![]() ![]() In 1987, Izzard made his first stage appearance at the Comedy Store in London. His first gig was at the Banana Cabaret in Balham, London. He then moved his act to the stand-up comedy venues of Britain. Izzard says that he developed his comedic voice by talking to his audience while doing solo escape acts. After splitting with Ballard, Izzard spent a great deal of the early 1980s working as a street performer in Europe and the United States. After leaving his accountancy degree course, he and Ballard took their act to the streets, often in Covent Garden. Izzard began to toy with comedy at the University of Sheffield with student friend Rob Ballard. He got his big break in 1991 when he performed at the Fry and Laurie-produced AIDS benefit Hysteria 3. He performed his first individual show at the Banana Cabaret in London, after working as a street performer. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eddie Izzard's net worth $20 Million. His comedic style takes the form of rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime.Įddie Izzard is one of the richest Comedian & listed on most popular Comedian. ![]() He has described himself as a straight transvestite.Įdward John Izzard (/ˈ ɪ z ɑːr d / born 7 February 1962) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and political activist. His parents, Dorothy and Harold, worked as a midwife and an accountant. He has said that he knew he was a transgender person at the age of four, after watching another boy being forced to wear a dress by his sisters, and that he knew at the age of seven that he wanted to be an actor. Following his mother’s death, Izzard attended St John’s School in Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, St Bede’s Prep School and Eastbourne College. He and his brother built a model railway to occupy their time while their mother was ill (it was donated to Bexhill Museum in 2016). Izzard’s mother died of cancer when Izzard was six and his brother, Mark, was eight. The family then moved to Wales, where they lived in Skewen, West Glamorgan. When Izzard was one year old, the family moved to Northern Ireland, settling in Bangor, County Down, where they lived until Izzard was five. His mother was a midwife and nurse his father was an accountant who was working in Aden with British Petroleum at the time of Izzard’s birth. ![]() His family name is of French Huguenot origin. Edward John Izzard was born on 7 February 1962 in the Colony of Aden, the younger son of English parents Dorothy Ella (1927 – 1968) and Harold John Michael Izzard (1928 – 2018). He has also appeared in many feature films, including Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, and Across The Universe. English comic who starred in the FX series The Riches and is known for performing stand-up in drag. ![]()
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