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After leaving his accountancy degree course, he and Ballard took their act to the streets, often in Covent Garden. Izzard began to toy with comedy at the University of Sheffield, with student friend Rob Ballard. He said that he knew he was a transgender person at the age of four, after watching another boy being forced to wear a dress by his sisters, and knew he wanted to be an actor at the age of seven. Following his mother's death, Izzard attended boarding schools such as St John's School in Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, as well as St Bede's Prep School and Eastbourne College. He and his brother built a model railway to occupy their time while their mother was ill (it was donated to Bexhill Museum in 2016). Izzard's mother died of cancer when Izzard was six and his brother, Mark, was eight. The family then moved to Wales, where they lived in Skewen, West Glamorgan.

When Izzard was one year old, the family moved to Northern Ireland, settling in Bangor, County Down and living there until Izzard was five. His mother was a midwife and nurse, while his father was an accountant who was working in Aden with British Petroleum at the time of Izzard's birth. The family name is of French Huguenot origin.

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2.2 Theatrical, TV and film appearancesĮdward John Izzard was born on 7 February 1962 in the Colony of Aden, the younger son of English parents Dorothy Ella and Harold John Michael Izzard.

He twice attempted to be elected for a seat on Labour's National Executive Committee, and when Christine Shawcroft resigned in March 2018, he automatically took her place. Izzard has campaigned for various causes and has been a Labour party activist for most of his life. Izzard is openly 'straight transvestite'having cross-dressed both on and offstage. Izzard's website won the Yahoo People's Choice Award and earned the Webby Award. He has won numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for his comedy special Dress to Kill, in 2000. In 2009, he completed 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief despite having no prior history of long-distance running. Izzard has cited his main comedy role model as Monty Python, and John Cleeseonce referred to him as the 'Lost Python'. He has also worked as a voice actor in The Wild, Igor, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Cars 2 and The Lego Batman Movie.

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He had a starring role in the television series The Riches as Wayne Malloy and has appeared in films such as Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, Mystery Men, Shadow of the Vampire, The Cat's Meow, Across the Universe, Valkyrie and Victoria & Abdul. His comedic style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue, and self-referential pantomime. Edward John Izzard (/ˈɪzɑːrd/ born 7 February 1962) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer and political activist.

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