Editing Chris Addison (section)

===Television===

====''The Thick of It''====
From 2005 to 2012, Addison appeared in the [[BBC television]] satirical comedy series ''[[The Thick of It]]'' as Oliver "Ollie" Reeder, Junior Advisor (later Special Advisor) to the Secretary of State (Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship). He appeared in all of the four series, as well as the two specials 'Rise of the Nutters' and 'Spinners and Losers'.

Addison also featured in the film spin-off of ''The Thick of It'', titled ''[[In the Loop]]'', playing Toby Wright, a character very similar to his part in the television original.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/jan/23/sundance-2009-in-the-loop| title = Sundance 2009: In the Loop puts rest of the fest in the shade| author = Jeremy Kay| work = [[The Guardian]]| date = 23 January 2009| access-date = 28 January 2009| location = London}}</ref>

====''Lab Rats''====
In July 2008, [[BBC Two]] aired ''[[Lab Rats (British TV series)|Lab Rats]]'', a sitcom starring Addison and co-written with Carl Cooper. ''Lab Rats'' featured cast members [[Jo Enright]], [[Geoffrey McGivern]] and [[Dan Tetsell]], with whom Addison had worked previously on the radio adaptations of his one-man shows ''The Ape That Got Lucky'' and ''Civilisation''.

''Lab Rats'' was a return to the traditional, joke-heavy, studio based sitcom format that has fallen out of fashion in recent times in favour of the single-camera sitcom.<ref name="Indy"/> The series was not generally well received by critics and was not renewed for a second series.

====''Mock the Week''====
After several guest appearances on the comedy panel show ''[[Mock the Week]]'', in September 2011 Addison became a regular panellist, appearing in every episode since the second part of series 10 until series 12 (2013). He appeared alongside other regular panellists [[Hugh Dennis]] and [[Andy Parsons]] and the show's host, [[Dara Ó Briain]].

====Other TV acting projects====
In 2014 Addison starred in the [[Sky Living]] series ''[[Trying Again]]''.

====Guest appearances and hosting====
In 2000 Addison co-hosted the short-lived [[Channel 4]] comedy series ''Dotcomedy'' with [[Gail Porter]]. This was a late-night, risque show featuring video clips and other humour derived from the Internet.

He has appeared on ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' six times, ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]'' once and ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]'' twice. Addison also appeared in episode 3 of series 5 of ''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]''. He has thrice appeared on ''[[QI]]''.

Addison appeared on ''[[The Graham Norton Show]]'' on 16 April 2009 promoting ''[[In the Loop]]''. On 18 April 2010 he appeared on ''[[The Andrew Marr Show]]'' to comment on the week's political issues, including the volcanic [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|ash cloud from Iceland]] and [[United Kingdom general election debates, 2010|The First Election Debate]].

He appeared on ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]'' as Professor David Blood, the college director of Roundview College and father of third Generation character Grace Violet. On 4 November 2010 Addison hosted the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Have I Got News For You]]'', having previously been a guest on the show.

In the summer of 2011 Addison hosted an [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] comedy chat show called ''Show and Tell'', with each of the 8 episodes featuring three guest stand-up comedians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e4.com/showandtell/ |title=Show & Tell |publisher=E4 |access-date=16 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724135403/http://www.e4.com/showandtell/ |archive-date=24 July 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Addison has also made an appearance in children's television show ''[[Horrible Histories (2009 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]''.

In August 2014, it was announced that Addison would make a guest appearance in the two-part series finale of [[Doctor Who (series 8)|the eighth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with his former ''The Thick of It'' co-star [[Peter Capaldi]], who plays the [[Twelfth Doctor]].<ref>Kelly, Stephen (2014) "[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-08-19/the-thick-of-its-chris-addison-to-reunite-with-peter-capaldi-in-doctor-who-finale The Thick of It's Chris Addison to reunite with Peter Capaldi in Doctor Who finale]", ''[[Radio Times]]'', 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014</ref> His character, Seb, first appeared in the mid-series episode "[[The Caretaker (Doctor Who)|The Caretaker]]" and then appeared in further episodes including "[[Dark Water (Doctor Who)|Dark Water]]" and "[[Death in Heaven]]".

====Directing and producing====
In 2013, he began working as a director on [[Armando Iannucci]]'s [[HBO]] sitcom ''[[Veep]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9868735/Chris-Addison-on-Veep-the-American-cousin-of-The-Thick-of-It.html|title=Chris Addison on 'Veep', the American cousin of 'The Thick of It'|first=Chris|last=Addison|date=17 February 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> He directed 13 episodes. In 2016, he won the [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series]] and received a nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series]]. Alongside directing, he also served as executive producer in 2015. For this work on Series 3, he and the other producers on the show received a nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series]]. They won the award for Series 4 and 5.

In 2020, sitcom ''[[Breeders (TV series)|Breeders]]'' premiered on both US TV channel [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] and Britain's [[Sky One]]. Breeders was co-created by Addison, main co-star [[Martin Freeman]] and comedy writer [[Simon Blackwell]] and is based on Freeman's own experience as a parent. It went on for 4 successful series with Sky and Addison directed 15 episodes.