10.0
10.0
War
1983
as Various Roles
Adrian Edmondson
Acting
Born:January 24, 1957(age 69)
Birthplace:Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
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CommunityBiography
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).
Filmography (81 movies)
9.8
9.8
More Bad News
1988
Writer
8.7
8.7
Bad News
1983
Writer
8.6
8.6
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
Writer
8.0
8.0
Mirrorball
2000
Director
7.9
7.9
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
1993
as Eddie
7.6
7.6
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
1995
as Eddie
7.5
7.5
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
7.5
7.5
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
2003
as Edward Hitler
7.5
7.5
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
2018
as Malvolio
7.5
7.5
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Eddie
7.4
7.4
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
2001
Writer
7.2
7.2
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
1997
as Eddie Hitler
7.2
7.2
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
1999
7.0
7.0
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
2007
as Self (Narrator)
7.0
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
7.0
7.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
as Billy
7.0
7.0
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Strike
1988
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
7.0
7.0
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
as Dame Dolly
7.0
7.0
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as Self
6.6
6.6
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
6.5
6.5
Dead on Time
1983
as Fool
6.5
6.5
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
1982
as Keith Marshall
6.2
6.2
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008
as Brad
6.1
6.1
Miss Austen Regrets
2008
as Henry Austen
6.1
6.1
Guest House Paradiso
1999
Writer
6.0
6.0
The Supergrass
1985
as Dennis Carter
6.0
6.0
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
as Self
5.9
5.9
Blood
2012
as Tom Tiernan
5.8
5.8
Interlude In Prague
2017
as Herr Luptak
5.5
5.5
Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
1995
as Zyke
5.5
5.5
Bottom: Exposed
2024
Director
5.2
5.2
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
5.0
5.0
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
1999
as Self
5.0
5.0
The Rizen: Possession
2019
as The Interviewer
4.9
4.9
The Rizen
2017
as Interviewer
4.8
4.8
The Pope Must Die
1991
as Father Rookie
4.7
4.7
The Trick
2021
as Edward Acton
4.5
4.5
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Baron von Richthoven/Self
2.0
2.0
Slags
1984
as Ace
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
2025
as Self
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
2008
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
as Edward Catflap
News Hounds
1990
as Phil Burke
Honest Decent & True
1986
as Alun Pickersgill
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
2006
as Self
The Comic Strip
1981
Writer
Completely Bad News
2019
Writer
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
as Self (Archived Footage)
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
Bottom Fluff
1996
Les Dogs
1990
as Best Man
The Yob
1988
as Michael
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
as Various
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
as Dick
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
Writer
The Beat Generation
1983
as Desmond
Summer School
1983
as Peter
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
as Dick
Dirty Movie
1984
Writer
Susie
1984
as Martin
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
as Gordon/Bill
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
as John
Private Enterprise
1986
Writer
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
as Billy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
as Billy
Oxford
1990
as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
Red Nose of Courage
1992
as John Major/Coco the Clown
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
as Gregory Dawson
Demonella
1993
as Sid Vicious
Four Men in a Car
1998
as Ian
Four Men in a Plane
2000
as Ian Crisp
Five Go to Rehab
2012
as Dick
Just Like That!
1989
as Self
The Man
1999
as Ash
Britain Beware!
2012
as Self (Presenter)
French & Saunders LIVE
1990
Director
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