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).
Guest House Paradiso
(Eddie)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
(Dreamy Time Escort)
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
(Eddie Hitler)
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
(Edward Hitler)
Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity
(Eddie)
Bottom Mindless Violence
(Eddie)
Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour
(Eddie)
Miss Austen Regrets
(Henry Austen)
Bottom Live The Stage Show
(Eddie)
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
(Sir Adrian Dangerous)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
(Self)
The Supergrass
(Dennis Carter)
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
(Sir Adrian Dangerous)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
(Self)
Blood
(Tom Tiernan)
The Best of French & Saunders
(Various)
The Yob
(Michael)
The Trick
(Edward Acton)
Dead on Time
(Fool)
Les Dogs
(Best Man)
Demonella
(Sid Vicious)
Summer School
(Peter)
Five Go Mad in Dorset
(Dick)
Four Men in a Car
(Ian)
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
(Eddie Moonson)
War
(Various Roles)
Four Men in a Plane
(Ian Crisp)
The Beat Generation
(Desmond)
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
(Dick)
Dirty Movie
(Bean)
Susie
(Martin)
Gino: Full Story and Pics
(Gordon/Bill)
Slags
(Ace)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
(John)
Private Enterprise
(Brian)
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
(Billy)
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
(Billy)
Oxford
(2nd MI5 Man / Fan)
Red Nose of Courage
(John Major/Coco the Clown)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
('K' / Air Traffic Controller)
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
(Gregory Dawson)
Five Go to Rehab
(Dick)
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
(Self)
The Pope Must Diet
(Father Rookie)
News Hounds
(Phil Burke)
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
(Self)
Just Like That!
(Self)
Honest Decent & True
(Alun Pickersgill)
Eat the Rich
(Charles)
Bottom: Exposed
(Himself)
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
(Self - Narrator)
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
(Keith Marshall)
The Comic Strip
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: 40th Anniversary Celebration
(Self)
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
(Brad)
Rocky Horror Show Live
(Narrator)
The Rizen
(Interviewer)
The Strike
(Adrian/Slim/Policeman)
Interlude In Prague
(Herr Luptak)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(Captain Peavey)
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
(Himself)
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
(Malvolio)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
(Zyke)
Bad News
(Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe)
More Bad News
(Vim Fuego)
The Rizen: Possession
(The Interviewer)
GLC: The Carnage Continues
(Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland)
Completely Bad News
(Vim Fuego)
Bottom Fluff
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
(Dame Dolly)
King Rocker
(Self (archive footage))
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
(Baron von Richthoven/Self)
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
(Self)
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
(Billy)
This Morning
(Self)
Captain Star
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
The One Show
(Self - Guest)
Jonathan Creek
(Brendan Baxter)
Death in Paradise
(Charles Crabtree)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(Self)
Bottom
(Edward Elizabeth Hitler)
Absolutely Fabulous
(Hamish)
The Young Ones
(Vyvyan)
If You See God, Tell Him
(Gordon Spry)
Teenage Kicks
Happy Families
(Guy Fuddle)
Anna Lee
(Dominic Jones)
School's Out
(Self)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
(Self)
Happy Families
Pebble Mill
(Self)
Celebrity Mastermind
Doctors and Nurses
Natural World
(Narrator)
The Pact
(Richard)
Ade in Britain
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
(Self)
Britain's Got More Talent
(Self)
Monte Carlo or Bust
Midsomer Murders
(Hugo Welles)
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
(Headmaster Wackville)
Look at the State We're In!
(Dewhurst)
Spine Chillers
Prey
(DCI Warner)
Ade at Sea
(Self)
War and Peace
(Ilya Rostov)
French & Saunders
(James Macaroon)
A Spy Among Friends
(Sir Roger Hollis)
Blackadder
(Baron von Richtoven)
Ronja the Robber's Daughter
(Noodle Pete (voice, English version))
Twisted Tales
One of Us
(Peter Elliot)
Press Gang
(Simon Knowles)
An Audience with...
(Self)
Hardwicke House
(Tiny)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Rita Rudner
Bancroft
(Superintendent Cliff Walker)
Alien: Earth
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Urban Myths
(Leslie Conn)
Gadget Man
Surviving Disaster
Going Live!
(Self)
Great British Menu
(Self - Guest Judge)
Richard Osman's House of Games
(Self - Contestant)
Would I Lie to You?
(Self)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
(Self - Contestant)
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
(Self - Contestant)
Snakes and Ladders
(Giles Tewkesbury)
Save Me
(Gideon Charles)
Cheat
(William Vaughan)
3 Body Problem
(Denys Porlock)
Genius
(David Hilbert)
Upstart Crow
(Dogberry)
Ready Steady Cook
(Self - Guest)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Dennis Carter)
Saturday Live
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Dick)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Eddie Monsoon)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Mike/Hatchett/Julio/Bolsen/Man in Cage/Jenkins/Zarkoff)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Desmond)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Gordon/Bill)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(John)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Peter)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Martin)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Billy)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Vim Fuego)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Ace)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Bean)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Dreamy Time Escort)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Brian)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Adrian/Slim/Policeman)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Michael)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Billy/Prince/Giles Cricket Bat Portland)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(2nd MI5 Man/Fan)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Bestman)
The Comic Strip Presents...
('K'/Air Traffic Controller)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(John Major - Coco the Clown)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Gregory Dawson)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Sid Vicious)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Ian Crisp)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Adrian Dangerous)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Ian)
The Dangerous Brothers
(Sir Adrian Dangerous)
Filthy Rich & Catflap
(Edward Catflap)
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
(Phil)
Catchphrase
French & Saunders
(John)
Between the Covers
(Self)
Out of Her Mind
(Lewis)
The Comic Strip Presents...
Celebrity Catchphrase
(Self - Contestant)
Guest House Paradiso
(Director)
Mirrorball
(Director)
Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity
(Writer)
French & Saunders LIVE
(Director)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
(Writer)
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
(Writer)
Dirty Movie
(Writer)
Private Enterprise
(Director)
Private Enterprise
(Writer)
The Comic Strip
(Writer)
Bad News
(Music)
Bad News
(Writer)
More Bad News
(Director)
More Bad News
(Writer)
Completely Bad News
(Writer)
Completely Bad News
(Music)
Guest House Paradiso
(Writer)
Honest Decent & True
(Theme Song Performance)
Bottom
(Writer)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Writer)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Director)
Bottom
(Scenario Writer)
Bottom
(Producer)
Bottom
(Production Design)
Bottom
(Executive Producer)
Bottom
(Creator)
Teenage Kicks
(Creator)
The Dangerous Brothers
(Creator)