credits of
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).
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 18th, 2024 | Bottom: Exposed | Himself | 5.5 | |
December 27th, 2023 | imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter | Self | 7 | |
January 26th, 2022 | The Best Birthday Ever | Granny (voice) | 6.7 | |
October 18th, 2021 | The Trick | Edward Acton | 5 | |
March 22nd, 2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel | Self | 7 | |
October 31st, 2020 | King Rocker | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
November 29th, 2019 | Completely Bad News | Vim Fuego | TBD | |
May 22nd, 2019 | The Rizen: Possession | The Interviewer | 5.5 | |
May 26th, 2018 | How The Young Ones Changed Comedy | TBD | 7 | |
February 14th, 2018 | RSC Live: Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 7.5 | |
December 13th, 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Captain Peavey | 6.8 | |
May 25th, 2017 | Interlude in Prague | Herr Luptak | 5.8 | |
May 6th, 2017 | The Rizen | Interviewer | 4.8 | |
November 17th, 2015 | Rocky Horror Show Live | Narrator | 7 | |
November 7th, 2012 | Five Go to Rehab | Dick | TBD | |
October 9th, 2012 | Blood | Tom Tiernan | 5.9 | |
May 6th, 2012 | Britain Beware! | Self (Presenter) | TBD | |
October 16th, 2008 | Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self - Baron von Richthoven (archive footage) (uncredited) | 4.5 | |
October 14th, 2008 | Rocky Horror Tribute Show | Brad | 6.2 | |
February 3rd, 2008 | Miss Austen Regrets | Henry Austen | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 2008 | The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision | Sir Adrian Dangerous | TBD | |
December 14th, 2007 | If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story | Self (Narrator) | 7 | |
October 29th, 2007 | The Making of 'The Young Ones' | Self (Archived Footage) | TBD | |
May 22nd, 2006 | Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration | Self | TBD | |
July 4th, 2005 | The Comic Strip - A Retrospective | Self | 7.5 | |
November 22nd, 2004 | Bottom Mindless Violence | Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage) | 10 | |
November 24th, 2003 | Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour | Edward Hitler | 7.5 | |
August 5th, 2002 | The Best of French & Saunders | Various | TBD | |
October 19th, 2001 | Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity | Eddie | 7.3 | |
January 4th, 2000 | Four Men in a Plane | Ian Crisp | TBD | |
December 3rd, 1999 | Guest House Paradiso | Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba | 6.1 | |
November 15th, 1999 | The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso' | Self | 5 | |
November 15th, 1999 | Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live | TBD | 7.3 | |
April 5th, 1999 | The Man | Ash | 7 | |
December 25th, 1998 | Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime | Dame Dolly | 7 | |
April 12th, 1998 | Four Men in a Car | Ian | TBD | |
October 27th, 1997 | Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island | Eddie Hitler | 7.2 | |
November 16th, 1996 | Bottom Fluff | TBD | TBD | |
November 6th, 1995 | Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour | Eddie | 7.7 | |
January 15th, 1995 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Zyke | 5.7 | |
December 30th, 1994 | French and Saunders' Christmas Carol | Tim Goodchance | TBD | |
September 27th, 1993 | Bottom Live: The Stage Show | Eddie | 7.9 | |
May 20th, 1993 | Demonella | Sid Vicious | TBD | |
May 13th, 1993 | Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase | Gregory Dawson | TBD | |
April 29th, 1993 | Space Virgins from Planet Sex | 'K' / Air Traffic Controller | TBD | |
October 29th, 1992 | Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special | Edward Elizabeth Hitler | TBD | |
April 9th, 1992 | Red Nose of Courage | John Major/Coco the Clown | 8 | |
June 21st, 1991 | The Pope Must Die | Father Rookie | 5 | |
September 2nd, 1990 | News Hounds | Phil Burke | TBD | |
August 3rd, 1990 | Les Dogs | Best Man | TBD | |
February 22nd, 1990 | Oxford | 2nd MI5 Man / Fan | TBD | |
February 8th, 1990 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Billy | TBD | |
February 8th, 1990 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! | Billy | TBD | |
February 5th, 1990 | GLC: The Carnage Continues | Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland | TBD | |
January 1st, 1989 | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | 7.7 | |
January 1st, 1989 | Just Like That! | Self | TBD | |
December 10th, 1988 | An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | 6.1 | |
March 12th, 1988 | The Yob | Michael | TBD | |
March 5th, 1988 | Mr Jolly Lives Next Door | Dreamy Time Escort | 8.8 | |
February 27th, 1988 | More Bad News | Vim Fuego | 9.8 | |
February 20th, 1988 | The Strike | Adrian/Slim/Policeman | 7 | |
October 23rd, 1987 | Eat the Rich | Charles | 6.2 | |
January 7th, 1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap | Edward Catflap | 5 | |
April 25th, 1986 | The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live | Self | 8 | |
February 9th, 1986 | Honest Decent & True | Alun Pickersgill | 7 | |
January 2nd, 1986 | Private Enterprise | Brian | TBD | |
January 1st, 1986 | Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger | Sir Adrian Dangerous | 6.6 | |
January 1st, 1986 | Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) | John | TBD | |
November 8th, 1985 | The Supergrass | Dennis Carter | 6.1 | |
October 17th, 1985 | Happy Families | Guy Fuddle / Grandpa Harold Fuddle | TBD | |
February 11th, 1984 | Slags | Ace | 2 | |
February 4th, 1984 | Eddie Monsoon - a Life? | Eddie Moonson | TBD | |
January 28th, 1984 | Gino: Full Story and Pics | Gordon/Bill | TBD | |
January 21st, 1984 | A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques | Billy | 7 | |
January 14th, 1984 | Susie | Martin | TBD | |
January 7th, 1984 | Dirty Movie | Bean | TBD | |
November 2nd, 1983 | Five Go Mad on Mescalin | Dick | TBD | |
January 31st, 1983 | Summer School | Peter | TBD | |
January 24th, 1983 | Bad News | Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe | 8.7 | |
January 17th, 1983 | The Beat Generation | Desmond | TBD | |
January 3rd, 1983 | War | Various Roles | 10 | |
January 1st, 1983 | Dead on Time | Fool | 6.9 | |
November 2nd, 1982 | Five Go Mad in Dorset | Dick | TBD | |
March 13th, 1982 | Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door | Keith Marshall | 6.6 | |
January 1st, 1981 | The Comic Strip | TBD | 8 | |
TBD | Codes | Head of MI6 | TBD |