Acting
Adrian Edmondson
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
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
Film · 2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Film · 2026
Sam & Ade Go Birding
Series · 2026
Alien: Earth
Series · 2025
Bergerac
Series · 2025
Bottom: Exposed
Film · 2024
3 Body Problem
Series · 2024
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
Series · 2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Film · 2023
Toad & Friends
Series · 2023
The Best Birthday Ever
Film · 2022
A Spy Among Friends
Series · 2022
The Trick
Film · 2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Film · 2021
The Pact
Series · 2021
King Rocker
Film · 2020
Between the Covers
Series · 2020
Out of Her Mind
Series · 2020
The Rizen: Possession
Film · 2019
Completely Bad News
Film · 2019
Cheat
Series · 2019
Back to Life
Series · 2019
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
Film · 2018
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
Film · 2018
Save Me
Series · 2018
Celebrity Catchphrase
Series · 2018
The Rizen
Film · 2017
Interlude in Prague
Film · 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Film · 2017
Bancroft
Series · 2017
Urban Myths
Series · 2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Series · 2017
Genius
Series · 2017
War and Peace
Series · 2016
One of Us
Series · 2016
Upstart Crow
Series · 2016
Rocky Horror Show Live
Film · 2015
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Series · 2014
Prey
Series · 2014
Ade at Sea
Series · 2014
Catchphrase
Series · 2013
Blood
Film · 2012
Five Go to Rehab
Film · 2012
Britain Beware!
Film · 2012
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Series · 2012
Gadget Man
Series · 2012
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Series · 2012
Death in Paradise
Series · 2011
Ade in Britain
Series · 2011
Monte Carlo or Bust
Series · 2010
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Series · 2009
Miss Austen Regrets
Film · 2008
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Film · 2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Film · 2008
Teenage Kicks
Series · 2008
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
Film · 2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Film · 2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Series · 2007
Britain's Got More Talent
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Series · 2007
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
School's Out
Series · 2006
Surviving Disaster
Series · 2006
Great British Menu
Series · 2006
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Film · 2005
Twisted Tales
Series · 2005
Bottom Mindless Violence
Film · 2004
Doctors and Nurses
Series · 2004
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
Film · 2003
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Series · 2003
Celebrity Mastermind
Series · 2003
Spine Chillers
Series · 2003
The Best of French & Saunders
Film · 2002
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Film · 2001
Four Men in a Plane
Film · 2000
Guest House Paradiso
Film · 1999
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
Film · 1999
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
Film · 1999
The Man
Film · 1999
Holby City
Series · 1999
Four Men in a Car
Film · 1998
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Film · 1998
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Film · 1997
Captain Star
Series · 1997
Jonathan Creek
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Bottom Fluff
Film · 1996
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
Film · 1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Film · 1995
Look at the State We're In!
Series · 1995
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Film · 1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
Series · 1994
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
Film · 1993
Demonella
Film · 1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Film · 1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Film · 1993
If You See God, Tell Him
Series · 1993
Red Nose of Courage
Film · 1992
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Film · 1992
Absolutely Fabulous
Series · 1992
The Pope Must Die
Film · 1991
Bottom
Series · 1991
Pebble Mill
Series · 1991
Les Dogs
Film · 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Film · 1990
Oxford
Film · 1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Film · 1990
News Hounds
Film · 1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Film · 1990
Rita Rudner
Series · 1990
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Film · 1989
Just Like That!
Film · 1989
Press Gang
Series · 1989
Snakes and Ladders
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Film · 1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Film · 1988
The Yob
Film · 1988
The Strike
Film · 1988
More Bad News
Film · 1988
This Morning
Series · 1988
Eat the Rich
Film · 1987
Going Live!
Series · 1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Series · 1987
French & Saunders
Series · 1987
Hardwicke House
Series · 1987
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Film · 1986
Private Enterprise
Film · 1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Film · 1986
Honest Decent & True
Film · 1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Film · 1986
Saturday Live
Series · 1986
The Dangerous Brothers
Series · 1986
The Supergrass
Film · 1985
Happy Families
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Film · 1984
Dirty Movie
Film · 1984
Susie
Film · 1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Film · 1984
Slags
Film · 1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Film · 1984
Dead on Time
Film · 1983
Summer School
Film · 1983
War
Film · 1983
The Beat Generation
Film · 1983
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Film · 1983
Bad News
Film · 1983
Natural World
Series · 1983
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Film · 1982
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
Film · 1982
The Young Ones
Series · 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
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Series · 1982
The Comic Strip
Film · 1981
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Series · 1980
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Series · 1976
Film '72
Series · 1971
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