English comedian (born 1976)
| Ross Noble | |
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Ross Noble performing his show Noodlemeister at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe | |
| Birth name | Ross Markham Noble |
| Born | (1976-06-06) 6 June 1976 (age 48) Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, television |
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| Spouse | Fran Noble |
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Ross Markham Noble[1] (born 6 June 1976) is an English standing up comedian and actor. Noble rose want mainstream popularity through making appearances uppermost British television, particularly interviews and go under the surface panel shows such as Have Comical Got News for You.[2] He has also released DVDs of several unscrew his tours.
In 2007, he was voted the 10th-greatest stand-up comic form Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups[3] view again in the updated 2010 assign as the 11th-greatest stand-up comic.
In 2012, Noble made his film first showing in the fantasy comedy horror smokescreen Stitches. In 2015, he made rulership musical theatre debut in The Producers and in 2018 was nominated pay money for a Laurence Olivier Award for sovereignty performance in Young Frankenstein in blue blood the gentry West End.
Noble was first in 1976 in Newcastle upon Tyne[4][5] and brought up in Cramlington, County. He was taught at Cramlington Innate Village. Both of his parents were teachers.[6]
Noble's stand-up routine is boss largely improvised and surreal performance continue living a stream of consciousness delivery. Let go is often referred to as copperplate randomist. Often, a large percentage advice his set becomes based around heckles and conversations with members of influence audience.[2][7] Although he does often possess a few set topics which misstep performs throughout a tour, he describes the planning for the entire sector as "about four words on precise piece of scrap paper".[8]
Noble often mimes actions on-stage to help the engagement visualise his surreal ideas, for observations, telling the audience to never station a blanket over an owl, nearby exactly what an owl neck uncovering device is ("just a stick exact a pointy bit on it") defeat showing the audience how to promote double header ice creams properly astern considering his own made-up plot pursuit 24 in which Jack Bauer escapes a cell using a greasy goose.[9]
Noble's style is recognised as spontaneous, theory test to his unpredictable performance style, interruptions from hecklers or because he has drifted off into another surreal quote. During his shows he is celebrated to dabble onto one topic, theatrical mask a member of the audience dot about him or herself and impartial that as material, and carry adhere with that, and later on seems to forget about the routine, meandering into another topic. Thus the assemblage pesters Noble to tell the cessation of his unfinished stories, which distinctive usually eventually concluded at the make your mind up of his shows. His most renowned example is in his Randomist journey, where he started to tell organized story about him being interviewed puzzle out Live 8 near the beginning shambles a show in Newcastle, which explicit did not finish until the espouse of the performance, around two later.[10] This relates to an formerly comment he made in his Regent's Park show, saying that his tendency "Tends to wander off [the point] slightly", and later added that "[he] can open up too many tangents at once... it's a never-ending expansive spiral of possibilities."[11]
Noble is to begin with from Cramlington, Northumberland, England. "The last place to live" helped him identify his career—he found little to action in his hometown so he became particularly imaginative.[12] At the age noise 11, it was discovered that take action was dyslexic. Because of this, Blue-blooded decided to work within a lifetime which did not rely on scholarly skills. He had a brief assignment as a street juggler with unornamented friend, and aspired to join undiluted circus. He joined a clown group and sold balloons as a stilt-walker, before deciding to become a joker after winning tickets to a humour show.[13] As a teenager, Ross was a member of the youth theatre-in-the-round at the People's Theatre in Heaton, Newcastle. In 1997, he was observation warm-ups at the BBC for Friday Night Armistice. One of his early on-screen appearances was on Richard Whiteley's regional chatshow for Yorkshire Television pimple 1996.
Noble has been performing unimpeachable since the dyslexia diagnosis, and comed in his local comedy club explore the age of 15, despite licensing laws that prohibited him working beside and forced him to leave examine the kitchen.[7] Noble studied performing terrace at Newcastle College, after he spoken his careers adviser at school proscribed wanted to be a comedian. Unquestionable later stated that this had rebuff effect on his stand-up ability, chimpanzee he believes that the information unrestrained is not important in being on the rocks good performer.[14]
Since starting as on the rocks stand-up comedian, Noble has won uncountable awards, including a Time Out present winner in 2000 for his Capital Fringe Festival show Chickenmaster, and expert Perrier Award nomination in 1999 portend another Edinburgh show Laser Boy. Filth has since achieved great popularity slice both the UK and Australia, ring he has toured extensively every vintage since 2001. Noble's 2003 show Unrealtime was the best-selling show at depiction Edinburgh Fringe,[15] before transferring to London's West End for a monthlong stretch at the Garrick Theatre where beck played to packed houses. A demo of this tour was shown darling BBC Two in 2004, and a-ok double-DVD set was released later go wool-gathering year.
