Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo

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. They presented the

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television series '' The Adam and Joe Show'' (1996–2001) and the

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series ''

'' (2007–2009, 2011). Buxton has produced music videos, including several collaborations with the band

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. In 2015, he launched ''

The Adam Buxton Podcast ''The Adam Buxton Podcast'' is a podcast in which the English comedian Adam Buxton interviews friends and celebrities. The first episode was released on 15 September 2015. Recurring guests include Buxton's comedy partner Joe Cornish of Adam and ...

'', in which he interviews comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities. He has appeared on

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s including '' Would I Lie To You?'', '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks,'' and '' 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown''.

Early life and education

Buxton was born on 7 June 1969 in

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, London, and spent some of his childhood in Wales. His father was the travel writer and wine critic

Nigel Buxton Nigel Edward Buxton (29 May 1924 – 30 November 2015) was a British travel writer and wine critic, also known for appearing as in the Channel 4 comedy series ''The Adam and Joe Show''. Early life Buxton was born at Cowfold, Sussex, where his ...

, who later appeared on '' The Adam and Joe Show'' as "Baaad Dad". Adam's mother, Valerie (née Birrell), was Chilean. Buxton was educated at

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in Pulborough, West Sussex, then

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, London. At Westminster, he befriended his future comedy partner Joe Cornish and the future documentarian Louis Theroux. He attended the

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for two terms before dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art.

Career

With Joe Cornish

Buxton's first television appearance was in an episode of

's ''

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''. In 1995, he hosted the show itself. Buxton and Joe Cornish formed the comedy duo

, and with the production company World of Wonder created '' The Adam and Joe Show'' for Channel 4. It ran for four series from 1996 to 2001. In 1999, ''The Adam and Joe Book'', a spin-off book written by Buxton and Cornish, was published. Buxton and Cornish presented radio shows on

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and later

, which won a Silver Sony Award for Best Entertainment Programme in 2012.

Solo work

Buxton co-wrote and acted in the Channel 4 mini-series ''The Last Chancers'', broadcast in December 2004. In 2005, he performed character-driven comedy at the 2005

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, with a show entitled ''I, Pavel'', for which he grew a large beard. Buxton appeared as a future version of himself in the

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comedy series ''

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'', which began a six-part series in August 2006. In 2007, he portrayed journalist Tim Messenger in

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's film '' Hot Fuzz''. He has also appeared in the film ''

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'', covering for

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, who was ill at the time of production. Buxton appeared in the

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comedy sketch show ''

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'', which premièred on 19 March 2007. Buxton has collaborated on several occasions with the band

. He assisted with a 2007 webcast from their studio, co-directed the videos for their 2008 singles "

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" and "

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", and created a video vignette for their 2016 album '' A Moon Shaped Pool.'' In January 2010, he appeared in the BBC comedy ''

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''. He also featured in the 2007 film ''

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'' as a teacher. Buxton released a number of videos on

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, and was commissioned to produce a pilot programme for the BBC based around work of this kind. This was broadcast as ''MeeBOX'' on BBC Three in June 2008, but a full series was not commissioned. He guest-starred in the 2011 film ''The External World'' by David O'Reilly. In July 2012, Buxton appeared in a TV version of his tour ''Bug'' on

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, ''Adam Buxton's BUG''. He started performing the show in 2007, and has continued to tour the ''Bug'' show as well as hosting it regularly at the

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in London. He is the narrator of some books available on the ''Ladybird Classic Me Books'' iPad app, including " Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "

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". He has since narrated several other titles on the ''Me Books'' app such as ''The Great Explorer'', ''The Brave Beast'' and ''The Lonely Beast'' by children's illustrator and author Chris Judge. He also appeared in the ''

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'' audio drama ''

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'' by

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. Buxton has made appearances on '' Have I Got News for You'', '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', ''

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'', ''Don't Watch That, Watch This'' and '' Look Around You'' among others. He was also a panellist with

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for the '' Big Fat Quiz of the '80s''. Buxton has guest starred in several episodes of the comedy gameshow mash-up '' 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' featuring in ''Dictionary Corner''. In 2015 Buxton became the voice of Messy for children's TV animation ''

Messy Goes to Okido ''Messy Goes to OKIDO'' is a 2015 animated comedy adventure television series for children, adapted from characters in ''Okido (magazine), OKIDO'', a children's arts and science magazine. Inquisitive monster Messy, voiced by Adam Buxton, has adv ...

'', which aired on 7 September 2015 on CBeebies. In 2017 Buxton made regular cameo appearances as "Jarhead" in the revamped version of '' The Crystal Maze''. He appeared in the video game ''

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'' for Nintendo's

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and the Illumination film '' Sing 2''. Buxton released the audiobook version of his autobiography, ''Ramble Book'', in April 2020, published by

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. He provided voice acting roles for the

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pilot ''Beetle + Bean''.

''The Adam Buxton Podcast''

Since September 2015, Buxton has produced ''The Adam Buxton Podcast'', in which he interviews cultural figures including comedians, writers and musicians. The first series went out weekly in 2015 before a Christmas episode with Joe Cornish, in the style of their BBC Radio 6 show. Guests have included Louis Theroux, Joe Cornish and

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, as well as other public figures such as Jon Ronson,

Caitlin Moran Catherine Elizabeth Moran (; born 5 April 1975) is an English journalist, author, and broadcaster at '' The Times'', where she writes three columns a week: one for the Saturday Magazine, a TV review column, and the satirical Friday column "Cele ...

, Michael Palin and

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. It won Best Online Comedy Talk Show at the Online Radio Awards, Podcast Champion at the

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and the Internet Award from

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Personal life

Buxton married Sarah Evans-Lombe in 2001. They live near

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with their three children.

References

External links

Official site and blogAdam Buxton
on YouTube * *

– Andrew Williams, '' Metro'' (2008) {{DEFAULTSORT:Buxton, Adam 1969 births Living people 20th-century English comedians 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English comedians 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the University of Gloucestershire Alumni of the University of Warwick British actors of Latin American descent British people of Chilean descent Comedians from London English male comedians English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors English people of Chilean descent English podcasters Male actors from London People educated at Westminster School, London People educated at Windlesham House School