Richard Ayoade
Ayoade in 2012, photo by PrPhotos.com
Birth Name: Richard Ellef Ayoade
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 12 June, 1977
Ethnicity:
*Yoruba Nigerian (father)
*Norwegian (mother)
Richard Ayoade is a British comedian, actor, broadcaster, writer, director, and television presenter. His father is Nigerian, of Yoruba background. His mother is of Norwegian origin. His surname is pronounced eye-oh-WA-dee.
Richard is married to actress and producer Lydia Fox, with whom he has three children. Lydia’s uncle is actor Edward Fox.
Richard’s maternal grandfather was Ellef Larsen Bosvik (the son of Ludvig Martinius Larsen Bosvik and Marthe Amalie Aanonsdatter). Ellef was born in Søndeled, Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway. Ludvig was the son of Ellef Larssøn Bosvik and Inger Johanne Knutsdatter. Marthe was the daughter of Aanon Augensen and Anne Pedersdatter.
Richard’s maternal grandmother is named Solveig Kristiansen.
Source: Genealogy of Richard Ayoade (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Am I the only one who can actually see the Scandinavian? No?
Let me guess, his white side is rather dark or his African side is?
Norwegians are very light people. His Nigerian side must’ve looked like Akon in order for him to still look that dark. Otherwise, he would’ve looked as light as Nicole Richie.
He passes as a full (“lighter”) African for me, like Ethiopian or Eritrean.
Seriously? As light as Nicole Ritchie? ….
That’s because Nicole Richie is not 50% black like Ayoade is. She’s a mix of a lot of things, like hispanic and creole as well as african.
His African side is stronger.
no it’s not. He looks mixed
There’s no way he’s not part Asian.
Can pass as a half Filipino, half African(at least in this pic)
I don’t see any Norwegian facial features in him.
Same here – No white features at all, let alone Norwegian. He doesn’t look mixed at all. He looks like a full African, like South Saharan. Or at least, a Middle Eastern/Italian mixed with African.
Are you blind? He does not look fully African. Girll is right though, I thought he was Blasian rather than black and white. But he could never pass as fully African.
Let me guess, an ignorant white simpleton.
Do you know how many ethnic groups are there in Africa you dimwit?
He does pass as a Mauritanian. They maintain both Caucasoid and Negroid features, and would look like him.
He doesn’t look fully sub-Saharan African then. You satisfied bitch? Anyways, he looks what he is- half Nigerian half Norwegian.
that doesn’t make any sense, you started by saying he doesn’t look mixed at all and then went on to say he might be mixed.
He’s obviously mixed and you’ve probably never seen a full on black african. You’re likely another brainwashed american led to believe that mixed people are full on black people.
A multiethnic, full Africans have lots of different looks, unfortunately you are the one brainwashed. He could easily be Ethiopian East African. i hate when some biracials, who know obviously nothing about their black side come on these sites confused about their blackness and furthering black African stereotypes.
once agains someone mentions ethiopia and fails to take into account that Ethiopians have CAUCASIAN influence. Ethiopian was conquered by Jewish and Arab people. That why they speak Arabic and Amharic. You’re the ignorant person, here’s a link so you can educate yourself
https://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/caucasian-africans/
His nose structure is Norwegian, as well as the upper cheekbones. The eyes are partially ‘white’, too. He could be darker than he is and still not pass as any type of pure African because his European ethnic features are too pronounced.