Biography

Chris Addison is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He is known for his lecture-style comedy shows, two of which he later adapted for BBC Radio 4. In addition to stand-up, in television he plays Ollie in the BBC 2 television satire The Thick of It and Toby in its spin-off film In the Loop, and he co-created and starred in the BBC 2 sitcom Lab Rats. In radio he hosts the weekly comedy news satire show 7 Day Sunday on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Known For

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Simon Howler

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Colin

The Look of Love

Tony Power

In the Loop

Toby Wright

The Academy of Armando

Self

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven

Seb

The Rise of the Nutters

Oliver Reeder

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

Self