Acting
Adrian Edmondson
EN, DE cinema · 89 credits
Born
24 January 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as Ade Edmonson · Ade Edmondson · Ade Edmonton · Bad News · Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson · Adrian Charles 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).
Known for
Filmography
Codes
as Head of MI6
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
as Self (archive footage)
Bottom: Exposed
as Himself, Director
The Best Birthday Ever
as Granny (voice)
The Trick
as Edward Acton
King Rocker
as Self (archive footage)
The Rizen: Possession
as The Interviewer
Completely Bad News
as Vim Fuego, Writer, Music
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
The Rizen
as Interviewer
Interlude in Prague
as Herr Luptak
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Captain Peavey
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
Blood
as Tom Tiernan
Britain Beware!
as Self (Presenter)
Miss Austen Regrets
as Henry Austen
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self - Baron von Richthoven (archive footage) (uncredited)
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
as Self (Narrator)
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self (Archived Footage)
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage)
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
as Edward Hitler
More Great Comedy Moments
as Vyvyan Basterd / Eddie Hitler (archive footage), Writer
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
as Eddie, Writer
Four Men in a Plane
as Ian Crisp
Mirrorball
Director
Guest House Paradiso
as Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba, Director, Writer
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
as Eddie Hitler
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
as Tim Goodchance
Demonella
as Sid Vicious
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Gregory Dawson
Red Nose of Courage
as John Major/Coco the Clown
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
as Edward Elizabeth Hitler, Writer
The Pope Must Die
as Father Rookie
Les Dogs
as Best Man
Oxford
as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
News Hounds
as Phil Burke
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Dreamy Time Escort, Writer
The Yob
as Michael
The Strike
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
More Bad News
as Vim Fuego, Director, Writer
Eat the Rich
as Charles
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
Private Enterprise
as Brian, Director, Writer
Honest Decent & True
1986
Honest Decent & True
as Alun Pickersgill, Theme Song Performance
The Supergrass
as Dennis Carter
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Eddie Moonson, Writer
Dirty Movie
as Bean, Writer
Susie
as Martin
Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Gordon/Bill
Slags
as Ace
Dead on Time
as Fool
Summer School
as Peter
War
as Various Roles
The Beat Generation
as Desmond
Bad News
as Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe, Music, Writer
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
as Keith Marshall
The Comic Strip
Actor, Writer