When one person screws up, everybody pays.

Atheist, Comedian and Actor                          

Selected Works:

Stand-up:

Live at the Ambassadors - 1993
Unrepeatable - 1994
Definite Article - 1996
Glorious - 1997
Dress to Kill - 1998
Circle - 2000
Sexie - 2003
Stripped - 2008

Stage:

900 Oneonta - 1994
Edward II - 1995
Lenny - 1999
The Cryptogram - 1994
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - 2001-2002, 2003
Trumbo - 2003

Filmography:

The Secret Agent - 1996 as Vladimir
Velvet Goldmine - 1998 as Jerry Devine
The Avengers - 1998 as Bailey
Mystery Men - 1999 as Tony P
The Criminal - 1999 as Peter Hume
Circus - 2000 as Troy
Shadow of the Vampire - 2000 as Gustav von Wangenheim
The Cat's Meow - 2001 as Charlie Chaplin
All the Queen's Men - 2001 as Tony Parker
Revengers Tragedy - 2002 as Lussurioso
Blueberry aka Renegade - 2004 as Prosit
Five Children and It - 2004 as It - voice
Romance & Cigarettes - 2004 as Gene Vincent
Ocean's Twelve - 2004 as Roman Nagel
The Aristocrats - 2005 as Himself
The Wild - 2006 as - voice Nigel
My Super Ex-Girlfriend - 2006 as Professor Bedlam
Ocean's Thirteen - 2007 as Roman Nagel
Across the Universe - 2007 as Mr. Kite

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - 2008 as Reepicheep - voice
Valkyrie - 2008 as Erich Fellgiebel
Igor - 2008 as Dr. Schadenfreude - voice

TV appearances:

Barf Bites Back - Amnesty International Gala - 1991
Open Fire - 1994
Have I Got News for You - 1994, 1995 and 1996 - BBC Two
Aristophanes: The Gods are Laughing - 1995
Whose Line Is It Anyway? - 1995
Tales from the Crypt - 1996 - HBO
Clive Anderson Talks Back - 1996
Inspector Derrick - 1997
Rex the Runt - 1998 - BBC
Shooting Stars - 1998 - BBC
Dennis Miller Live - 1999 - HBO
Pythonland - 1999 - BBC
Python Night - 1999 - BBC
Mongrel Nation - 2002 - Discovery Channel
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - 2002, 2004 and 2007
40 - 2003 - Channel 4
Conan O'Brien - 2003, 2008 NBC
QI - Unaired pilot- 2002 or 2003
Top Gear - 2004 - BBC Two
Last Call with Carson Daly - 2005
The Sharon Osbourne Show - 2006
Late Late show with Craig Ferguson - 2006
The Henry Rollins Show - 2006
The Secret Policeman's Ball - 2006
Kitchen - 2007 - five
Comedy Cuts - interview, 2007.
The Hour - 2007
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - 2007
The Daily Show - 2007
The Riches - 2007
The Secret Policeman's Ball - 2008
Graham Norton: Uncut - 2008.                          

Mother Dorothy Ella
Father Harold John Izzard, two sons.                          

Emmy Awards:

Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program
Dress to Kill - 2000
Writing In A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program
Dress to Kill - 2000 

British Comedy Awards:

Top Stand-up - 1993 Live at the Ambassadors
Best Stand-up - 1996 Definite Article

Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England for "pro-Europe campaigning - 2003

Honorary Doctorate in Letters from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Sheffield - 2006

Listed as number 3 of the 100 Greatest Comedians, Billy Connolly at Number 1 Peter Kay at Number 2 as part of British television station Channel 4's ongoing 100 Greatest... series.

The Comedian's Comedian - 2005, voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.

James Joyce Award of the Literary and Historical Society - 2008                          

A cross-dressing stand-up comedian and actor who describes himself as an "executive transvestite."

Performs stand-up comedy in France - in French.