Noel Fielding
(born 21 May 1973 in Westminster, London, England) [1] 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.
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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 appears in
The IT Crowd
as Richmond, but due to a busy schedule, he did not appear in series 3. He has also appeared in
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as a guest captain in place of
Bill Bailey. He also co-presented Top of the Pops on Red Nose Day 2009 where his usually aplauded humour did not go down as well.
The Mighty Boosh
Fielding is best known for playing the role of
Vince Noir opposite
Julian Barratt (
Howard Moon) in the cult comedy series
The Mighty Boosh
. Fielding met Barratt when he was performing a gig. Impressed by Fielding's skill, Barratt offered him a place to perform, and the two went on to form a partnership.
Barratt & Fielding are said to have compared their relationship to a marriage: The character of Vince Noir is a kind, somewhat naive and loyal friend to Howard Moon. He can talk to animals, earning him the nickname "
Mowgli in
Flares". He is vibrant and flamboyant contrasting with his co-star who is more like a "geography teacher from leeds".
Vince has a very feminine aspect to his attire, often being confused as Howard Moon's "wife" or "lady friend" 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.
Noel plays various other characters in the television show including
Tony Harrison, a small pink head with tentacles and member of the shamen council and
The Hitcher, a cockney hitch-hiker with a
polo mint for an eye, who enjoys "cutting people up". Noel also plays Spider, a bongoist in Rudi's band. and
Old Gregg, an transsexual merman with an obsession with Bailey's Irish Cream and water-colours, and an infatuation with Howard.
The Mighty Boosh won the Shockwaves NME Best TV Award for consecutive years (2007, 2008 and 2009).
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. Fielding appeared on The
Charlotte Church Show as a special guest.
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
[2]. He won an award for the sexiest man in 2008. He appeared twice with
Russell Brand on the annual quiz show
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.
In 2008, Fielding appeared with comic partner Julian Barratt on
C4's
Transmission
wearing his usual somewhat flamboyant attire, on this occasion including Cuban heels and polka dot trousers, exemplar of the daring style which won him Best Dressed Male at the
Shockwaves NME Awards.
In 2009, Noel helped host Comic Relief Does Top of The Pops with
Reggie Yates and
Fern Cotton.
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.
[3]
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'. Recently, Noel has been involved in the
Kasabian video "Vlad The Impaler", in which he plays the character of Vlad.
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,
Jonathan Ross pointed out that this would be a good name for a 'Indie 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 stated 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.
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's parents are Diane and Ray Fielding, both of whom have appeared in
The Mighty Boosh
episodes. His uncle David Ford is a science teacher at Kesteven and Grantham Girls School. 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).
[4]
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, claiming to have worn
Johnny Depp's hat and
Freddie Mercury's coat during the filming of
The Mighty Boosh
.
Fielding suffers from the liver condition
Gilbert's Syndrome, and has commented that if he drinks too much alcohol, it gives him slight
jaundice. On the 15 August 2009, Noel revealed in an interview with
The News of the World that he had been taking drugs such as cocaine, ketamine and MDMA over the past few years, caused by stress due to his increasing fame. He also told the press that those habits were in the past, and he is now fully clean.
[6]
Filmography
Acting roles
- The Bunny and The Bull
- ''The Mighty Boosh Film - TBA
- I Spit on Your Rave
(2010) [7] [8]
- Boosh Live
(2008 - 2009) – Vince Noir
- The Mighty Boosh Live
(2006) – Vince Noir
- The IT Crowd
(2006 - 2007) – 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 Dalí
(2002) – Bauer
- Autoboosh Live
(2000) – Vince Noir
- Sweet
(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
Television appearances
- Shooting Stars
(2009)
- Comic Relief Does Top of the Pops
(2009)
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
(2008)
- The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
(2006/2007)
- Comic Relief's The Big One
(2007)
- The Charlotte Church Show
:*Episode 2x02 (2007)
:*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)
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
(2004)
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
(2003)
- Liquid News
(2003)
- Brain Candy
(2002)
- The Big Schmooze
:*Episode 1x04 (2000)
:*Episode 1x07
Awards
- 2009
The Mighty Boosh
won Best TV Show at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2009.
- 2008
2nd Best Dressed Man of the Year
GQ Awards.
- 2008
Situation Comedy and Comedy Drama
Royal Television Awards 2008.
- 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 .
- 1998
Perrier Best Newcomer winner with Julian Barratt as the double act The Mighty Boosh (1998 Stage show)