“When you're a kid, and someone's an artist, you think of Leonardo da Vinci. You don't think that's a job; you just think of a man with a beard, painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.”

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.