Edward John Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a British stand-up comedian a… Read Full Bio ↴Edward John Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a British stand-up comedian and actor. Izzard has a very individual style of rambling, surreal monologue. Izzard has turned their attention to acting as well as maintaining their demanding touring schedule.
Izzard was born in Aden, Yemen, as the youngest child of John and Ella Izzard. In 1963, shortly before Britain abandoned the capital of Aden, the Izzards moved to Northern Ireland. Izzard lived in Bangor, County Down until 1967, when troubles started brewing there as well, and the family moved to Skewen, Wales, and Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England. Izzard's mother died in March, 1968, of cancer.
Izzard has said that they knew they were a transgender person at the age of four, after watching a boy being forced to wear a dress by his sisters, and knew they wanted to be an actor at the age of seven.
Izzard began to toy with comedy at the University of Sheffield with student friend Rob Ballard. After leaving accountancy, Izzard and Ballard took their act to the streets, often in Covent Garden. After splitting with Ballard, Izzard spent a great deal of the early 1980s working as a street performer in Europe and the United States. Izzard says that they developed their comedic voice by talking to the audience while doing solo escape acts. Izzard then moved their act to the stand-up comedy venues of Britain, the first gig being at the Banana Cabaret in Balham, London.
In 1987, Izzard made their first stage appearance at the Comedy Store in London. Izzard refined their comedy material throughout the 1980s, and in the early 1990s began earning recognition through improvisation, in part at their own club, "Raging Bull" in Soho.
Izzard's big break came in 1991 after performing their "Raised by Wolves" sketch on the televised "Hysteria 3" AIDS benefit.
Izzard's stand-up work brought them British Comedy Awards in 1993 (for Live at the Ambassadors) and 1996 (for Definite Article). After the British leg of the tour, Izzard took 'Definite Article' to major cities outside the UK including a successful stint in New York City. However, their US breakthrough did not really come until 1998, when 'Dress to Kill', which was shown on American television channel HBO, went on to earn Izzard two Emmy Awards in 2000.
Izzard has appeared in numerous films, starting with 1996's The Secret Agent, and has appeared as several real-life individuals, including Charlie Chaplin in The Cat's Meow, actor Gustav von Wangenheim in Shadow of the Vampire, and General Erich Fellgiebel in Valkyrie. Other roles have included Mr Kite in Across the Universe, Lussurioso in Revengers Tragedy and criminal expert Roman Nagel in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. Izzard's voice work has included the titular "It" in Five Children and It, Nigel in The Wild and the mouse warrior Reepicheep in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
Izzard appeared in the 2009 BBC science fiction miniseries The Day of the Triffids, based on the 1951 novel, alongside Jason Priestley, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Dougray Scott and Brian Cox.
Izzard presented the medals to the athletes who had won the 800m T54 race at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, including gold medalist David Weir. Izzard played Dr. Hatteras, a skeptical psychology professor, in the Showtime series United States of Tara and appeared in six episodes of the 2013–15 American psychological horror television series Hannibal as Dr. Abel Gideon.
In 2014, Izzard played the part of Robert Watson-Watt, in the BBC drama film Castles in the Sky, who invented aircraft-detecting radar equipment in time for the Battle of Britain.
In June 2017, Izzard read excerpts from their autobiography Believe Me for BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. Izzard appeared as a guest on The Daily Show in May 2019 and discussed their current activities as a comic, their political aspirations, and their ongoing efforts as an avid marathon runner.
Comic style
Izzard uses a stream-of-consciousness delivery that jumps among topics, saying in a 2004 interview with The Guardian, "It's the oral tradition. Human beings have been doing it for thousands of years". Izzard's bent towards the surreal went so far as to produce a sitcom called Cows in 1997 for Channel 4, a live action comedy with actors dressed in cow suits. Izzard has cited Monty Python as their biggest influence, and Python's John Cleese once referred to Izzard as "the lost Python".