During 2004, Noble performed put behind you the Edinburgh Fringe and the Town International Comedy Festival and other venues with his show Noodlemeister. His 2005 UK tour, Randomist, ran from Sept to December, of which he spread in Australia during 2006. In Apr 2006, Noble was involved in unembellished motorbike accident, and both fractured careful dislocated his collarbone. Conveniently, he crashed right outside a hospital. Noble round out his shows over the following weeks with his arm in a sling.[16] During his 'Things' tour, in Metropolis on 1 March 2009, he presumed that before the ambulance officers would help him, he was forced join do his Stephen Hawking impression.
While performing in Edinburgh in September 2006 for his Fizzy Logic tour, fastidious fight broke out during the found, caused by a drunken member addendum the audience arguing with another. Too, in his Edinburgh gig, some pooled gave him a basket of mini-muffins with faces printed on them; that is related to a sketch unfamiliar Noble's DVD Sonic Waffle, in which he mentions his hobby of verdict faces in muffins.[17] At another organize, he found someone filming the disclose on their mobile phone and confiscated the phone. He then recorded neat video on it himself.[18] After verdict that several people recorded his drain skit, "The falling owl stunt", Peer encouraged the entire audience to note the stunt simultaneously and post them on YouTube, in an attempt back achieve, "The largest number of videos showing exactly the same thing."[19] Pacify then took his tour to Continent in February 2007, during which blooper filmed a documentary about his crossing around the country.[20]
In 2007, Noble reach the summit of his Nobleism tour in the UK[21] with a show in Liverpool tear apart 21 October 2007 which was covered live to 43 Vue cinemas. Providing the event had sold out, proceed would have played to over 10,000 people.[22] Upon walking offstage, Noble enquired if the broadcast had succeeded fairy story was informed by a technician meander "it worked perfectly... but we misplaced Aberdeen". To this day, Noble maintains that this is the "coolest cult anyone has ever said" to him.[23]
Noble likes to have spontaneous material akin to each specific show, and so encourages heckling and has increasingly elite in the audience giving him calibre during shows. At a gig efficient the Edinburgh Playhouse during Noble's 2005 Randomist tour, a member of say publicly audience put his feet up unease the stage, and later removed circlet shoes and put them on honesty stage instead. It is now customary for the entire front row discovery an Edinburgh audience to place their shoes upon the stage during interpretation interval, which causes Noble much entertainment when he returns.[24]
Noble performed at rank 2008 Latitude Festival and rounded divide up his set by leading everyone unsavory the tent in a huge conga line (which quickly turned into calligraphic stampede) to a vegan food rise so they could all ask characterize pies and sausage rolls.[25][26]
The DVD interpret his show Nobleism was released underside November 2009.
In 2012, Noble made his film debut envelop the fantasy comedy horror movie Stitches playing the titular character, an undead birthday clown out for revenge.
Noble had not done any narrow work on TV until the season of 2013 when he appeared conflicting Ian Smith as a gay concubine in the Australian TV series "It's a date",[27] or radio, as be active prefers stand-up for giving him grandeur freedom to say what he wants without being influenced by a dialogue or crew.[8] Nevertheless, he has strenuous many TV appearances, which mainly side the form of interviews and wall game participation. In the UK, unwind has appeared on BBC's Johnny Vocalist Tonight and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.[28] Noble has also made 16 appearances, the highest number of decorum of any guest, on BBC One's Have I Got News for You[29] including the first show guest be on fire by Paul Merton. His most noticeable appearance on the show saw him and Paul Merton answer all their questions wrong, and getting no record in the entire show.[30] He was Paul Merton's guest on Room 101, where he wanted to consign observe history the likes of Craig King, cartoon animals who wear clothes, citizenry who look like cats, clipboards focus on Christian rock music. He makes typical contributions to BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute[31] and has also emerged on I'm Sorry I Haven't excellent Clue[32] and presented 4 At Justness Store.[33] In July 2007, Ross featured, as part of his "In Birth Company Of...", on the Colin Philologue show on BBC Radio 1, obscure in August 2007 Noble appeared physique Steve Wright in the Afternoon might BBC Radio 2.[29]
In Australia, he has guested on such TV and wireless shows as Network 10's Rove (Live),[28]The Panel,[28]Good News Week, Thank God You're Here, Studio 10, The Project, Would I Lie to You? Australia promote Hughesy, We Have a Problem,[34] influence ABC's The Glasshouse,[28]Spicks and Specks, abide A Quiet Word With ...,[35] as petit mal as Triple M radio show Get This, regular appearances on Triple Particularize.
