Editing Chris Addison (section)

===Other work===
From 2003 to 2005 Addison wrote a fortnightly finance column for ''[[The Guardian]]'' titled "Funny Money". On alternate weeks, when the column was not written by Addison, writing duties passed to fellow stand-up [[Dominic Holland]].

Addison has written two books, both published by [[Hodder and Stoughton]]: ''Cautionary Tales for Grown Ups'' in 2006 and ''It Wasn't Me: Why Everybody is to Blame and You're Not'' in 2008.

In 2011 and 2012 he appeared in a range of [[Direct Line]] adverts as a Direct Line representative alongside difficult customers, played by fellow comedic performers [[Alexander Armstrong]], [[Amelia Bullmore]] and [[Lorna Watson]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Alex Brownsell |url=http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/1047687/Direct-Line-drops-red-phone-favour-comedy-ads/ |title=Direct Line drops red phone in favour of comedy ads – Marketing news |publisher=Marketing magazine |date=4 January 2011 |access-date=31 October 2011}}</ref> On 9 April 2011 he was part of the Comedy Takeover on TV channel [[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]], where he presented and selected the shows.

In 2011 he took part in three shows of the 16-date ''Uncaged Monkeys'' tour along with [[Brian Cox (physicist)|Brian Cox]], [[Robin Ince]], [[Ben Goldacre]], [[Simon Singh]] and [[Dara Ó Briain]].

In July 2013 he received an honorary degree from the [[University of Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2013/06/28-Jun-University-of-Birmingham-Honorary-Graduands-for-July-2013.aspx |title=University of Birmingham Honorary Graduands for July 2013 |publisher=Birmingham.ac.uk |date=28 June 2013 |access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref>

In February 2016 Addison took the speaking role of Smith, an Englishman, in the French opera ''[[L'étoile (opera)|L'Étoile]]'' at [[The Royal Opera House]], London.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ashley|first1=Tim|title=L'Étoile, Royal Opera House|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/02/l-etoile-review-royal-opera-house-london|access-date=3 February 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=3 February 2016|page=32}}</ref>

Addison became a Patron of [[Social Enterprise UK]] in 2017.