Editing Eddie Izzard (section)

===Acting===
In 1994, Izzard's [[West End theatre|West End drama]] debut as the lead in the world premiere of [[David Mamet]]'s ''[[The Cryptogram]]'' with [[Lindsay Duncan]], in the production at London's Comedy Theatre. The success of that role led to a second starring role, in David Beaird's black comedy ''900 Oneonta''. In 1995, she portrayed the title character in [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s ''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre--another-piece-of-the-puzzle-paul-taylor-on-david-mamets-the-cryptogram-with-lindsay-duncan-and-the-comedian-eddie-izzard-1410874.html |location=London |work=The Independent |first=Paul |last=Taylor |title=THEATRE / Another piece of the puzzle: Paul Taylor on David Mamet's The Cryptogram, with Lindsay Duncan and the comedian Eddie Izzard |date=1 July 1994}}</ref>

In 1998, Izzard appeared briefly on stage with [[Monty Python]] in ''The American Film Institute's Tribute to Monty Python'' (also referred to as ''[[Monty Python Live at Aspen]]''). As part of an inside joke, she walked on stage with the five surviving Pythons and was summarily escorted off by [[Eric Idle]] and [[Michael Palin]] when attempting to participate in a discussion about how the group got together.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/monty-python-live-at-aspen-1998 |title=Monty Python&nbsp;– Live At Aspen&nbsp;– 1998 |publisher=British Classic Comedy |date=8 April 2014 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> In July 2014, she appeared on stage with Monty Python during their live show ''[[Monty Python Live (Mostly)]]'' as the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch.<ref>{{cite news |title='Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down Five to Go' - Celebrity Blackmail |url=http://www.montypython.com/news_Celebrity-Blackmail/72 |access-date=20 August 2019 |agency=Monty Python.com}}</ref>
[[File:Eddie Izzard 2013 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|upright|Izzard in 2013]]

Izzard portrayed comedian [[Lenny Bruce]] in the 1999 production of Julian Barry's 1971 play ''Lenny''. In 2001, she replaced [[Clive Owen]] in [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]' 1967 play ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' at the [[Comedy Theatre]]. Izzard and [[Victoria Hamilton]] repeated their lead roles when the show was brought to Broadway in 2003 in the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] production. The revival received four [[Tony Award]] nominations, including Best Revival of a Play, Best Leading Actor and Best Leading Actress for its stars Izzard and Hamilton in their Broadway debuts, and Best Direction for Laurence Boswell. In June 2010, she replaced [[James Spader]] in the role of Jack Lawson in [[David Mamet]]'s play ''[[Race (play)|Race]]'' on Broadway.<ref name="nytimes_brantley"/>

Izzard has appeared in numerous films, starting with ''[[The Secret Agent (1996 film)|The Secret Agent]]'' in 1996, and has appeared as several real-life individuals, including [[Charlie Chaplin]] in ''The Cat's Meow'', actor [[Gustav von Wangenheim]] in ''[[Shadow of the Vampire]],'' General [[Erich Fellgiebel]] in ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'' and wartime pioneer of [[radar]] [[Robert Watson-Watt]] in the BBC drama film ''[[Castles in the Sky (film)|Castles in the Sky]]''. Other roles have included Mr Kite in ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'', Lussurioso in ''[[Revengers Tragedy]]'' and criminal expert [[List of characters from the Ocean's Trilogy#Roman Nagel|Roman Nagel]] in ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen''. Her voice work has included the titular "It" in ''[[Five Children and It (2004 film)|Five Children and It]]'', Nigel in ''The Wild'' and the mouse warrior [[Reepicheep]] in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]''. Izzard declined to reprise the role as Reepicheep, a role understudied by [[Simon Pegg]] in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''. Izzard has stated that she felt she learned to act while working on the film ''[[Circus (2000 film)|Circus]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.acast.com/distractionpieces/eddieizzard-distractionpiecespodcastwithscroobiuspip-168 |title=Eddie Izzard&nbsp;— Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #168 {{!}} Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip on acast |last=acast |date=12 September 2017 |work=acast |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref>