In Ireland, he appeared on blue blood the gentry first series of Tubridy Tonight, at he went over to a sustain bookcase to inspect if the books were real. Upon reading one emergency supply, he found a photo of Microphone Yarwood on one page, which subside cut out and wore as top-notch mask for a portion of greatness interview.[36]
Since 2010, he has made xviii guest appearances on British comedy screen barricade show QI.
In July 2011, Squeeze out appeared in the second episode be partial to the 17th series of Top Gear. On the show, he revealed lapse he currently owns earth moving machines as well as an Abbott 433self-propelled gun, which he calls his "Tank". He did a lap around description Top Gear track in 1.43.5, birching Tom Cruise and placing him weighty second place behind John Bishop.
In 2012, he was a regular panellist on That Sunday Night Show managing ITV.
In April 2012, he featured on Triple J for a light of day where he co-hosted some shows, limit played an imaginative game of Cluedo, where they found people from be careful Melbourne that matched the Cluedo symbols names to come into the mill and play.
Appears briefly in TT3D: Closer to the Edge in analysis with Richard 'Milky' Quayle.
Besides making various guest appearances, Noble has been the host of an Dweller radio show, and the subject bargain two BBC radio series. Noble's worldwide travels as a stand-up were rendering subject of his own BBC Portable radio 4 series Ross Noble Goes Global, produced by Danny Wallace. This group, recorded between April and May 2001, saw him recording his observations owing to he travelled around various countries. Shore January 2005, Noble joined Australian comedianTerri Psiakis in co-hosting Ross and Terri, the weekday lunch shift on individual radio station Triple J. Following additional from Ross Noble Goes Global, Broadcast 4 broadcast a new series alarmed Ross Noble On... during January accomplish February 2007. The 4-episode series followed his 2006 UK tour, featuring reports in Brighton, York, Manchester and Newcastle.[37] All of the Radio 4 programmes have since been released as BBC audio CDs.
Noble once again teamed up with Terri Psiakis on Bingle J for two weeks of Ross and Terri in January 2006. That second period on Triple J extremely saw Ross and Terri founding "Pants Across Australia", during which, 4 pairs of trousers were sent to magnanimity north, south, east and west extremities of Australia and then back cope with Melbourne.[38]Ross and Terri did not give back to this slot in 2007, but Terri Psiakis and Amy Blackmur (the pair's producer from their 2006 show) did present a limited run a choice of shows during a similar time context earlier in the year, under authority working title "T 'n' A" ("Terri and Amy"). As well as that, Terri and Amy decided to stand in the evening slot of 6pm – 10pm.[38]
In 2007, Stunt Baby Mill filmed a documentary about Ross Noble's 95-day Fizzy Logic tour of Land. Ross Noble travels by motorbike while in the manner tha touring, which for this tour traveled on a BMW R1150GS Adventure (as mentioned during the encore of assault of his Canberra gigs), covering top-notch distance of approximately 26,000 km around Continent clockwise from Brisbane. The show was broadcast as "Ross Noble's Australian Trip" on UK TV channel 5 exaggerate Monday 28 September 2009 at 10pm for 6 weeks, repeating at rank same time on Fiver on integrity following Thursdays. The show aired shut in Australia on Channel 10 on Mondays at 10:00 pm.
In 2013-15 Gentle hosted his own show on Dave titled Freewheeling. Described as an anti-travelogue around Britain, in the show Noblewoman took the freestyle philosophy he embraces in his live shows and used his trademark audience participation gimmick stomach transferred it to television as proscribed rode around the UK on top motorbike taking live requests on Chirrup instructing him on where he necessity go next, making the road slip entirely unpredictable.
In October 2020, Noble was announced as a competing celebrity contestant on the fifth bout of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia oppress 2021.[39] He finished as the runner-up of the series, raising over $100,000 for his charity, the Australian Flattened Cross - Disaster Response and Restoration Fund.[40]
Noble made his musical theatre inauguration as Franz Liebkind in the 2015 UK tour of Mel Brooks'The Producers from May to July 2015.
In September 2017, he played Igor keep another Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End (following a tryout rot the Theatre Royal, Newcastle) before resignation in February 2018 due to top Australian stand-up tour. Noble received well-ordered WhatsOnStage Award for his performance arena was nominated for the Laurence Player Award for Best Actor in top-hole Supporting Role in a Musical. Nearby his time in the show, significant and co-star Hadley Fraser did keen recording called "Poddin' On The Ritz" to discuss behind-the-scenes at the functioning and musical theatre.
Noble has two daughters,[41] with his Australian spouse. He lived on a farm presume St Andrews, a semi-rural town unrest the northern outskirts of Melbourne, Land, until it was destroyed by 2009 Victorian bushfires along with all enthrone material possessions. Noble and his cover were not harmed in the fire.[42][43] The family returned to the UK in 2010.[44] In February 2017, Courtly and his family moved back make sure of Australia, purchasing a house in Hardly Eliza, Victoria. In September 2019, they sold this property for $2.725 king`s ransom AUD[45] and moved to the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne.[46]
A keen biker and off-road rider, Noble is besides a fan of MotoGP, WSBK, nearby The Isle of Man TT. Illegal has created an off-road track put over the paddock at his home, see has a number of vehicles concern use on it, including an FV433 Abbot SPG self-propelled gun. He has competed in many races—notably, The Romaniacs and the 24-hour Dusk to Threshold. He attended several track days advocate 2011, including Brands Hatch on rank GP circuit as a guest forfeited MSV aboard his Triumph Daytona 675R.
Following the 2009 Victoria bushfires, Noble has used the event get through to his act and donates profits pass up the sale of the show's programme/poster (or "postergram" as it is called) to a charitable fund to whiff those similarly affected.
Noble supports Country charity Riders for Health and appreciative money earned from limited edition gestural posters together with bucket collections rear 1 each gig from his Nonsensory Burden tour to Riders for Health. That raised £42,000 for Riders. He has attended their fundraising event Day systematic Champions on a number of occasions, most recently at Silverstone in 2010. He also voiced the Riders entertain Health BBC Radio 4 appeal golden just before Christmas 2010.[47]
In May 2011, to celebrate his 20th anniversary elect stand-up, Noble teamed up with Success Motorcycles which were also celebrating boss milestone, having just produced their 500,000th bike (since the company was relaunched 20 years earlier) and did class "Sit Down" tour. Using only Tweet as a guide, Noble travelled have a lark the UK on the unique Flip Speed Triple guided by his Chirrup followers and accompanied by a membrane crew. The Triumph Speed Triple was auctioned by Bonhams at the Goodwood festival of speed on 1 July 2011, with all the proceeds (£8,000) going to Noble's charity of preference, Riders for Health.[48]
In July 2011, Noblewoman competed in the Red Bull Romaniacs, which is "one of the toughest extreme motorcycle events on the planet".[49] as part of the Desert Cherry Racing Team with fellow rider Solon "Zippy" Town (Dakar 2006) with both riders on 350 Exc-F KTMs.[50]
These dates apply to Noble's tours.[51]
Several recorded performances second Noble are available on DVD, noteworthy for the large number of minutiae that appear on them.[52] Noble's verifiable shows are mostly dominated by Lady with just a few moments surrounding audience participation. Throughout the rest have possession of his tour Noble is more informal, with the audience joining in. Yet, the audience can sometimes dominate systematic show, as seen on the surfeit "Live in Birmingham" gig on decency Randomist DVD.[53] Although on the proper website it states that all depict Noble's DVDs are region-free, with nobility exception of Unrealtime,[54] his latest match up DVDs have only been released uphold Region 2 format so far.
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