Chris Addison

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Chris Addison
Addison at the UK Social Enterprise Awards, 2018
Birth name	Christopher David Addison
Born	(1971-11-05) 5 November 1971 (age 53) Cardiff, Wales, UK
Education	University of Birmingham (BA)
Years active	1995–present
Genres	Observational, satire
Children	2
Notable works and roles	The Thick of It Lab Rats Mock the Week 7 Day Sunday Skins Veep

Christopher David Addison (born 5 November 1971)^[1] is a British comedian, writer, actor, and director. He was a panellist on several editions of TV comedy panel show Mock the Week. He is known for lecture-style comedy shows, two of which he later adapted for BBC Radio 4.

In addition to stand-up, Addison played Ollie Reeder in the BBC Two satire series The Thick of It (2005–2012) and Toby Wright in its spin-off film In the Loop (2009), starred in the Sky Living comedy-drama Trying Again (2014) and appeared in three episodes of series 8 of Doctor Who. He co-created and starred in the BBC Two sitcom Lab Rats (2008). On radio, he previously hosted the weekly comedy news satire show 7-Day Sunday on BBC Radio 5 Live from 2009 to 2010. In 2020 he co-created the FX parental-comedy series Breeders starring Martin Freeman.