Editing Chris Addison (section)

{{short description|British comedian, writer, actor, and director}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox comedian
| name                = Chris Addison
| image               = Chris Addison cropped.jpg
| caption             = Chris Addison in 2018
| birth_name          = Christopher David Addison
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|11|5}}
| birth_place         = [[Cardiff]], Wales, UK
| education           = [[University of Birmingham]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| years_active        = 1995–present
| genre               = [[Observational comedy|Observational]], satire
| children            = 2
| notable_works       = {{plainlist|
* ''[[The Thick of It]]''
* ''[[Lab Rats (British TV series)|Lab Rats]]''
* ''[[Mock the Week]]''
* ''[[7 Day Sunday]]''
* ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]''
* ''[[Veep]]''}}
}}
'''Christopher David Addison''' (born 5 November 1971)<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-addison-the-thinking-mans-comic-adjusts-to-fame-6261619.html "Chris Addison: The thinking man's comic adjusts to fame"] ''The Independent'' (13 November 2011). Retrieved 13 November 2011.</ref> 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) 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 (series 8)|Doctor Who]]''. He co-created and starred in the BBC Two sitcom ''[[Lab Rats (British TV series)|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 (TV series)|Breeders]]'' starring [[Martin Freeman]].