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Noel Fielding (born 21 May, 1973 in Westminster, London) is an English comedian and actor, best known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh.
Noel Fielding was born in 1973. Fielding's parents (who appear in The Mighty Boosh in the episodes "Nanageddon" and "The Priest and the Beast") were in their late teens when he was born in 1973, and he recalls having a very liberal upbringing, always aware of his parents' eclectic taste in music and openness with drugs. His brother, Michael Fielding appears alongside him in The Mighty Boosh. Also appearing in the show is Noel's cousin, as Kirk in the episode "Nanageddon"
He attended Croydon Art College and Buckingham Chilterns University College, where he met friend and fellow Boosh comedian, Dave Brown. It was at this time that the pair choreographed the sword fight performed by Fielding and Barratt in The Mighty Boosh (2006 Stage show)[1].
Fielding is best known for playing Vince Noir opposite Julian Barratt (Howard Moon) and brother Michael Fielding (Naboo) in the cult comedy series The Mighty Boosh. Fielding met Julian Baratt, the other half to his comedian act in The Mighty Boosh, when Julian was performing a gig - and Julian offered Noel a place to perform.
His character, "King of the Mods", "Goth Fairy", "Electro Poof", "Shoreditch Vampire" and "Camden Leisure Pirate" as well as fashion icon and would-be musician ("Vince Noir - rock 'n' roll star!") is a kind, somewhat naive and loyal friend to Howard Moon. He can talk to animals, earning him the nickname "Mowgli in Flares". Vince has a 'run-between-the-raindrops' quality about him, giving him the ability to land on his feet in the most difficult of situations. He is somewhat of a golden boy, largely popular with most of the other characters (and comically, almost all of the characters played by Rich Fulcher), much to the annoyance of Howard.
Fielding trained as a visual artist and is responsible for much of Booshs distinctive sets and characters, including the polo theme that occurs in many episodes (e.g. The Hitcher's eye, the background of the main titles, the Ape of Death's costume).
Vince has a strong feminine aspect to his attire, often being confused as Howard Moon's "ugly wife" by supporting characters. This is due to his androgynous dress sense, which commonly includes drainpipe jeans, women's tops, large hats, boots with heels, a mirror-ball suit, faux-fur leopard skin jackets, sparkly accessories or clothes from high-street store Topshop.
Outside of his work on The Mighty Boosh, Fielding has also had bit parts in many of Channel 4's stranger comedy programs, including Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, more often than not appearing alongside Mighty Boosh partner Julian Barratt. He also appeared in 1998 sketch show Unnatural Acts. In February 2007, Fielding appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, where he mentioned an anecdote involving English pop-rock band The Kooks, who wanted him to provide The Mighty Boosh T-shirts for them to wear on Top of the Pops, however he did not have any, so hand-painted some for them. He arranged to meet their tour manager at 3 AM in Camden, but the tour manager never showed. When asked how long he waited, Fielding laughed and said, "..Oh, about... four minutes."
Fielding has appeared in several music videos, including Robots in Disguise's "Girl", alongside Chris Corner, Mint Royale's "Blue Song", alongside Julian Barratt, and Razorlight's "In the Morning". Fielding is friends with Razorlight, and involved them in the "The Priest and the Beast" episode of The Mighty Boosh. Fielding also appeared at one of their concerts, dressed as The Mighty Boosh character, The Hitcher, to introduce the band. Fielding lent his voice to the Midfield General song "Midfielding". Fielding also sometimes acts as a live bass player for Robots in Disguise and IAMX. He has also been known to DJ, playing at The Barfly in London on 19 May 2007 with the rest of The Mighty Boosh.
In December 2006, Fielding appeared alongside Russell Brand in the yearly panel show The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, hosted by Jimmy Carr. The pair won with 39 points thanks to the 22 points they got for one question (a joke that Carr offered, assuming that they would not know). Due to much joking on the show, involving Bob Skeleton ("Indie Detective"), which led to Fielding and Brand describing a fictional scenario in which they were "Goth Detectives", this led to the decision to perform a Goth Detectives themed show for the Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall on 28 March 2007. There is now a petition to get the Goth Detectives show released on DVD, with the proceeds going towards the Teenage Cancer Trust Fund.
Fielding currently resides in Kentish Town, London with his long term girlfriend, musician Dee Plume of Robots in Disguise[2], whom he has been with since at least 2002, having appeared on the cover of "Boys" by Robots in Disguise, alongside Chris Corner.
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