Biography

Born in London to a British father (the writer and wine critic Nigel Buxton) and Chilean mother, Adam Buxton is an English comedian, writer and actor.

Buxton's comedy career began with a move from music to stage, when he performed character-driven stand-up comedy at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe with his show 'I, Pavel'. Following this early success, in 2006 he starred as a future version of himself in the BBC Two comedy series Time Trumpet. 2007 saw a brief cameo role in Edgar Wright's much-loved comedy film Hot Fuzz and an appearance in the BBC Three comedy sketch show Rush Hour, in which he played a wide range of different characters. He has even appeared in the major feature film Stardust (2007), deputising for Noel Fielding, who fell ill on the day of filming.

Buxton also forms one half of the duo Adam and Joe, with filmmaker Joe Cornish. From 1996 to 2001, the pair made The Adam And Joe Show for Channel 4, a 'homemade' sketch show - apparently from the double-act's bedsit, that featured a range of pared-back, stripped-down sketches and routines satirising 90s popular culture - including stuffed toys and Star Wars action figures, and the experiences of youth culture as seen through the eyes of Adam's father Nigel, better known as 'Baaad Dad', played by his actual father.

Together, the duo presented Adam And Joe on BBC Radio 6 Music, with Buxton also hosting his own show on 6 Music on Sundays, entitled Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape.

Buxton attended the University of Warwick for only two terms, eventually dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art instead.

Alongside this musical career, in 2012 he released his Sky Atlantic TV show Adam Buxton's BUG, which ran for one series. Here, Buxton would scrutinise popular videos and investigate strange, wonderful, and otherwise laugh-out-loud comments left by often anonymous internet users. Since the end of this show, Buxton has hosted live events entitled Bug, which showcase a selection of brilliant or otherworldly music videos that he presents at the BFI Southbank in London. He analyses this videos with a computer, making amusing remarks along the way to explain a wealth of music videos through their absurd and often ludicrous YouTube comments. In his own words: "I add bits and pieces of my own stuff from my laptop in between the music vids that might take the form of a song or a video I've made or might just be a selection of comments that You Tubers have left beneath a video."

Alongside appearances on various comedy panel shows such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Would I Lie To You?, he is a favourite in Dictionary Corner on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, where, as in "BUG", he often dissects YouTube comments for their weird and wonderful insights onto the world.

He has played the role of Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach in one episode of Drunk History, and since 2015 has produced the successful The Adam Buxton Podcast, a weekly series featuring interviews with comedians (such as Charlie Brooker and Joe Cornish), and other public figures such as Jon Ronson, Louis Theroux, and Michael Palin.