Noel Fielding
Born	May 21, 1973 (1973-05-21) (age 34) Westminster, London England
Medium	Stand-up, television, radio
Nationality	English
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 also known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes. He has recently won sexiest male of the year at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Westminster is an area of Central London, United Kingdom, within the City of Westminster. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... B. J. Novak in a stand-up comedy routine at Olde English sketch comedy in June 2007. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... This article is about the English as an ethnic group and nation. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television series and live show about two friends who go on a series of magical adventures. ... This article is about the original UK TV series. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television series and live show about two friends who go on a series of magical adventures. ...

Career

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 Julian Barratt, the other half to his comedian act in The Mighty Boosh, 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 which repeated about 100 times), and the two formed a partnership. They often compare their relationship to a marriage. The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television series and live show about two friends who go on a series of magical adventures. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. ... These are characters from the radio and TV series The Mighty Boosh. ... Michael Fielding (born 1981 in Westminster, London, England) is an English comedian and actor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

His character as well as gay icon and would-be musician ("Vince Noir - rock 'n' roll star!" or, "King of the mods") is a kind, somewhat naive and loyal friend to Howard Moon. He can talk to cats, earning him the nickname "Mowgli in Flares". Vince has a 'run-between-the-train tracks' quality about him, giving him the ability to land on his head in the most easy of situations. He is somewhat of a batty boy, 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. Mowgli by John Lockwood Kipling (father of Rudyard Kipling). ... Bell bottoms are trousers that become more wide from the knees downwards. ... Rich Fulcher (born 18 November 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American born comedian based in the United Kingdom. ...

Fielding trained as a visual artist and is responsible for much of Boosh's distinctive sets and characters, including the extra strong mint theme that occurs in many episodes (e.g. The Hitcher's eye, the background of the main titles, the Ape of Death's costume). These are characters from the radio and TV series The Mighty Boosh. ... These are characters from the radio and TV series The Mighty Boosh. ...

Vince has a strong homosexual 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 skinnies, boots with heels, a mirror-ball suit, faux-fur leopard skin jackets, sparkly accessories or clothes from high-street store Topshop. If referring to a flower, see disambiguation under bisexual Androgyny is the state of indeterminate gender, or characteristics of gender. ... Topshop is a chain of clothing stores situated throughout the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and over 30 other countries. ...

Other

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 Mighty Boosh partner 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 has also made a short appearance in the film Plunkett & Macleane as a bystander to Robert Carlyle's scuffle in a brothel. This article is about the British television station. ... Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris which follows the exploits of a loathsome, fictional twenty-something London media type. Described by his own creator as a meaningless strutting cadaver-in-waiting, the character originated on Charlie Brookers TVGoHome - a website parodying... This article is about the original UK TV series. ... Garth Marenghis Darkplace is a comedy series made for Channel 4. ... Unnatural Acts was a 1998 comedy series written by Julian Barratt, Sean Cullen, Rich Easter, and Rich Fulcher on the Paramount Comedy Channel. ... NMTB directs here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Plunkett and MacLeane. ...

He replaced Bill Bailey as team captain for three episodes in the Season 21 of Never Mind The Buzzcocks at Bill's request. Noel also achieved a record for the highest team score ever on the show. When Bill returned Presenter Simon Amstell made various jokes about Noel'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]. For other uses, see Bill Bailey (disambiguation). ... NMTB directs here. ... Simon Marc Amstell (born 29 November, 1979) is an award-winning English comedian and television presenter. ... Neil Richard Gaiman (IPA: ) (born November 10, 1960[2]) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Stardust may refer to several concepts: In space and aviation: another name for cosmic dust Stardust (spacecraft), a comet coma sample return spacecraft Star Dust (aeroplane), a British airliner that vanished in 1947 In music: Stardust (song), a 1927 jazz-pop song by Hoagy Carmichael Stardust (album), a record album...

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 Oct 2007, and Team Disgusting's show on Life fm as a co-host for one episode along with fellow members of Team Disgusting Melvis and Birdy. The Mighty Boosh is a 2001 radio series, written and performed by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, and Rich Fulcher, and originally broadcast on BBC London Live, then BBC Radio 4 , and later BBC 7. ... BBC London 94. ... Russell Edward Brand [1] (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex)[2] is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. ... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is by far the most popular station in the UK, reaching some 27% of the available audience in 2006[1]. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in...

In November 2007 a new series began on BBC Radio 2, Vic Reeves' House Arrest. Fielding stars in all six episodes 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 and Nick Frost and Razorlight's "In the Morning". He also appeared in the music video for the Robots In Disguise song, Girl, alongside Chris Corner who is boyfriend to Sue Denim. Fielding is friends with the members of Razorlight, and involved them in the "The Priest and the Beast" episode of The Mighty Boosh. Fielding also appeared at one of their concerts, dressed as The Mighty Boosh character, The Hitcher, to introduce the band; This was not well received and he was heckled by several members of the audience. Noel has since decided that his request to appear ahead of the show was a mistake "I don't know what I was thinking, there were all these teenage girls excited to see Razorlight and there's this ponce dressed in green dancing round the stage like a plum, they didn't know what to make of it" ^[3]. Fielding lent his voice to the Midfield General song "Midfielding". Fielding also sometimes slaps bass for IAMX. He has also 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 along with six girls and the Rev from Towers of London. Mint Royale is an big beat electronica duo from Britain, comprised of Neil Claxton and Chris Baker and who are best known for their remixes. ... Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. ... Nicholas John Frost (born March 28, 1972 in Romford, London) is an English actor and comedian famous for his work with Simon Pegg. ... Robots in Disguise is an English electro punk band who formed in 2000. ... Chris Corner (born 1974 in England) is an English musician and songwriter best known for his work with Electropop band Sneaker Pimps (of which he was a founding member), and his own solo project, which he records with under the name IAMX. He also performs with Sue Denim in The... David Dav Pilkey (born March 4, 1966, in Cleveland, OH) is a popular childrens author and artist. ... Razorlight is an Anglo-Swedish band formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Johnny Borrell. ... The Priest and the Beast is the second episode of the second series of The Mighty Boosh. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television series and live show about two friends who go on a series of magical adventures. ... IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television series and live show about two friends who go on a series of magical adventures. ...

Goth Detectives

In December 2006, Fielding appeared alongside Russell Brand in the yearly panel show The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, hosted by Jimmy Carr. The pair won with 39 points thanks to the 22 points they got for one question (a joke that Carr offered, assuming that they would not know). Due to much joking on the show, involving Bob Skeleton ("Indie Detective"), which led to Fielding and Brand describing a fictional scenario in which they were "Goth Detectives", this led to the decision to perform a Goth Detectives themed show for the Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 March 2007. Russell Edward Brand [1] (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex)[2] is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. ... The Big Fat Quiz of the Year is a British television programme first broadcast on 28 December 2004, the second edition broadcast on December 26, 2005 and the third broadcast on 27 December 2006 on Channel 4. ... James Anthony Patrick Carr (born September 15, 1972 in Limerick, Ireland [1]) is an Irish comedian known for his deadpan, satirical and often dark humour. ... Albert Hall redirects here. ...

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, this year, they placed last and were not awarded a large amount of points like they were the previous year.

Art

Fielding was training at art college before going into comedy. He returned to art and had his first exhibition, titled Psychedelic Dreams of the Jelly Fox at the Gallery Maison Bertaux in Soho, London in 2008. The exhibition runs to early April. He has claimed that he gets inspiration from Henri Rousseau, Rene Magritte, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein and Dexter Dalwood. Cast-iron architecture in Greene Street SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... The Dream, 1910 MoMA. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. ... René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 - August 15, 1967) was a Surrealist artist, born in Lessines, Belgium. ... Willem de Koonings Woman V (1952-53), National Gallery of Australia Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. ... Roy Lichtenstein (27 October 1923–29 September 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being as artificial as possible. // Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 into an upper-middle-class family in... Dexter Dalwood makes paintings of famous places he’s never seen. ...