Frequent comedic themes:
An impression of James Mason, often representing a hapless, dithering God or authority figure
An impression of Sean Connery, whose character - which has ranged from Noah to Henry VIII - usually interacts with the Mason character
The name 'Jeff' (for instance as in "Jeff Jeffty-Jeff. Born on the first of Jeff Nineteen-Jeffty-Jeff", whose computer password is 'JEFF', Jeff the God of Biscuits, or Jeff Broccoli)
jam
bees
pigs
banjos
badgers
'mmmmmrmmmmmm' - the sound of an E-type Jaguar
Adolf Hitler (often referred to as a vegetarian)
Toasters
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) the british pop star
Taps
Star Wars references (example - The Death Star Canteen)
Azerbaijan
Belgium
the British monarchy
the National Rifle Association, aka the NRA (he often pronounces it 'Riffle').
Eddie has a number of mannerisms, such as:
Saying "So... yeah..." when thinking what to say next (a fact subtly noted on the back of the 'Glorious' video box)
Saying "and, uh..." as the audience pictures Izzard's bizarre imagery and starts laughing
When Eddie's stream of consciousness appears to lose the audience, holding up an imaginary pad and pen and writing "Lost them there".
Connecting two totally irrelevant topics and pausing as the audience picks up on it "...a Blue Horse on the outside, a Blue Horse from Mars! And then we could tell couldn't we ... Now, so anyway, sometimes, though, you want to buy a teatowel..."
Making fun of their own pantomimes. (describing a hotel room in France) "Avec un vue de la mer.. a view of the sea [pantomimes looking at the ocean], un grand lit... a large bed [pantomimes smoothing the sheets]. Et, avec un douche [pantomimes a shower spraying on their head]... with a spider." Similarly, a character in Izzard's sketch may comment on the joke ("no, that's the wrong punchline, you can't use that") or the audience ("they groaned at that one, do you realise that?").
Often randomly brings back or reworks material the audience initially found funny in their acts, such as their Scottish clarinet teacher Mrs. Badcrumble, and monkeys with guns in several of their stand ups, to name a few.
Personal life
Izzard resides in Victoria, London.
Izzard is genderfluid and calls herself "somewhat boy-ish and somewhat girl-ish". When asked in 2019 what pronouns they preferred, Izzard said, "either 'he' or 'she'", explaining, "If I am in boy mode, then 'he' or girl mode 'she'". In 2020, Izzard requested she/her pronouns for an appearance on the TV show Portrait Artist of the Year.
Izzard was born in Aden, Yemen, as the youngest child of John and Ella Izzard. In 1963, shortly before Britain abandoned the capital of Aden, the Izzards moved to Northern Ireland. Izzard lived in Bangor, County Down until 1967, when troubles started brewing there as well, and the family moved to Skewen, Wales, and Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England. Izzard's mother died in March, 1968, of cancer.
Izzard has said that they knew they were a transgender person at the age of four, after watching a boy being forced to wear a dress by his sisters, and knew they wanted to be an actor at the age of seven.
Izzard began to toy with comedy at the University of Sheffield with student friend Rob Ballard. After leaving accountancy, Izzard and Ballard took their act to the streets, often in Covent Garden. After splitting with Ballard, Izzard spent a great deal of the early 1980s working as a street performer in Europe and the United States. Izzard says that they developed their comedic voice by talking to the audience while doing solo escape acts. Izzard then moved their act to the stand-up comedy venues of Britain, the first gig being at the Banana Cabaret in Balham, London.
In 1987, Izzard made their first stage appearance at the Comedy Store in London. Izzard refined their comedy material throughout the 1980s, and in the early 1990s began earning recognition through improvisation, in part at their own club, "Raging Bull" in Soho.
Izzard's big break came in 1991 after performing their "Raised by Wolves" sketch on the televised "Hysteria 3" AIDS benefit.
Izzard's stand-up work brought them British Comedy Awards in 1993 (for Live at the Ambassadors) and 1996 (for Definite Article). After the British leg of the tour, Izzard took 'Definite Article' to major cities outside the UK including a successful stint in New York City. However, their US breakthrough did not really come until 1998, when 'Dress to Kill', which was shown on American television channel HBO, went on to earn Izzard two Emmy Awards in 2000.
Izzard has appeared in numerous films, starting with 1996's The Secret Agent, and has appeared as several real-life individuals, including Charlie Chaplin in The Cat's Meow, actor Gustav von Wangenheim in Shadow of the Vampire, and General Erich Fellgiebel in Valkyrie. Other roles have included Mr Kite in Across the Universe, Lussurioso in Revengers Tragedy and criminal expert Roman Nagel in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. Izzard's voice work has included the titular "It" in Five Children and It, Nigel in The Wild and the mouse warrior Reepicheep in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
Izzard appeared in the 2009 BBC science fiction miniseries The Day of the Triffids, based on the 1951 novel, alongside Jason Priestley, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Dougray Scott and Brian Cox.
