--- name: "Suzy Eddie Izzard" canonical: "https://film.one/person/suzy-eddie-izzard" fi1m_id: "suzy-eddie-izzard" imdb_id: "nm0412850" tmdb_id: 1926 wikidata_id: "Q254022" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 February 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 11 average_fi1m_score: 64 average_as: "actor" average_over: 10 updated: "2026-10-05T05:38:37.480542+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Suzy Eddie Izzard ## Identity Suzy Eddie Izzard - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/suzy-eddie-izzard - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** suzy-eddie-izzard - **IMDb ID:** nm0412850 - **TMDB ID:** 1926 - **Wikidata ID:** Q254022 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Izzard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1926 Actor. Born 7 February 1962 in Aden, Aden Colony [now Yemen]. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 February 1962, Aden, Aden Colony [now Yemen] - **Active:** 1998–present - **Also known as:** Suzy, Suzy Izzard, Edward John Izzard, Edward Izzard, Eddie Izzard - **Titles on Fi1m:** 11: 10 acting, 1 other - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 10 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 60 (3), 2010s 67 (5), 2020s 57 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 59 across 10 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 4 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Crime 3, Family 3, Thriller 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2 - **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,416m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Izzard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254022, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1926 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Hannibal*](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md) (81) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years*](https://film.one/film/the-beatles-eight-days-a-week-the-touring-years.md) (71) - **Disney+:** [*The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian*](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md) (58) - **AMC+:** [*Six Minutes to Midnight*](https://film.one/film/six-minutes-to-midnight.md) (47) - **Pluto TV:** [*Absolutely Anything*](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md) (34) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Suzy Eddie Izzard > On screen Izzard is a supporting player, handed the manager, the officer, the killer, and playing them with a stand-up's ear for where a sentence should stop. The films are the sideline. The main event has always been a stage with nobody else on it. Look for Izzard in a film and you will usually find her at the edge of the frame, in charge of somebody. In *Velvet Goldmine* (1998) she is Jerry Devine, a manager with plans for a glam-rock star. In *Valkyrie* (2008) she is Erich Fellgiebel, an officer inside the plot against Hitler. In *Ocean's Twelve* (2004) she is Roman Nagel, one more expert in a heist that already has plenty. The casting has been consistent: the eccentric, the villain, the person with a plan for other people. Directors have not been wrong to do it. What they get is a performer who learned on the street and in the clubs in the mid-1980s exactly how long a line can be held before it dies, because there nobody is obliged to keep listening. The career came in that order: stand-up first, then a television slot on *Hysteria III* in 1991 that got her noticed, solo West End shows from 1993, a first straight stage part in 1994, and only then film, with *The Secret Agent* (1996) and Todd Haynes's *Velvet Goldmine* two years later. Television followed in longer stretches, *The Riches* (2007–08) and then *Hannibal* (2013–15), where she is Dr Abel Gideon, a serial killer in Bryan Fuller's series. We liked both of the titles we have reviewed, and in both the interest lies elsewhere: in Haynes's clothes, which do half the storytelling, and in Fuller's dinner table. Izzard is part of the furniture of films whose main business is somewhere else. That is not a complaint about the acting so much as a description of the parts. The thing she does better than almost anyone is not available to a supporting player: the long, wandering monologue that doubles back on itself, takes a detour through history or nonsense, and lands. We have laughed at *Dress to Kill* (1998) until we lost the thread entirely and could not have told you afterwards what it was about, which is the point. No film has had the patience to let her do that, and the mainstream comedies, *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006) among them, gave her the least room of all. The answer has been the stage. She led a Broadway revival of *A Day in the Death of Joe Egg* in 2003 as Bri, and has since taken to solo adaptations, playing every part herself, *Great Expectations* in 2023 the most recent we know of. Some still see the comic first and the actor second, and she knows it. "I'm going for it like crazy. I've been playing a long game," she said in 2023. If you want to see what she can do, the films will show you a corner of it. For the rest you will have to buy a ticket. ## Biography Suzy Eddie Izzard (born Edward John Izzard) is a British stand-up comedian and actor. Born on 7 February 1962 in Aden, Yemen, Izzard began performing stand-up in the 1980s and gained prominence with shows including Definite Article (1996), Glorious (1997) and Dress to Kill (1998). Izzard made a film debut in The Secret Agent (1996) and appeared as Jerry Devine in Velvet Goldmine (1998). Subsequent roles include Roman Nagel in Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen (2007), voice work in Cars 2 (2011) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), and appearances in Valkyrie (2008) and Hannibal (2013). Izzard has received two Emmy Awards for Dress to Kill and a Tony Award nomination for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2003). Izzard is also known for charity marathons and political activism with the Labour Party. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (11) ### Performed in (10) — the average rests on these - *KAOS* (2024), Fi1m 67, as Lachy — [page](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md) - *Six Minutes to Midnight* (2020), Fi1m 47, as Thomas Miller — [page](https://film.one/film/six-minutes-to-midnight.md) - *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (2019), Fi1m 76, as Cadia (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md) - *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Voldemort (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md) - *Absolutely Anything* (2015), Fi1m 34, as Headmaster — [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md) - *Hannibal* (2013), Fi1m 81, as Dr. Abel Gideon — [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md) - *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Reepicheep — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md) - *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Roman Nagel — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md) - *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), Fi1m 58, as Roman Nagel — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md) - *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Fi1m 81, as Jerry Devine — [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years* (2016), Fi1m 71, as Herself — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beatles-eight-days-a-week-the-touring-years.md) ## Complete filmography (95) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Watson* (2025), series, as Sebastian Moran - *KAOS* (2024), series, as Lachy — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/kaos.md) - *Midas Man* (2024), as Allan Williams - *Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps* (2024), as The Sheep (voice) - *Culprits* (2023), series, as Vincent Hawkes - *Doctor Jekyll* (2023), as Dr. Nina Jekyll / Rachel Hyde - *History Told by Socks!* (2023), as Le Moine anglais (voix) - *Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat* (2023), as Angus Scattergood (voice) - *Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration* (2022), Actor - *Stay Close* (2021), series, as Harry Sutton - *Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol* (2021), series, as Peter - *Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar* (2021), Writer - *Six Minutes to Midnight* (2020), as Thomas Miller · Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/six-minutes-to-midnight.md) - *The High Note* (2020), as Dan Deakins - *The Song of Names* (2019), as Radio Presenter - *Green Eggs and Ham* (2019), series, as Snerz (voice) - *Abominable* (2019), as Burnish (voice) - *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (2019), series, as Cadia (voice) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md) - *Get Duked!* (2019), as The Duke · Executive Producer - *The Flip Side* (2018), as Henry - *Victoria & Abdul* (2017), as Bertie, Prince of Wales - *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017), as Voldemort (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-batman-movie.md) - *Rock Dog* (2016), as Angus Scattergood (voice) - *Whisky Galore* (2016), as Captain Wagget - *Day Out of Days* (2015), as Dag - *Boychoir* (2015), as Drake - *Powers* (2015), series, as Wolfe - *Absolutely Anything* (2015), as Headmaster — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md) - *Castles in the Sky* (2014), as Robert Watson Watt - *Monty Python Live (Mostly)* (2014), as Special Guest Bruce - *Eddie Izzard: Force Majeure Live* (2013), Writer - *Hannibal* (2013), series, as Dr. Abel Gideon — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md) - *What About Dick?* (2012), as Deepak Rushdie Obi Ben Kingsley - *30 Years of Comic Strip* (2012), Actor - *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), as Grandpa - *Mockingbird Lane* (2012), series, as Grandpa - *Bullet in the Face* (2012), series, as Johann Tannhauser - *Treasure Island* (2012), series, as Long John Silver - *Treasure Island* (2012), as Silver - *Lost Christmas* (2011), as Anthony - *Cars 2* (2011), as Sir Miles Axlerod (voice) - *Eddie Izzard - Stripped : Tout en français* (2011), as Eddie Izzard · Writer - *Eddie Izzard: Live at Madison Square Garden* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer - *ZULU Comedy Galla* (2010), series, as Eddie Izzard - *Every Day* (2010), as Garrett - *The Day of the Triffids* (2009), series, as Torrence - *Eddie Izzard: Stripped* (2009), as Eddie Izzard · Writer - *Eddie Izzard: Live from Wembley* (2009), Writer - *Rage* (2009), as Tiny Diamonds - *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as James Thrush — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md) - *Valkyrie* (2008), as Erich Fellgiebel - *The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008* (2008), Actor - *Igor* (2008), as Dr. Schadenfreude (voice) - *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), as Reepicheep — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md) - *Across the Universe* (2007), as Mr. Kite - *Kitchen* (2007), as Nick Malone - *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), as Roman Nagel — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md) - *The Riches* (2007), series, as Wayne Malloy · Executive Producer - *Kitchen* (2007), series, as Nick Malone - *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), as Professor Bedlam - *The Wild* (2006), as Nigel (voice) - *Romance & Cigarettes* (2005), as Gene Vincent - *Comic Aid* (2005), Actor - *Ocean's Twelve* (2004), as Roman Nagel — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-twelve.md) - *Five Children and It* (2004), as It - *Blueberry* (2004), as Prosit - *Eddie Izzard: Sexie* (2003), Writer - *40* (2003), series, as Ralph Outen - *Eddie Izzard: Circle* (2002), Writer - *Eddie Izzard: Dress to Circle* (2002), Writer - *Revengers Tragedy* (2002), as Lussurioso - *The Cat's Meow* (2002), as Charlie Chaplin - *A Day in the Death of Joe Egg* (2002), as Bri - *All the Queen's Men* (2001), as Tony - *Shadow of the Vampire* (2000), as Gustav von Wangenhein - *Circus* (2000), as Troy - *The Criminal* (1999), as Peter Hume - *Mystery Men* (1999), as Tony P - *Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill* (1999), Writer - *Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years* (1999), Actor - *Rex the Runt* (1998), series, as Melting Blob Man (voice), Easter Island Head (voice) - *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), as Jerry Devine — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md) - *The Avengers* (1998), as Bailey - *Eddie Izzard: Glorious* (1997), Writer - *The Secret Agent* (1996), as Vladimir - *Eddie Izzard: Definite Article* (1996), Writer - *Hanging Around* (1996), as Psychiatrist - *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor - *Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing* (1995), as Socrates - *Open Fire* (1994), as Rich - *Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable* (1994), Writer, Producer - *Filth!* (1994), Writer - *Eddie Izzard: Live at the Ambassadors* (1993), Writer - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Queen Elizabeth II / Prince Charles (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Warhol Evans ## Gallery - ![Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-8766de3981ec.jpg) Suzy Eddie Izzard — Giuseppe Sollazzo, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Eddie_Izzard_comes_to_Crouch_End.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Blinked just as I took the shot! (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-11014c48f885.jpg) Blinked just as I took the shot! (2016) — Garry Knight, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/2016-09-03_Eddie_Izzard.jpg/1280px-2016-09-03_Eddie_Izzard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Eddie Izzard at The Lyric Theatre, 2nd December 2008](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-03defe998460.jpg) Eddie Izzard at The Lyric Theatre, 2nd December 2008 — Nickjwebb (talk), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/EddieIzzard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Eddie Izzard at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-4dea268c70ce.jpg) Eddie Izzard at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013 (2014) — Christopher William Adach from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Eddie_Izzard_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-5e6983802315.jpg) Suzy Eddie Izzard — Image via TMDB - ![Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-2d81f41f39d2.jpg) Suzy Eddie Izzard — Image via TMDB - ![Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-8bb45f0b18a1.jpg) Suzy Eddie Izzard — Image via TMDB - ![Eddie Izzard at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-f058daafce16.jpg) Eddie Izzard at the 2013 British Comedy Awards, 12 December 2013 (2014) — Christopher William Adach from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Eddie_Izzard_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Eddie Izzard and Sarah Sackman at The Bohemia, North Finchley, April 2015](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-45426937b786.jpg) Eddie Izzard and Sarah Sackman at The Bohemia, North Finchley, April 2015 — No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Eddie_Izzard_and_Sarah_Sackman_at_The_Bohemia%2C_North_Finchley%2C_April_2015_01.jpg/1280px-Eddie_Izzard_and_Sarah_Sackman_at_The_Bohemia%2C_North_Finchley%2C_April_2015_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-cdb18bd0d1f0.jpg) Suzy Eddie Izzard — Image via TMDB - ![Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-0822b8bd198c.jpg) Suzy Eddie Izzard — Image via TMDB - ![Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://film.one/media/person/88155/gallery-24a54a0b2ea4.jpg) Suzy Eddie Izzard — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won - 2000: Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (won), for *Dress to Kill* - 2000: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (won), for *Dress to Kill* ### Other awards — 5 won, 2 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2018: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Victoria and Abdul* - honorary doctorate 2018: honorary doctorate (won) - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 2003: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (won) - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 2003: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (nominated) - Theatre World Special Award 1998: Theatre World Special Award (won) - British Comedy Awards 1996: British Comedy Awards (won) - British Comedy Awards 1993: British Comedy Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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