# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-addison
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:10:50.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-addison"
name: "Chris Addison"
slug: "chris-addison"
description: "Christopher David Addison is a British comedian, writer, actor, and director. He is known for his role as Ollie Reeder in the BBC Two political satire series The Thick of It (2005–2012) and Toby Wright in its spin-off film In the Loop (2009). He was a panellist on several editions of TV comedy panel show Mock the Week. He is known for lecture-style stand-up comedy shows, two of which he later adapted for BBC Radio 4."
tagline: "British comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Addison_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1971-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.02140533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "mrchrisaddison"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1128050/"
    handle:    "nm1128050"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "كريس اديسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Addison"
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  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Addison"
    title: "Chris Addison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Addison"
    title: "Chris Addison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Addison"
    title: "Chris Addison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کریس آدیسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Addison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Addison"
    title: "Chris Addison"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Chris Addison"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump