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Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He went to Manchester University to study drama. Whilst he was there he met Rik Mayall, and the pair began performing as 20th Century Coyote. The act continued after university when Adrian & Rik moved to London, and they became two of the leading lights in the new 'alternative comedy' scene, performing at the newly established Comedy Store, and setting up their own club, The Comic Strip, with 'Peter Richardson', Nigel Planer, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Alexei Sayle. This spawned two 1980s TV series: The Young Ones (1982), and The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) In the 1990's Ade & Rik continued their partnership with a new series called Bottom (1991), which ran for three seasons and became a major success on the live circuit. It was basically a live sitcom, liberally sprinkled with slapstick humour, and the pair did 5 long tours between 1993 and 2003. Simultaneously, Adrian established himself as an actor, doing two improvised TV films under the Screen One and Screen Two umbrella, with director Les Blair: Screen Two: Honest, Decent and True (1986), and Screen One: News Hounds (1990) (winner of the BAFTA for best single drama). He was a regular in the hospital drama Holby City (1999) from 2005 - 2008. He took the lead in a drama documentary about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the series Surviving Disaster (2006), and appeared as Henry Austen in the TV movie Miss Austen Regrets (2008), the film Blood (2012), and the drama series Prey (2014). But his most notable dramatic role to date is that of Count Rostov in the BBC series War & Peace (2016).


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Born:
Jan 24, 1957 In Bradford - Yorkshire - England
Movie/TV Credits:
104
First Appeared:
In the series Alien: Earth
Latest Project:
Series Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story 2024-08-14
Known For
Poster of Monte Carlo or Bust
Poster of Teenage Kicks
Poster of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Poster of Filthy Rich & Catflap
Filmography
Series Alien: Earth 2025
Movie Bottom: Exposed Himself 2024-04-18
Series Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story 2024-08-14
Movie imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter Self 2023-12-27
Series A Spy Among Friends Sir Roger Hollis 2022-12-08
Movie The Trick Edward Acton 2021-10-18
Movie King Rocker Self (archive footage) 2020-10-31
Series Out of Her Mind Lewis 2020-10-20
Series Cheat William Vaughan 2019-03-11
Movie The Rizen: Possession The Interviewer 2019-05-22
Movie Completely Bad News Vim Fuego 2019-11-29
Movie RSC Live: Twelfth Night Malvolio 2018-02-14
Movie How The Young Ones Changed Comedy 2018-05-26
Movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi Captain Peavey 2017-12-13
Series Urban Myths Leslie Conn 2017-01-19
Movie Interlude In Prague Herr Luptak 2017-05-25
Series Bancroft Superintendent Cliff Walker 2017-12-11
Movie The Rizen Interviewer 2017-05-06
Series One of Us Peter Elliot 2016-08-23
Series War and Peace Ilya Rostov 2016-01-03
Movie Rocky Horror Show Live Narrator 2015-11-17
Series Prey DCI Warner 2014-04-28
Series Ronja the Robber's Daughter Noodle Pete (voice, English version) 2014-10-11
Movie Blood Tom Tiernan 2012-10-09
Series The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff Headmaster Wackville 2012-02-20
Movie Five Go to Rehab Dick 2012-11-07
Series Gadget Man Unknown 2012-11-19
Series Ade in Britain 2011-11-07
Series Monte Carlo or Bust 2010-10-28
Series Let's Dance for Comic Relief Unknown 2009-02-21
Movie Miss Austen Regrets Henry Austen 2008-02-03
Movie Rocky Horror Tribute Show Brad 2008-10-14
Series Teenage Kicks 2008-03-28
Series The Alan Titchmarsh Show Unknown 2007-09-03
Movie If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story Self - Narrator 2007-12-14
Series Surviving Disaster Unknown 2006-01-10
Series The One Show Unknown 2006-08-14
Series School's Out Unknown 2006-04-19
Series Twisted Tales Unknown 2005-01-16
Movie Bottom Mindless Violence Eddie 2004-11-22
Series Doctors and Nurses 2004-01-13
Series Celebrity Mastermind Unknown 2003-12-26
Series Comic Relief Does Fame Academy 2003-03-07
Movie Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour Edward Hitler 2003-11-24
Movie Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity Eddie 2001-10-19
Movie Four Men in a Plane Ian Crisp 2000-01-04
Movie Guest House Paradiso Eddie 1999-12-03
Movie The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso' Himself 1999-11-15
Movie Four Men in a Car Ian 1998-04-12
Series Jonathan Creek Unknown 1997-05-09
Series Captain Star 1997-07-08
Movie Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island Eddie Hitler 1997-10-27
Movie Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour Eddie 1995-11-06
Movie The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye Zyke 1995-01-15
Series Anna Lee Unknown 1994-02-27
Movie Space Virgins from Planet Sex 'K' / Air Traffic Controller 1993-04-29
Movie Bottom Live The Stage Show Eddie 1993-09-27
Series If You See God, Tell Him Gordon Spry 1993-11-11
Movie Red Nose of Courage John Major/Coco the Clown 1992-04-09
Series Absolutely Fabulous Unknown 1992-11-12
Series Pebble Mill Unknown 1991-10-14
Movie The Pope Must Diet Father Rookie 1991-06-21
Series Bottom Edward Elizabeth Hitler 1991-09-17
Movie South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! Billy 1990-02-08
Movie GLC: The Carnage Continues Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland 1990-02-05
Movie News Hounds Phil Burke 1990-09-02
Series Rita Rudner Unknown 1990-09-18
Movie Just Like That! Self 1989-01-01
Movie The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball Self 1989-01-01
Series Snakes and Ladders Giles Tewkesbury 1989-10-17
Series Happy Families 1989-08-17
Series Press Gang Simon Knowles 1989-01-16
Movie The Strike Adrian/Slim/Policeman 1988-02-20
Movie More Bad News Vim Fuego 1988-02-27
Movie An Audience With Victoria Wood Self 1988-12-10
Series This Morning Unknown 1988-10-03
Movie The Yob Michael 1988-03-12
Movie Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Dreamy Time Escort 1988-03-05
Series Filthy Rich & Catflap Edward Catflap 1987-01-07
Movie Eat the Rich Charles 1987-10-23
Movie The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live 1986-04-25
Movie Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) John 1986-01-01
Movie Private Enterprise Brian 1986-01-02
Movie Honest Decent & True Alun Pickersgill 1986-02-09
Movie Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger Sir Adrian Dangerous 1986-01-01
Series Happy Families Guy Fuddle 1985-10-17
Movie The Supergrass Dennis Carter 1985-11-08
Movie Slags Ace 1984-02-11
Movie Dirty Movie Bean 1984-01-07
Movie Gino: Full Story and Pics Gordon/Bill 1984-01-28
Movie Susie Martin 1984-01-14
Movie Dead on Time Fool 1983-01-01
Movie Bad News Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe 1983-01-24
Series Natural World Narrator 1983-10-30
Movie Five Go Mad on Mescalin Dick 1983-11-02
Series Blackadder Baron von Richtoven 1983-06-15
Movie Summer School Peter 1983-01-31
Movie Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door Keith Marshall 1982-03-13
Movie Five Go Mad in Dorset Dick 1982-11-02
Series The Young Ones Vyvyan 1982-11-09
Series The Comic Strip Presents... 1982-11-02
Movie The Comic Strip 1981-01-01
Series Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights 1980-10-14
Series An Audience with... Himself 1978-01-08