Richard Gadd

Richard Gadd (born 11 May 1989) is a Scottish actor, comedian and writer, best known for creating and starring in the 2024 Netflix drama series Baby Reindeer, which was based on his eponymous one-man dark comedy show. Gadd won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing, producing and acting in the series, as well as a Peabody Award. Born and brought up in the village of Wormit in Fife, Scotland, he attended Madras College in nearby St Andrews and studied English literature and theatre studies at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 2011.

Gadd began performing stand-up and musical comedy while a student at Glasgow University in 2008, and performed his first Edinburgh Fringe show, Richard Gadd: 6 And Half A 7, in 2010. He trained at the Oxford School of Drama, completing a one-year course in 2012, then moved to London. His shows Cheese & Crack Whores (2013) and Breaking Gadd (2014) had runs at London's Soho Theatre, and his 2015 show Waiting for Gaddot won an Amused Moose Comedy Award and a Scottish Comedy Award for Best Solo Show. His 2016 Fringe show Monkey See Monkey Do won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Comedy Show, and that year he also won a Chortle Comedian's Comedian Award.

As an actor, Gadd had multiple television credits before Baby Reindeer, including starring opposite Daniel Mays in the 2017 BBC Two drama Against the Law. He wrote for Netflix's Sex Education and wrote episodes of The Last Leg for Channel 4. Baby Reindeer began as a 2019 Edinburgh Fringe show, a dark comedy chronicling his experiences of being stalked and sexually assaulted, and won two Edinburgh Fringe awards before its run at London's Bush Theatre. He has also written a drama for the BBC titled Half Man, starring Jamie Bell.