“I was quite a shy kid, but I was quite funny at school, and I was really into art. In our class, there were two of us who were good at drawing, and my teacher was like, 'He's going to make a wonderful artist one day, and Noel can make everyone laugh.'”

English comedian, actor, writer, television personality, and artist

Noel Fielding is an English comedian, actor, writer, television personality, and artist. He came to wider attention in the late 1990s as part of the comedy troupe The Mighty Boosh. He is known for dark, surreal comedy and for work that crosses performance, writing, television, and visual art. His public image is closely tied to an offbeat comic sensibility, with material and appearances that often lean toward the strange, playful, and unexpected.