Izzard presented the medals to the athletes who had won the 800m T54 race at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, including gold medalist David Weir. Izzard played Dr. Hatteras, a skeptical psychology professor, in the Showtime series United States of Tara and appeared in six episodes of the 2013–15 American psychological horror television series Hannibal as Dr. Abel Gideon.
In 2014, Izzard played the part of Robert Watson-Watt, in the BBC drama film Castles in the Sky, who invented aircraft-detecting radar equipment in time for the Battle of Britain.
In June 2017, Izzard read excerpts from their autobiography Believe Me for BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. Izzard appeared as a guest on The Daily Show in May 2019 and discussed their current activities as a comic, their political aspirations, and their ongoing efforts as an avid marathon runner.
Comic style
Izzard uses a stream-of-consciousness delivery that jumps among topics, saying in a 2004 interview with The Guardian, "It's the oral tradition. Human beings have been doing it for thousands of years". Izzard's bent towards the surreal went so far as to produce a sitcom called Cows in 1997 for Channel 4, a live action comedy with actors dressed in cow suits. Izzard has cited Monty Python as their biggest influence, and Python's John Cleese once referred to Izzard as "the lost Python".
Frequent comedic themes:
An impression of James Mason, often representing a hapless, dithering God or authority figure
An impression of Sean Connery, whose character - which has ranged from Noah to Henry VIII - usually interacts with the Mason character
The name 'Jeff' (for instance as in "Jeff Jeffty-Jeff. Born on the first of Jeff Nineteen-Jeffty-Jeff", whose computer password is 'JEFF', Jeff the God of Biscuits, or Jeff Broccoli)
jam
bees
pigs
banjos
badgers
'mmmmmrmmmmmm' - the sound of an E-type Jaguar
Adolf Hitler (often referred to as a vegetarian)
Toasters
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) the british pop star
Taps
Star Wars references (example - The Death Star Canteen)
Azerbaijan
Belgium
the British monarchy
the National Rifle Association, aka the NRA (he often pronounces it 'Riffle').
Eddie has a number of mannerisms, such as:
Saying "So... yeah..." when thinking what to say next (a fact subtly noted on the back of the 'Glorious' video box)
Saying "and, uh..." as the audience pictures Izzard's bizarre imagery and starts laughing
When Eddie's stream of consciousness appears to lose the audience, holding up an imaginary pad and pen and writing "Lost them there".
Connecting two totally irrelevant topics and pausing as the audience picks up on it "...a Blue Horse on the outside, a Blue Horse from Mars! And then we could tell couldn't we ... Now, so anyway, sometimes, though, you want to buy a teatowel..."
Making fun of their own pantomimes. (describing a hotel room in France) "Avec un vue de la mer.. a view of the sea [pantomimes looking at the ocean], un grand lit... a large bed [pantomimes smoothing the sheets]. Et, avec un douche [pantomimes a shower spraying on their head]... with a spider." Similarly, a character in Izzard's sketch may comment on the joke ("no, that's the wrong punchline, you can't use that") or the audience ("they groaned at that one, do you realise that?").
Often randomly brings back or reworks material the audience initially found funny in their acts, such as their Scottish clarinet teacher Mrs. Badcrumble, and monkeys with guns in several of their stand ups, to name a few.
Personal life
Izzard resides in Victoria, London.
Izzard is genderfluid and calls herself "somewhat boy-ish and somewhat girl-ish". When asked in 2019 what pronouns they preferred, Izzard said, "either 'he' or 'she'", explaining, "If I am in boy mode, then 'he' or girl mode 'she'". In 2020, Izzard requested she/her pronouns for an appearance on the TV show Portrait Artist of the Year.
