![]() On the soundtrack for the movie he sings, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. He recently appeared in the critically acclaimed movie/musical "Across the Universe" based on the music of the Beatles. As the series begins, Dahlia has just been released from jail, and the Malloys decide to start a new life with their children as law-abiding suburbanites in Louisiana. Izzard and British actress Minnie Driver star as a married couple, Wayne and Dahlia Malloy, who have been part of a caravan of con-artist Irish travellers swindling their way across the States. television network F/X announced the production of a new drama series (co-written by Izzard) called The Riches. He only rarely appears on television, as he says it uses up material at too high a rate, whereas stage material can be continually re-used in front of different audiences for several months. However, his 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. ![]() After the British leg of the tour, he took Definite Article to major cities outside the UK including a successful stint in New York City. ![]() His stand-up work brought him British Comedy Awards in 1993 (for Live at the Ambassadors) and 1996 (for Definite Article). He refined his material throughout the '80's, and in the early '90s, he finally began earning some measure of recognition, though originally he did not perform in women's clothing. Having spent a great deal of the 1980's working as a street performer in Europe and the United States, Izzard moved his act into the standup comedy venues in Britain, first appearing at The Comedy Store in London in 1987. He began to toy with stand-up at college and, after being ingloriously kicked out of school, he took his act to the streets. He drew particular comfort from the works of Monty Python, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, and the early Benny Hill. Izzard found some degree of solace in comedy after the death of his mother. His mother died in March, 1968, of cancer. He 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. In 1963, shortly before Britain abandoned the capital of Aden, the Izzards moved to Northern Ireland. Izzard was born in Aden, Yemen, as the youngest son of John and Ella Izzard. He has turned his attention to acting as well as maintaining his demanding touring schedule. He has a very individual style of rambling, surreal monologue. Edward John Izzard (born February 7, 1962) is a British stand-up comedian and actor.
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