In 2009, Izzard was the subject of [[Sarah Townsend]]'s documentary ''Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wyfvt |website=[[BBC Two]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> which addresses [[BBC]]'s [[Watchdog (TV programme)|Watchdog]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Watchdog |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74 |website=[[BBC One]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> reporting<ref name="Double-2013-Stand-Up">{{cite book |last=Double |first=Oliver |title=Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy |date=16 December 2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-7770-9 |page=426 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHwfAgAAQBAJ&q=1999+Weekend+Watchdog+Eddie+Izzard+55+count |language=en |quote=but in 1999, the consumer programme Weekend Watchdog was contacted by punters complaining that Eddie Izzard's}}</ref> of "recycling material from an old tour".<ref name="independent.co.uk-2164715">{{cite news |last=Sutcliffe |first=Tom |title=The Weekend's TV: Believe: the Eddie Izzard Story, Sat |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/weekend-s-tv-believe-eddie-izzard-story-sat-bbc2little-crackers-sun-sky-1-2164715.html |access-date=25 October 2021 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=20 December 2010 |language=en |quote=Sarah Townsend's intriguing film about the comedian began with a snippy and ill-informed report on the consumer programme, which accused him of recycling material from an old tour.}}</ref><ref name="independent.co.uk-2162947">{{cite news |last=Burrell |first=Ian |title=Tears are never far from ruining the make-up of Eddie Izzard |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/tears-are-never-far-from-ruining-the-make-up-of-eddie-izzard-2162947.html |access-date=25 October 2021 |work=The Independent |date=16 December 2010 |language=en |quote=At least that has been the case since 2000, when Anne Robinson and the BBC's Watchdog threw a spanner into the works.}}</ref><ref name="auntiemomo">{{cite web |last=Nierva |first=Lyn |title=An Open Letter To Eddie Izzard |url=http://www.auntiemomo.com/cakeordeath/open.html |website=Cake or Death |publisher=auntiemomo.com |access-date=25 October 2021 |quote=Weekend Watchdog 29.10.99}}</ref>

Izzard appeared in the 2009 BBC science fiction miniseries ''[[The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)|The Day of the Triffids]]'', based on the [[The Day of the Triffids|1951 novel]], alongside [[Jason Priestley]], [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Joely Richardson]], [[Dougray Scott]] and [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]].<ref name="telegraph_1"/> She played Dr. Hatteras, a sceptical psychology professor, in the Showtime series ''[[United States of Tara]]''<ref name="hitfix_fienberg"/> and appeared in six episodes of the 2013–15 American psychological horror television series ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'' as Dr. Abel Gideon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/677411/Eddie-Izzard-Hannibal-cancelled-Sky-Arts-Awards-NBC-Mads-Mikkelsen |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'It's unfortunate' Eddie Izzard says Hannibal should not have been axed by NBC |first=Andrew |last=Bullock |date=6 June 2016 |website=Express.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> In 2021, she appeared in the television series ''[[The Lost Symbol (TV series)|The Lost Symbol]]'' based on [[Dan Brown]]'s 2009 [[The Lost Symbol|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Lost Symbol: Release date, cast, trailer and latest news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/lost-symbol-series-uk-release-date-sky/|access-date=26 November 2021|website=Radio Times|language=en}}</ref>

At the London [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Paralympic Games]], Izzard presented the medals to the athletes who had won the 800m [[T54 (classification)|T54]] race, including gold medalist [[David Weir (wheelchair athlete)|David Weir]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/the-independent-sports-quiz-of-the-year-8431245.html |title=The Independent sports quiz of the year |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=26 December 2012}}</ref>

She has appeared on a number of episodes of [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' and as a guest on ''[[The Daily Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/ox8b1h/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-extended---may-6--2019---eddie-izzard-season-24-ep-24100 |title=The Daily Show with Trevor Noah&nbsp;— Extended&nbsp;— May 6, 2019 - Eddie Izzard |website=Comedy Central |date=7 May 2019 |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509195831/http://www.cc.com/episodes/ox8b1h/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-extended---may-6--2019---eddie-izzard-season-24-ep-24100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, she read excerpts from her autobiography ''Believe Me'' for [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Book of the Week]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vxt0l |title=Episode 1, Believe Me, Book of the Week&nbsp;— BBC Radio 4 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

From 25 January to 3 March 2024, Izzard performed a one-person version of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'', adapted by her brother Mark and directed by [[Selina Cadell]], at the [[Greenwich House|Greenwich House Theater]] in New York.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/28/eddie-izzard-hamlet-new-york-2024 | title=Eddie Izzard's one-person Hamlet coming to New York in 2024 | newspaper=The Guardian | date=28 November 2023 }}</ref> The run was extended three times. The show transferred to [[Riverside Studios]], London, with previews from 23 May 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luckhurst |first1=Georgia |title=Eddie Izzard: Hamlet review at Riverside Studios, London |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/eddie-izzard-hamlet-review-riverside-studios-london |work=[[The Stage]] |date=29 May 2024 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Akbar |first1=Arifa |title=Izzard in a shallow impersonation of a profound play |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 May 2024 |location=London |page=25}}</ref>