The IT Crowd: Friendface
10:35 pm - 11:05 pm, Wednesday, February 11 on E4 Extra (31)
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Friendface
Season 3, Episode 5
Jen introduces the guys to a social networking website, but discovers some friends are better left in the past. Meanwhile, Roy does battle with the Joker and Moss asserts his masculinity by pretending to be Jen's husband. Comedy, starring Chris O'Dowd, Katherine Parkinson and Richard Ayoade
Movie/Drama
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Chris O'Dowd
(Actor)
.. Roy
Richard Ayoade
(Actor)
.. Moss
Katherine Parkinson
(Actor)
.. Jen
Matt Berry
(Actor)
.. Douglas
Claudia Harrison
(Actor)
.. Deline
Suzie Toase
(Actor)
.. Alison
James Tovell
(Actor)
.. Terry
Graham Linehan
(Director)
Ash Atalla
(Executive producer)
Richard Boden
(Series producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Chris O'Dowd
(Actor)
.. Roy
Born:
October 09, 1979
in
Boyle, Co Roscommon, Ireland
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Born in Boyle, Co Roscommon, Ireland, on October 9, 1979. He's the youngest of five children to a graphic designer and a psychotherapist. He didn't finish his politics and sociology degree at University College Dublin, prefering instead to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he met his future IT Crowd co-star Katherine Parkinson.
Career:
O'Dowd made his TV and film debuts in 2003, in an episode of Red Cap and Conspiracy of Silence respectively. Other early roles came in Vera Drake, Festival, The Clinic and Showbands. Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd made him a star in the UK, while the movies The Boat That Rocked, Dinner for Schmucks and Bridesmaids raised his profile in the US. He then created, wrote and starred in the sitcom Moone Boy, which is loosely based on his own childhood. More recently he appeared in the films The Sapphires, This Is 40 and St Vincent.
Quote:
"I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration."
Trivia:
Parts of the series Moone Boy were filmed in his hometown.
Richard Ayoade
(Actor)
.. Moss
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Born Richard Ellef Ayoade on June 12, 1977, in London. His mother is Norwegian, his father Nigerian, and Richard is their only child. The family left the capital when he was young and settled in Ipswich. He was interested in film from an early age, and wrote plays and sketches while still at school before landing a place at Cambridge to study law, where he met David Mitchell and joined the famous Footlights group. On leaving university he spent two years writing for TV sketch shows and attempting to become a stand-up comedian.
Career:
Ayoade's breakthrough came when he and Matthew Holness created fictional horror author Garth Merenghi; a stage show featuring the character won the Perrier Award, which was followed by the Channel 4 series Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Ayoade went on to appear in The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley, Bunny and the Bull, and The IT Crowd. He made his big-screen directorial debut with the acclaimed Submarine (which he also wrote, adapting it from the novel by Joe Dunthorne), and has since directed The Double as well as numerous music videos for acts such as the Arctic Monkeys, Super Furry Animals, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kasabian. He's was a team captain on Channel 4 panel show Was It Something I Said? and took over as host of Gadget Man from Stephen Fry.
Quote:
"I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'"
Trivia:
Here's Ayoade's tips for aspiring directors: "Try not to get depressed. You need to be healthy so don't get a cold. Get comfortable shoes because you don't sit down for two months."
Katherine Parkinson
(Actor)
.. Jen
Born:
March 09, 1978
in
Cambridge
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Born in 1972, Katherine studied at Tiffin Girls' School in London and then read Classics at St Hilda's College, Oxford before moving to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she met Chris O'Dowd, her fellow lead in The IT Crowd lead, for the first time. During her studies she left the course to star in the play The Age of Consent.
Career:
While originally intending to pursue a career as a serious actress, her comic abilities saw her quickly noticed by talent scouts. She landed a role in ITV's Doc Marten before The IT Crowd came along. Other recent roles include hit movie The Boat That Rocked and sitcom The Old Guys. She also has several theatre credits.
Quote:
"I always say I owe Lamda so much. It's about 10 grand."
Trivia:
She was awarded the Best Television Comedy Actress award at the British Comedy Awards in December 2009.
Matt Berry
(Actor)
.. Douglas
Born:
May 02, 1974
in
Bromham, Bedfordshire
Best Known For:
The IT Crowd.
Early-life:
Matthew Charles Berry was born in Bromham, Bedfordshire, on May 2, 1974 to Pauline and Charles. He has an older sister called Johanna. He claims he spent a lot of time visiting London as a child, and knew it was where he wanted to spend his life. Despite this, he studied contemporary art at Nottingham Trent University. He met Noel Fielding through a friend while still at university, and worked at the London Dungeon after graduating.
Career:
Berry's first taste of TV was in the late 1990s on video game magazine show Game Over on satellite computer and technology channel .tv. His first prominent TV role was playing Todd Rivers/Dr Lucien Sanchez in the Channel 4 comedy series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and its spin-off Man to Man with Dean Learner. His other TV credits include The Mighty Boosch, Saxondale, The Peter Serafinowicz Show and The Sarah Silverman Program. He is best known for playing Douglas Reynholm in The IT Crowd. More recently, Berry has starred in Five Daughters, Toast of London and House of Fools. He is also an accomplished musician and has released several albums.
Quote:
On wearing a moustache for Toast of London: "I had it for six weeks and was embarrassed to go out or do anything normal because blokes don't have big taches."
Trivia:
Berry has provided voiceovers for a number of products on radio and TV, including Absolute Radio.
Claudia Harrison
(Actor)
.. Deline
Suzie Toase
(Actor)
.. Alison
James Tovell
(Actor)
.. Terry
Graham Linehan
(Director)
Ash Atalla
(Executive producer)
Richard Boden
(Series producer)
