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).

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: January 24, 1957

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

Guest House Paradiso
Guest House Paradiso

1999-12-03

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988-03-05

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

1997-10-27

Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

2003-11-24

Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity
Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity

2001-10-19

Bottom Mindless Violence
Bottom Mindless Violence

2004-11-22

Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour
Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour

1995-11-06

Miss Austen Regrets
Miss Austen Regrets

2008-02-03

Bottom Live The Stage Show
Bottom Live The Stage Show

1993-09-27

The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision

2008-01-01

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989-01-01

The Supergrass
The Supergrass

1985-11-08

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

1986-01-01

An Audience With Victoria Wood
An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988-12-10

Blood
Blood

2012-10-09

The Best of French & Saunders
The Best of French & Saunders

2002-08-05

The Yob
The Yob

1988-03-12

The Trick
The Trick

2021-10-18

Dead on Time
Dead on Time

1983-01-01

Les Dogs
Les Dogs

1990-08-03

Demonella
Demonella

1993-05-20

Summer School
Summer School

1983-01-31

Five Go Mad in Dorset
Five Go Mad in Dorset

1982-11-02

Four Men in a Car
Four Men in a Car

1998-04-12

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

1984-02-04

War
War

1983-01-03

Four Men in a Plane
Four Men in a Plane

2000-01-04

The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation

1983-01-17

Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Five Go Mad on Mescalin

1983-11-02

Dirty Movie
Dirty Movie

1984-01-07

Susie
Susie

1984-01-14

Gino: Full Story and Pics
Gino: Full Story and Pics

1984-01-28

Slags
Slags

1984-02-11

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

1986-01-01

Private Enterprise
Private Enterprise

1986-01-02

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

1990-02-08

South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

1990-02-08

Oxford
Oxford

1990-02-22

Red Nose of Courage
Red Nose of Courage

1992-04-09

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

1993-05-13

Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Space Virgins from Planet Sex

1993-04-29

Five Go to Rehab
Five Go to Rehab

2012-11-07

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

2023-12-27

The Pope Must Diet
The Pope Must Diet

1991-06-21

News Hounds
News Hounds

1990-09-02

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005-07-04

Just Like That!
Just Like That!

1989-01-01

Honest Decent & True
Honest Decent & True

1986-02-09

Eat the Rich
Eat the Rich

1987-10-23

Bottom: Exposed
Bottom: Exposed

2024-04-18

If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story

2007-12-14

Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door

1982-03-13

The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip

1981-01-01

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: 40th Anniversary Celebration
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: 40th Anniversary Celebration

2006-05-22

Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Rocky Horror Tribute Show

2008-10-14

Rocky Horror Show Live
Rocky Horror Show Live

2015-11-17

The Rizen
The Rizen

2017-05-06

The Strike
The Strike

1988-02-20

Interlude In Prague
Interlude In Prague

2017-05-25

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017-12-13

The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'

1999-11-15

RSC Live: Twelfth Night
RSC Live: Twelfth Night

2018-02-14

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye

2002-05-12

More Bad News
More Bad News

1988-02-27

Bad News
Bad News

1983-01-24

The Rizen: Possession
The Rizen: Possession

2019-05-22

GLC: The Carnage Continues
GLC: The Carnage Continues

1990-02-05

Completely Bad News
Completely Bad News

2019-11-29

Bottom Fluff
Bottom Fluff

1996-11-16

Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live

1999-11-15

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

2018-05-26

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986-04-25

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime

1998-12-25

King Rocker
King Rocker

2020-10-31

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2008-10-16

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

2021-03-22

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

1984-01-21