Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson
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).
Known For
Actor
as Self
as Himself
as Denys Porlock
as Sir Roger Hollis
as Edward Acton
as Richard
as Self (archive footage)
as Lewis
as Self
as Self - Interviewed Guest
as Vim Fuego
as The Interviewer
as William Vaughan
as Malvolio
as Self - Contestant
as Gideon Charles
as Captain Peavey
as Herr Luptak
as Interviewer
as Superintendent Cliff Walker
as Self - Contestant
as David Hilbert
as Leslie Conn
as Peter Elliot
as Dogberry
as Ilya Rostov
as Narrator
as Noodle Pete (voice, English version)
as Self
as DCI Warner
as Dick
as Tom Tiernan
as Headmaster Wackville
as Self - Contestant
as Charles Crabtree
as Self - Contestant
as Baron von Richthoven/Self
as Brad
as Henry Austen
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
as Self - Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Eddie
as Edward Hitler
as Various
as Eddie
as Ian Crisp
as Eddie
as Himself
as Dame Dolly
as Ian
as Eddie Hitler
as Brendan Baxter
as Hugo Welles
as Eddie
as Dewhurst
as Self - Guest
as Dominic Jones
as Eddie
as Sid Vicious
as Gregory Dawson
as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
as Gordon Spry
as John Major/Coco the Clown
as Hamish
as Father Rookie
as Self
as Edward Elizabeth Hitler
as Phil Burke
as Best Man
as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
as Billy
as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
as Self
as Giles Tewkesbury
as Simon Knowles
as Self
as Michael
as Dreamy Time Escort
as Vim Fuego
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
as Self
as Charles
as Self
as James Macaroon
as John
as Tiny
as Edward Catflap
as Alun Pickersgill
as Brian
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
as Dennis Carter
as Ace
as Eddie Moonson
as Gordon/Bill
as Billy
as Martin
as Bean
as Dick
as Peter
as Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
as Desmond
as Various Roles
as Fool
as Narrator
as Baron von Richtoven
as Dick
as Keith Marshall
as Vyvyan
as Dennis Carter
as Dick
as Mike/Hatchett/Julio/Bolsen/Man in Cage/Jenkins/Zarkoff
as Desmond
as Vim Fuego
as Peter
as Bean
as Martin
as Billy
as Gordon/Bill
as Eddie Monsoon
as Ace
as John
as Brian
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
as Dreamy Time Escort
as Michael
as Billy/Prince/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
as 2nd MI5 Man/Fan
as Bestman
as John Major - Coco the Clown
as 'K'/Air Traffic Controller
as Gregory Dawson
as Sid Vicious
as Ian
as Ian Crisp
as Adrian Dangerous
as Self
as Self
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Scenario Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Sound
as Music
as Theme Song Performance
as Music
Creator
Art
as Production Design