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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).


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Born:
Jan 24, 1957 In Bradford - Yorkshire - England
Movie/TV Credits:
43
First Appeared:
In the movie The Comic Strip 1981-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie How The Young Ones Changed Comedy 2018-05-26
Known For
Poster of Bancroft
Poster of Blood
Poster of Guest House Paradiso
Filmography
Movie How The Young Ones Changed Comedy 2018-05-26
Movie RSC Live: Twelfth Night Malvolio 2018-02-14
Movie The Rizen Interviewer 2017-05-06
Movie Interlude In Prague Herr Luptak 2017-05-25
Series Bancroft Superintendent Cliff Walker 2017-12-11
Movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi Captain Peavey 2017-12-13
Series War and Peace Count Ilya Rostov 2016-01-03
Series One of Us Peter Elliot 2016-08-23
Movie Rocky Horror Show Live Narrator 2015-11-17
Series Prey DCI Warner 2014-04-28
Movie Blood Tom Tiernan 2012-10-09
Movie Miss Austen Regrets Henry Austen 2008-02-03
Series Teenage Kicks 2008-03-28
Movie Rocky Horror Tribute Show Brad 2008-10-14
Movie If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story Self - Narrator 2007-12-14
Series The One Show Unknown 2006-08-14
Series Twisted Tales Unknown 2005-01-16
Movie Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour Edward Hitler 2003-11-24
Movie Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity Eddie 2001-10-19
Movie The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye Zyke 1999-10-26
Movie Guest House Paradiso Eddie 1999-12-03
Movie Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island Eddie Hitler 1997-10-27
Movie Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour Eddie 1995-11-06
Movie Bottom Live The Stage Show Eddie 1993-09-27
Series Absolutely Fabulous Unknown 1992-11-12
Movie The Pope Must Die Father Rookie 1991-06-21
Series Pebble Mill Unknown 1991-10-14
Movie The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball Himself 1989-01-01
Series Press Gang Simon Knowles 1989-01-16
Series Happy Families 1989-08-17
Series Snakes and Ladders Giles Tewkesbury 1989-10-17
Movie More Bad News Vim Fuego 1988-02-27
Movie Mr Jolly Lives Next Door Dreamy Time Escort 1988-03-05
Movie An Audience With Victoria Wood Himself 1988-12-10
Series Filthy Rich & Catflap 1987-01-07
Movie Eat the Rich Charles 1987-10-23
Movie The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live 1986-04-25
Movie The Supergrass Dennis Carter 1985-11-08
Series Natural World Narrator 1983-10-30
Movie Bad News Tour Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe 1983-01-24
Series Blackadder Baron von Richtoven 1983-06-15
Movie Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door Keith Marshall 1982-03-13
Movie The Comic Strip 1981-01-01
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