Armando Iannucci

Biography

Armando Iannucci is a Scottish satirist and writer born on November 28, 1963, in Glasgow to Italian parents. He studied at the University of Glasgow and Oxford, before creating early work with Chris Morris on BBC Scotland and Radio 4's "On the Hour" series. His character Alan Partridge became a staple in his television and radio shows, including "The Thick of It," for which he won Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing.