Adrian Edmondson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 24, 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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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Filmography
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Movie · as Head of MI6
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
Movie · as Self
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sam & Ade Go Birding
TV · 6 eps
Alien: Earth
TV · as Atom Eins · 8 eps
Bergerac
TV · as Nigel · 6 eps
Bottom: Exposed
Movie · as Himself
3 Body Problem
TV · as Denys Porlock · 3 eps
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
TV · as Phil · 4 eps
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Movie · as Self
Toad & Friends
TV · as Toad · 52 eps
The Best Birthday Ever
Movie · as Granny (voice)
A Spy Among Friends
TV · as Sir Roger Hollis · 6 eps
The Trick
Movie · as Edward Acton
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Movie · as Self
The Pact
TV · as Richard · 6 eps
King Rocker
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Between the Covers
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Out of Her Mind
TV · as Lewis · 6 eps
The Rizen: Possession
Movie · as The Interviewer
Completely Bad News
Movie · as Vim Fuego
Cheat
TV · as William Vaughan · 4 eps
Back to Life
TV · as John Boback · 5 eps
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
Movie · as Malvolio
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Movie
Save Me
TV · as Gideon Charles · 1 ep
Celebrity Catchphrase
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
The Rizen
Movie · as Interviewer
Interlude in Prague
Movie · as Herr Luptak
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie · as Captain Peavey
Bancroft
TV · as Superintendent Cliff Walker · 7 eps
Urban Myths
TV · as Leslie Conn · 1 ep
House of Games
TV · as Self - Contestant, Self - Participant · 10 eps
Genius
TV · as David Hilbert · 1 ep
War and Peace
TV · as Ilya Rostov · 6 eps
One of Us
TV · as Peter Elliot · 4 eps
Upstart Crow
TV · as Dogberry · 1 ep
Rocky Horror Show Live
Movie · as Narrator
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Prey
TV · as DCI Warner · 3 eps
Ade at Sea
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Catchphrase
TV · 1 ep
Blood
Movie · as Tom Tiernan
Five Go to Rehab
Movie · as Dick
Britain Beware!
Movie · as Self (Presenter)
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
TV · as Headmaster Wackville · 3 eps
Gadget Man
TV · 1 ep
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Death in Paradise
TV · as Charles Crabtree · 1 ep
Ade in Britain
TV · 50 eps
Monte Carlo or Bust
TV · 3 eps
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Miss Austen Regrets
Movie · as Henry Austen
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Movie · as Brad
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Movie · as Self - Baron von Richthoven (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teenage Kicks
TV · 8 eps
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
Movie · as Self (Narrator)
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Movie · as Self (Archived Footage)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Britain's Got More Talent
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
School's Out
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Surviving Disaster
TV · 1 ep
Great British Menu
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Movie · as Self
Twisted Tales
TV · as Ed Barnes · 1 ep
Bottom Mindless Violence
Movie · as Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage)
Doctors and Nurses
TV · as Dr. Roy Glover · 6 eps
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
Movie · as Edward Hitler
More Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Vyvyan Basterd / Eddie Hitler (archive footage)
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
TV · 40 eps
Celebrity Mastermind
TV · 1 ep
Spine Chillers
TV · 1 ep
The Best of French & Saunders
Movie · as Various
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Movie · as Eddie
Four Men in a Plane
Movie · as Ian Crisp
Guest House Paradiso
Movie · as Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
Movie · as Self
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
Movie
The Man
Movie · as Ash
Holby City
TV · as Percy "Abra" Durant · 157 eps
Four Men in a Car
Movie · as Ian
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Movie · as Dame Dolly
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Movie · as Eddie Hitler
Captain Star
TV · 13 eps
Jonathan Creek
TV · as Brendan Baxter · 5 eps
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Hugo Welles · 1 ep
Bottom Fluff
Movie
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
Movie · as Eddie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Movie · as Zyke
Look at the State We're In!
TV · as Dewhurst · 1 ep
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Movie · as Tim Goodchance
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
Movie · as Eddie
Demonella
Movie · as Sid Vicious
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Movie · as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Movie · as Gregory Dawson
If You See God, Tell Him
TV · as Gordon Spry · 4 eps
Red Nose of Courage
Movie · as John Major/Coco the Clown
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Movie · as Edward Elizabeth Hitler
Absolutely Fabulous
TV · as Hamish · 2 eps
The Pope Must Die
Movie · as Father Rookie
Bottom
TV · as Edward Elizabeth Hitler · 18 eps
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Les Dogs
Movie · as Best Man
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Movie · as Billy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Movie · as Billy
Oxford
Movie · as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
News Hounds
Movie · as Phil Burke
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Movie · as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
Rita Rudner
TV · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Movie · as Self
Just Like That!
Movie · as Self
Press Gang
TV · as Simon Knowles · 1 ep
Snakes and Ladders
TV · as Giles Tewkesbury · 7 eps
Screen One
TV · as Phil Burke · 1 ep
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Movie · as Dreamy Time Escort
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self
The Yob
Movie · as Michael
The Strike
Movie · as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
More Bad News
Movie · as Vim Fuego
This Morning
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Eat the Rich
Movie · as Charles
Going Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Filthy Rich & Catflap
TV · as Edward Catflap · 6 eps
French & Saunders
TV · as John · 1 ep
Hardwicke House
TV · as Tiny · 1 ep
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Movie · as Sir Adrian Dangerous
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Movie · as John
Private Enterprise
Movie · as Brian
Honest Decent & True
Movie · as Alun Pickersgill
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Movie · as Self
Saturday Live
TV · 30 eps
The Dangerous Brothers
TV · as Sir Adrian Dangerous · 12 eps
The Supergrass
Movie · as Dennis Carter
Happy Families
TV · as Guy Fuddle · 6 eps
Screen Two
TV · as Alun Pickersgill · 1 ep
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Movie · as Eddie Moonson
Dirty Movie
Movie · as Bean
Susie
Movie · as Martin
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Movie · as Gordon/Bill
Slags
Movie · as Ace
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Movie · as Billy
Dead on Time
Movie · as Fool
Summer School
Movie · as Peter
War
Movie · as Various Roles
The Beat Generation
Movie · as Desmond
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Movie · as Dick
Bad News
Movie · as Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Blackadder
TV · as Baron von Richtoven · 1 ep
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Movie · as Dick
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
Movie · as Keith Marshall
The Young Ones
TV · as Vyvyan · 12 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV · as Dick, Mike/Hatchett/Julio/Bolsen/Man in Cage/Jenkins/Zarkoff, Desmond, Vim Fuego, Peter, Bean, Martin, Billy, Gordon/Bill, Eddie Monsoon, Ace, John, Brian, Adrian/Slim/Policeman, Dreamy Time Escort, Michael, Billy/Prince/Giles Cricket Bat Portland, 2nd MI5 Man/Fan, Bestman · 2 eps
The Comic Strip
Movie
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
TV · 2 eps
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV · as Self · 15 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep