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Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English comedian, podcaster and actor. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. They presented the Channel 4 television series The Adam and Joe Show (1996–2001) and the BBC Radio 6 Music series Adam and Joe (2007–2009, 2011).
Since 2015, Buxton has produced The Adam Buxton Podcast, in which he interviews comedians, authors, musicians and celebrities. He has appeared on including Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Buxton has produced music videos, including several collaborations with the band Radiohead. He published a memoir, Ramblebook, in 2020, followed by I Love You, Byeee in 2025.
Buxton was educated at Windlesham House School in Pulborough, West Sussex, then Westminster School, London. At Westminster, he befriended his future comedy partner Joe Cornish and the future documentarian Louis Theroux. He attended the University of Warwick for two terms before dropping out to study sculpture at Cheltenham College of Art.
Buxton appeared as a future version of himself in the BBC Two comedy series Time Trumpet, which began a six-part series in August 2006. In 2007, he portrayed the journalist Tim Messenger in Edgar Wright's film Hot Fuzz. He also appeared in the film Stardust, replacing Noel Fielding, who was ill. Buxton appeared in the BBC Three comedy sketch show Rush Hour, which premièred on 19 March 2007. He also featured in the 2007 film Son of Rambow as a teacher.
Buxton has collaborated on several occasions with the band Radiohead. He assisted with a 2007 webcast from their studio, directed the videos for their 2008 singles "Jigsaw Falling into Place" and "Nude" with Garth Jennings, and created a video vignette for their 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool.
Buxton released a number of videos on YouTube, and was commissioned to produce a Television pilot for the BBC based around work of this kind. It was broadcast as MeeBOX on BBC Three in June 2008. Buxton guest-starred in the 2011 film The External World by David O'Reilly. In January 2010, Buxton appeared in the BBC comedy The Persuasionists.
In July 2012, Buxton appeared in a TV version of his tour Bug on Sky Atlantic, Adam Buxton's Bug. He started performing the show in 2007, and has continued to tour the Bug show as well as host it regularly at the BFI in London. He is the narrator of some books available on the Ladybird Classic Me Books iPad app, including "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "Three Little Pigs". He has since narrated several other titles on the Me Books app such as The Great Explorer, The Brave Beast and The Lonely Beast by children's illustrator and author Chris Judge. He also appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama The One Doctor by Big Finish Productions.
Buxton has appeared on Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, The IT Crowd, Don't Watch That, Watch This and Look Around You among others. He was also a panellist with Jonathan Ross for the Big Fat Quiz of the '80s. Buxton has guest-starred in several episodes of the comedy gameshow 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, featuring in Dictionary Corner. In 2015, Buxton became the voice of Messy for the children's TV animation Messy Goes to Okido, which aired on 7 September 2015 on CBeebies. In 2017, he made regular cameo appearances as "Jarhead" in the revamped version of The Crystal Maze. He appeared in the 2013 video game Lego City Undercover and the 2021 Illumination film Sing 2.
Buxton released an album, Buckle Up, in September 2025. It was produced by Joe Mount of the band Metronomy. Clash gave it seven out of ten, writing that it was "a ridiculously entertaining listen from start to finish ... firmly in the realm of brilliantly bonkers sonic entertainment".
Buxton's second memoir, I Love You, Byeee, was published by Mudlark in May 2025. It covers topics such as his creative partnership with Cornish, the evolution of The Adam and Joe Show, parenthood and the death of his mother.
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