Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer.
His father was the travel writer and wine critic Nigel Buxton, who later appeared on The Adam and Joe Show as "Baaad Dad".
[4] He attended the University of Warwick for two terms before dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art.
[12] In 2005, he performed character-driven comedy at Edinburgh Festival, with a show entitled I, Pavel, for which he grew a large beard.
[21] Buxton released a number of videos on YouTube, and was commissioned to produce a pilot for the BBC based around work of this kind.
[28] Buxton has guest starred in several episodes of the comedy gameshow mash-up 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown featuring in Dictionary Corner.
[29] In 2017 Buxton made regular cameo appearances as "Jarhead" in the revamped version of The Crystal Maze.
[30][31] He appeared in the video game Lego City Undercover for Nintendo's Wii U and the 2021 Illumination film Sing 2.
Guests have included Joe Cornish, Nile Rodgers, Paul McCartney,Chris Morris, Louis Theroux, Charlie Brooker,[34][35] Jon Ronson, Caitlin Moran, Michael Palin and Brian Eno.