Secret Garden
Eddie Izzard Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Secret Garden' by these artists:
- Bruce Springsteen She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late…
Aile I don't want you to understand me Don't wanna hear you…
Al B. Sure! Tell me your secret I don't just want to know About any…
Al B. Sure! Barry White El DeBarge James Ingram & Quincy Jones Tell me a secret I don't just wanna know about any…
Alan Simon In our secret garden, underneath the cyprus tree He is sleep…
Ambrosial I could be your heart of diamonds Shattered and glued back…
Angra A moonlit sky The pale light unveils the secret path Gates…
Angra & Simone Simons The moonlit sky The daylight unveils the secret place Gaze c…
Apink (Eng. Apink) 코끝이 간지러워 네 곁에만 있으면 눈이 감겨와 나른해져와 잠이 들것만 같아 살며시 널 안아볼까 쟈스민향이…
Barry White feat. Quincy Jones El Debarge Al B Sure & James Ingram Tell me your secret I don't just want to know About any…
Blind Iris In a secret garden Somewhere lost in time He ponders foreve…
Bruce Springsteen She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late…
Bruce Springsteen (& the "E" Street Band) She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late…
Bruce Springsteen - Topic She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late…
Darzamat hurry my steeds chased by the wind across the crystal meado…
David Usher So you hustle ?til the pain grows Fight until the needle…
Def Manic [Chorus] Wanna hold you, Oh Baby can I touch you there? Cmon…
Derrick Procell Sweet sensation Feelin' so alive Sweet anticipation Waiting …
Empathp He said "oh Mary, contrary how does your garden grow?" "come…
Esmaye There′s a garden in my head Filled with every word you…
Excalibur In our secret garden, underneath the cyprus tree He is sleep…
Fickle I don't want you to understand me Don't wanna hear you…
Frankfurt-Tokio-Connection 俺は薄汚れた都市の生活者 少しばかりの信念がなきゃ ここで生きてくのは難しい スモッグでくもった 右目に夜の闇を映し 左…
Friends Without Faces These roots run deeper Than we thought I'm distraught But no…
GACKT 硝子の中に浮いた 僕の瞳はただ君を見てた 優しさの破片も見えない 繰り返される信号が 口元にだけ愛を語り続け 僕は体…
Greg Pearle & John Illsley Fading into darkness. Blinding love. Lost the grip from my h…
Harryan Yoonsoan 바람을 타고 날아오르는 새들은 걱정 없이 아름다운 태양 속으로 음표가 되어 나네 향기 나는…
Imperia There is a secret garden in the morning mist Filled with…
IU 바람을 타고 날아오르는 새들은 걱정 없이 아름다운 태양 속으로 음표가…
James Ingram Al Be Sure DeBarge & Barry White Tell me a secret I don't just wanna know about any…
Jedi STRESS and it's permanently with me like It's tatted on my…
Jimmy LaFave She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' l…
KITCHEN - Bruce Springsteen She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late…
Luxx When I thought you were wrong for me All those signs…
MADOKA In my secret garden, I′m looking for the perfect flower Wait…
Madonna Things haven't been the same Since you came into my life Y…
Madonna - Secret Garden (secret dance mix)(1) In my secret garden, I'm looking for the perfect flower Wait…
Martine McCutcheon secret sometimes i feel like i'm living on borrowed time li…
Marz Through a sea of a million faces You stood out before…
me my You will find the answer In my secret garden You can…
Me & My You will find the answer In my secret garden You can…
MIBLU Verse 1: Golden roses all over but still no sleep Satin bab…
Natalie Williams Welcome to my secret garden How have you been I don't want…
Nocture Now left for a hard day Just live the hard way So…
Ofln - Spiritbox Looking back, you're mistaken Was it drought or euphoria Tha…
OH MY GIRL 나의 비밀정원 난 아직도 긴 꿈을 꾸고 있어 그 어떤 이에게도 말하지…
Olivia Knox She smiles out of habit Just like a nervous tick Keeps her…
Olivia Kuper Harris I am a flower Surrounded by weeds You are a gardener Who…
Patrick Wolf Turn the key Open open? Down down down Down down down…
Persephone Once there was a garden, in a land so far…
Quincy Jones Tell me your secret I don`t just want to know About any…
Quincy Jones feat. Barry WhiteAl B. SureJames Ingram El DeBarge. - The Secret Garden Tell me a secret I don't just wanna know about any…
Quincy Jones Feat. Usher Robin Thicke Tyrese Gibson LL Cool J Tevin Campbell & Barry White Tell me a secret I don't just wanna know about any…
Quincy Jones Usher Robin Thicke Tyrese Gibson Ll Cool J Tevin Campbell And Barry White Tell me your secret I don't just want to know About any…
Rachel Stevens Let's run and hide I know the stars like the dark Somewhere…
Riglock Dijo, querida maria Como crece tu jardin? Seras la, septima,…
Rosa De Donato Kuta-kuta yo′lingda ko'zlarim qoldi Alam yuta so′ginch gulim…
SleepSong Lay down your head And I'll sing you a lullaby Back to…
Sometimes When It Rains You're half a world away, standing next to me It seems…
SpiritBox Looking back, you're mistaken Was it drought or euphoria Tha…
Sway Clarke II Hey girlfriend…I know you asked a question Are you the only…
T' Pau There's more than a feeling than a differing mind to…
Taylor Castro If I were to have my Own Secret Garden How would I…
The Alan Parsons Project (Instrumental)…
The Boss She'll let you in her house If you come knockin' late…
The Divine Comedy So much time, and so little to do I furnish my…
The Mighty Bard In the castle wild, I roll on my back Under skies…
Tom Cochrane And Damhnait Doyle She'll let you in her house If you come knocking at…
Tyrese Gibson Barry White Quincy Jones LL Cool J Tevin Campbell Usher & Robin Thicke Tell me a secret I don't just wanna know about any…
T´Pau There's more than a feeling than a differing mind to…
Usher So you hustle ?til the pain grows Fight until the needle…
V.A.Mocart Secretly I hurry to see you I've never felt as thrilled as…
Via Sacra Like a church without structures Like a prayer without feeli…
Wolf Patrick Turn the key Open Open Down down down Down down down Dow…
Yui Horie Everybody Dance! Party Night!! Everybody Sing! Party Night!!…
에이핑크 코끝이 간지러워 네 곁에만 있으면 눈이 감겨와 나른해져와 잠이 들것만 같아 살며시 널 안아볼까 쟈스민향이…
오마이걸 나의 비밀정원 난 아직도 긴 꿈을 꾸고 있어 그 어떤 이에게도 말하지…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Eddie Izzard:
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite For the benefit of Mr. Kite There will be a show…
Do You Think I'm Sexy She sits alone, waiting for suggestions. He's so nervous, av…
I She sits alone, waiting for suggestions. He's so nervous, a…
Logic and Human Sacrifice / Goat Slaughter / Conspiracies / The Prodigal Son Стой! Пока ещё не выключен свет Я хочу услышать ответ Скажи,…
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Romi Nili
Lyrics:
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Secret garden
I'll never know
Street sign in the rain, I love to watch it go
Once there was a way high then the low
I never stayed, goes and goes and goes
Taking back is all we ever do
All I want is something out of you
Taking back is all we every do
All I want is something out of you
Secret garden
I'll never know
Street sign in the rain, I love to watch it go
Once there was a way high then the low
I never stayed, goes and goes and goes
Taking back is all we ever do
All I want is something out of you
Taking back is all we every do
All I want is something out of you
Romi Nili
Lyrics:
————
Secret garden
I'll never know
Street sign in the rain, I love to watch it go
Once there was a way high then the low
I never stayed, goes and goes and goes
Taking back is all we ever do
All I want is something out of you
Taking back is all we every do
All I want is something out of you
Secret garden
I'll never know
Street sign in the rain, I love to watch it go
Once there was a way high then the low
I never stayed, goes and goes and goes
Taking back is all we ever do
All I want is something out of you
Taking back is all we every do
All I want is something out of you
Aviencloud
Thanks for your work romi <3 The lyrics is done~
Srushti Kotangale
This song sounds like fairytale, magic and peace. As if Resting your head on a loved one's arm after a long day. A paradise.
Qwork-qwork
i am best friends with the artist IRL. not sure which is the more beautiful, his music or his heart.
K Madhu
your soo lucky
archangel
I heard he is also friends with Grynpyret, another ridiculously talented artist who produces beautiful music
Keiz Rix
really can you tell him that i like this song so much :)
Naziha Here
Now I want a secret garden. It'll be filled with aesthetic girls and roses. Probably an aesthetic pond too.
Jack
how can i find more tracks like this, holy moly
cocolikoyeah
These are one of the times when the images, logo and songs work so harmoniously together ❤ ur playlist is soundtrip