(1964-05-28) 28 May 1964 (age 60) Troy, New York, U.S.
Medium
Film
stand-up
television
Nationality
British
American[1]
Alma mater
King's College, Cambridge
Years active
1984–present
Genres
Satire
observational comedy
Subject(s)
Human interaction
sex
football
religion
Spouse
Morwenna Banks
(m. 2017)
Children
2
David Lionel BaddielFRSL (/bəˈdiːl/; born 28 May 1964) is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, author and singer. He became known for his early work alongside Rob Newman in The Mary Whitehouse Experience and later for his comedy partnership with Frank Skinner.
He has written the children's books The Parent Agency, The Person Controller, AniMalcolm, Birthday Boy, Head Kid, and The Taylor TurboChaser. He is also a lyricist on "Three Lions," a song that has been described as the de facto "anthem" of English football since 1996.
^"Radcliffe and Maconie – David Baddiel chats about writing scripts for Thunderbirds". BBC. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
David Lionel Baddiel FRSL (/bəˈdiːl/; born 28 May 1964) is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, author and singer. He became known for his early...
in Jews Don't Count, a 2022 documentary by British Jewish comedian DavidBaddiel on the subject of antisemitism. Schwimmer's contribution, in which he...
Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned is a British free-form television talk show hosted by comedians DavidBaddiel and Frank Skinner and produced by Avalon Television...
Saturday mornings and later released as a weekly podcast. Along with DavidBaddiel, he provided vocals and wrote the lyrics for "Three Lions", the official...
is a patron of the Drama Express charity. Banks and fellow comedian DavidBaddiel have been together since 1998 and have been married since 2017. They...
Relief Gala at the Hammersmith Apollo. Participants included comedian DavidBaddiel and English actor Jeremy Edwards whose genitals were exposed to more...
Newman and Baddiel in Pieces is a sketch comedy television show written by and starring comedians Robert Newman and DavidBaddiel, produced by Harry Thompson...
Spitting Image Productions. It starred two comedy double acts, one being DavidBaddiel and Rob Newman, the other Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. All four comedians...
are well known for their single "Three Lions", a collaboration with DavidBaddiel and Frank Skinner which reached No. 1 in the UK in 1996 and 2018, with...
Football League (TV series), a British television programme hosted by DavidBaddiel and Frank Skinner The Fantasy Footballers, a sports podcast hosted by...
Newman and Baddiel were a comedy partnership of the 1990s consisting of British stand-up comics Robert Newman and DavidBaddiel. Both graduated from Cambridge...
The Parent Agency is a children's fiction novel written by DavidBaddiel and illustrated by Jim Field. It was published on 9 October 2014 by HarperCollins...
most senior heart surgeon, it is instead revealed his passenger is DavidBaddiel (from his own sketch in the show); who indignantly replies "No, I am...
Channel 4 the following year. The contestants for this series were DavidBaddiel, Ed Gamble, Jo Brand, Katy Wix and Rose Matafeo; due to illness, Wix...
interview on BBC Radio 6 Music's Radcliffe & Maconie radio programme, DavidBaddiel described Dave Gavurin as his "oldest mate" and stated that "they [Dave...
football teams, while being made fun of by hosts Frank Skinner and DavidBaddiel. He also appeared in the Rowan Atkinson comedy film Bean in 1997 and...
references David Bowie. The episode aired shortly after his death. Channel 4 noted that this episode was filmed before the death of David Bowie. Claudia...