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Armando Iannucci
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 28, 1963 (61 years)
Armando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish-Italian comedian, satirist, writer, director, performer and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy.
Rising quickly through BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series On the Hour was transferred to television as The Day Today. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, went on to feature in a number of Iannucci's television and radio programmes including Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge. In the meantime, Iannucci also fronted the satirical Armistice review shows and in 2001 created his most personal work, The Armando Iannucci Shows for Channel 4.
Moving back to the BBC in 2005, Iannucci created the political sitcom The Thick of It as well as the spoof documentary Time Trumpet in 2006. Winning funding from the UK Film Council, he directed a critically acclaimed feature film In the Loop featuring characters from The Thick of It in 2009. As a result of these works, he has been being described by The Daily Telegraph as "the hardman of political satire".[2] Other works during this period include a operetta libretto, Skin Deep and his radio series Charm Offensive. He is currently working on a U.S. political satire for HBO called Veep.
Rising quickly through BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4, his early work with Chris Morris on the radio series On the Hour was transferred to television as The Day Today. A character from this series, Alan Partridge, went on to feature in a number of Iannucci's television and radio programmes including Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge. In the meantime, Iannucci also fronted the satirical Armistice review shows and in 2001 created his most personal work, The Armando Iannucci Shows for Channel 4.
Moving back to the BBC in 2005, Iannucci created the political sitcom The Thick of It as well as the spoof documentary Time Trumpet in 2006. Winning funding from the UK Film Council, he directed a critically acclaimed feature film In the Loop featuring characters from The Thick of It in 2009. As a result of these works, he has been being described by The Daily Telegraph as "the hardman of political satire".[2] Other works during this period include a operetta libretto, Skin Deep and his radio series Charm Offensive. He is currently working on a U.S. political satire for HBO called Veep.
Known For
Armando Iannucci Filmography
| 2025 | National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield · as Screenplay |
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Veep (TV Series) |
| 2010 | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (TV Series) |
| 2009 | In the Loop · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Time Trumpet (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Thick of It (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Gash (TV Series) |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows (TV Series) |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Friday Night Armistice (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV Series) |
| 1994 | The Day Today (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Avenue 5 (TV Series) |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2012 | Veep (TV Series) |
| 2010 | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (TV Series) |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Time Trumpet (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Thick of It (TV Series) |
| 2004 | |
| 2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows (TV Series) |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series) |
| 2024 | The Franchise (2024) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Avenue 5 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2013 | Alan Partridge · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Hunderby (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | Veep (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Genius (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Lab Rats (2008) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | The Thick of It · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Time Trumpet (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Thick of It (TV Series) |
| 2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows (TV Series) |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | I'm Alan Partridge (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV Series) |
| 1994 | The Day Today (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Can Elon Musk Rule the World? · as Self |
| 2024 | Art Matters · as Self |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Billy Connolly: It's Been a Pleasure · as Self |
| 2018 | Peston (TV Series) · as Self - Writer And Director |
| 2018 | Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Michael Palin: A Life on Screen · as Self |
| 2017 | Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How and Whom? · as Himself |
| 2017 | Front Row Late (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Russell Howard Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Frankie Boyle's New World Order (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 2016 | Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels · as Himself |
| 2015 | The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2014 | The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | The Last Leg (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Fry's Planet Word (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | You Have Been Watching (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Q+A (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Have I Got a Bit More News for You (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 2007 | Comic Relief 2007: The Big One · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Sunday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | 2004: The Stupid Version · as Self |
| 2003 | Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Gash (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2003 | This Week (2003) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Daily Politics (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Timeshift (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | The Armando Iannucci Shows (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | The Wright Stuff (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Panelist |
| 1998 | Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt · as Self |
| 1998 | The Greatest (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Light Lunch (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Newsnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Question Time (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Time Trumpet (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Where's Elvis This Week? (TV Series) |
| 1995 | The Friday Night Armistice (TV Series) |
| 1994 | The Day Today (TV Series) · as Hellwyn Ballard |
| 2020 | Avenue 5 (TV Series) · as Story |
| 2012 | Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life · as Written By |
| 2011 | Time Trumpet · as Series Creator |
| 2004 | 2004: The Stupid Version · as Devised By |
| 2003 | More Great Comedy Moments · as Producer: "knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge" |
| 2003 | More Great Comedy Moments · as Written By: "knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge" |