Personal life

Fielding currently resides in Kentish Town, London with his longterm girlfriend, Robots In Disguise's Dee Plume. Fielding's parents are named Diane and Ray Fielding. 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 he has a French grandmother. He was educated at Croydon Art College and Buckingham Chilterns University College.^[4] Kentish Town is an area of north London in the London Borough of Camden. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Robots in Disguise is an English electro punk band who formed in 2000. ... Delia Dee Plume Gaitskell is an English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter known for her work with Sue Denim in the band Robots in Disguise. ... Michael Fielding (born 1981 in Westminster, London, England) is an English comedian and actor. ... Russell Edward Brand [1] (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex)[2] is an English radio and television personality, comedian, actor, and newspaper columnist. ...

In recent years he has become something of a regular on the London celebrity social scene, often photographed out and about at gigs, clubs, pubs 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, and Courtney Love. Rhys Ifans IPA: (born 22 July 1968) is an award winning Welsh actor. ... Razorlight is an Anglo-Swedish band formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Johnny Borrell. ... The Horrors are a garage rock band who formed in the summer of 2005. ... Robots in Disguise is an English electro punk band who formed in 2000. ... IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner. ... For other uses, see Kasabian (disambiguation). ... Dirty Pretty Things are an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a former member of The Libertines. ... Courtney Love[1] (born Courtney Michelle Harrison on July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician. ...

Fielding has stated that he has no middle name, was never baptised and does not follow a religion.^[5] He has a penchant for celebrity clothing, wearing Johnny Depp's hat and Freddie Mercury's coat during the filming of The Mighty Boosh. John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his frequent portrayals of offbeat and eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and the titular character of Tim Burtons Edward Scissorhands. ... Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ... The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television series and live show about two friends who go on a series of magical adventures. ...

He was also given the awards for Sexiest Man and Best Dressed at the NME Awards 2008, and was nominated for Hero Of The Year but lost out to Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty. For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is an English musician, artist and poet. ...

Filmography

Acting roles

• The Mighty Boosh Live (2006) – Vince Noir
• The IT Crowd (2006) – Richmond
• Nathan Barley (2005) – Jones
• AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004) – Shepherd
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) – Monkey Man
• The Mighty Boosh (2004- present) – Vince Noir
• Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali (2002) – Bauer
• Autoboosh Live (2000) – Vince Noir
• Sweet (film) (2000) – Pete Sweet
• Arctic Boosh Live (1999) – Vince Noir
• Plunkett & Macleane (1999) – Brothel Gent
• The Transponder (1998) - Rabbi Ginsberg
• The Mighty Boosh Live (1998) – Vince Noir
• Unnatural Acts (1998) – Various

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Television appearances

• Harry Hill's TV Burp (2008)
• The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2007)
• Comic Relief's The Big One (2007)
• The Charlotte Church Show

• Episode 2x02 (2007)

• Never Mind the Buzzcocks

• 21x02-21x04 (2007) Team Captain
• Episode 20x02 (2007)

• The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2006)
• British Comedy Awards 2006 (2006)
• The Culture Show (2006)
• 1 Leicester Square (2006)
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

• Episode 11x10 (2006)

• The Secret Policeman's Ball (2006)
• Soccer AM (2006)
• BBC Breakfast

• interview (2006)

• TRL (2006)
• Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy (2005)
• BBC Breakfast

• Episode dated 26 July 2005 (2005)

• 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (2005)
• British Comedy Awards 2004 (2004)
• Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala (2003)
• Liquid News (2003)
• Brain Candy (2002)
• The Big Schmooze

• Episode 1x04 (2000)

• Comedy Café (1999)

• Episode 1x07

• Gas (1997)

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Awards

• 2008 Best Dressed Shockwaves NME Awards 2008.
• 2008 Sexiest Man Shockwaves NME Awards 2008.
• 2008 The Mighty Boosh won Best TV Show at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008.
• 2007 The Mighty Boosh won Best TV Show at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2007.
• 2003 Time Out comedy award winner for outstanding achievement.
• 2002 Solo Edinburgh show Voodoo Hedgehog nominated for a Perrier
• 2001 The Boosh, first on London Live, then on Radio 4.
• 2000 Arctic Boosh won the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
• 1999 Perrier nominee with Julian Barratt as Arctic Boosh
• 1998 Herald Angel Award winner [1].
• 1998 Perrier Best Newcomer winner with Julian Barratt as the double act The Mighty Boosh (1998 Stage show)

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