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Adrian Edmondson
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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 call…
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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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Adrian Edmondson's Filmography
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Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
as Self
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
as Self (archive footage)
Bottom: Exposed
as Himself
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
The Best Birthday Ever
as Granny (voice)
The Trick
as Edward Acton
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
King Rocker
as Self (archive footage)
Completely Bad News
as Vim Fuego
The Rizen: Possession
as The Interviewer
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Captain Peavey
Interlude in Prague
as Herr Luptak
The Rizen
as Interviewer
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
Five Go to Rehab
as Dick
Blood
as Tom Tiernan
Britain Beware!
as Self (Presenter)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self - Baron von Richthoven (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as Brad
Miss Austen Regrets
as Henry Austen
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
as Self (Narrator)
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self (Archived Footage)
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage)
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
as Edward Hitler
The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
as Eddie
Four Men in a Plane
as Ian Crisp
Guest House Paradiso
as Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
as Self
No Poster
The Man
as Ash
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
as Dame Dolly
Four Men in a Car
as Ian
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
as Eddie Hitler
Bottom Fluff
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
as Eddie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
as Zyke
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
as Tim Goodchance
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
as Eddie
Demonella
as Sid Vicious
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Gregory Dawson
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
as Edward Elizabeth Hitler
Red Nose of Courage
as John Major/Coco the Clown
The Pope Must Die
as Father Rookie
News Hounds
as Phil Burke
Les Dogs
as Best Man
Oxford
as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Billy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Billy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
Just Like That!
as Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
The Yob
as Michael
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Dreamy Time Escort
More Bad News
as Vim Fuego
The Strike
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
Eat the Rich
as Charles
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as Self
No Poster
Honest Decent & True
as Alun Pickersgill
Private Enterprise
as Brian
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as John
The Supergrass
as Dennis Carter
Slags
as Ace
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Eddie Moonson
Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Gordon/Bill
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Billy
Susie
as Martin
Dirty Movie
as Bean
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as Dick
Summer School
as Peter
Bad News
as Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
The Beat Generation
as Desmond
War
as Various Roles
Dead on Time
as Fool
Five Go Mad in Dorset
as Dick
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
as Keith Marshall
The Comic Strip
No Poster
Codes
as Head of MI6