice.

Filmography

Acting roles

Television appearances

  • Episode 2x02 (2007)
  • 21x02-21x04 (2007) Team Captain
  • Episode 20x02 (2007)
  • Episode 11x10 (2006)
  • interview (2006)
  • TRL (2006)
  • Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy (2005)
  • BBC Breakfast
  • Episode 1x04 (2000)
  • Comedy Café (1999)
  • Episode 1x07
  • Gas (1997)

Awards

External links

References

  1. ^ Neil Gaiman - Neil Gaiman's Journal: Stardust news
  2. ^ BBC - Radio 2 Comedy - Vic Reeves' House Arrest
  3. ^ Jones, Sam (2007-12-14). "He's a Mick Jagger of comedy ... sweet but unbelievably mischievous and naughty, like a very cheeky puppy". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
  4. ^ Life FM – Team Disgusting Show 1 June 2007
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