Adrian Edmondson
Born January 24, 1957 (Age: 69)
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Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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).
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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Filmography
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
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as Captain Peavey
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Age: 60
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
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as Narrator
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Age: 58
Five Go to Rehab
2012
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as Dick
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Age: 55
Britain Beware!
2012
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as Self (Presenter)
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Age: 55
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
2007
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as Self (Narrator)
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Age: 50
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
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as Self (Archived Footage)
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Age: 50
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
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as Various
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Age: 45
Four Men in a Plane
2000
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as Ian Crisp
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Age: 42
No Image
The Man
1999
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as Ash
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Age: 42
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
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as Dame Dolly
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Age: 41
Four Men in a Car
1998
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as Ian
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Age: 41
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
1997
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as Eddie Hitler
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Age: 40
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
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as Tim Goodchance
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Age: 37
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
1993
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as Eddie
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Age: 36
Demonella
1993
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as Sid Vicious
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Age: 36
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
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as Gregory Dawson
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Age: 36
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
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as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
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Age: 36
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
1992
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as Edward Elizabeth Hitler
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Age: 35
Red Nose of Courage
1992
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as John Major/Coco the Clown
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Age: 35
The Pope Must Die
1991
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as Father Rookie
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Age: 34
News Hounds
1990
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as Phil Burke
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Age: 33
Les Dogs
1990
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as Best Man
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Age: 33
Oxford
1990
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as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
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Age: 33
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
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as Billy
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Age: 33
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
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as Billy
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Age: 33
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
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as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
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Age: 33
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
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as Self
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Age: 31
Just Like That!
1989
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as Self
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Age: 31
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
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as Self
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Age: 31
The Yob
1988
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as Michael
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Age: 31
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
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as Dreamy Time Escort
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Age: 31
More Bad News
1988
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as Vim Fuego
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Age: 31
The Strike
1988
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as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
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Age: 31
Eat the Rich
1987
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as Charles
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Age: 30
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
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as Edward Catflap
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Age: 29
Private Enterprise
1986
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as Brian
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Age: 28
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
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as John
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Age: 28
The Supergrass
1985
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as Dennis Carter
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Age: 28
Happy Families
1985
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as Guy Fuddle / Grandpa Harold Fuddle
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Age: 28
Slags
1984
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as Ace
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Age: 27
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
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as Eddie Moonson
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Age: 27
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
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as Gordon/Bill
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Age: 27
Susie
1984
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as Martin
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Age: 26
Dirty Movie
1984
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as Bean
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Age: 26
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
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as Dick
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Age: 26
Summer School
1983
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as Peter
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Age: 26
The Beat Generation
1983
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as Desmond
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Age: 25
War
1983
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as Various Roles
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Age: 25
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
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as Dick
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Age: 25
The Comic Strip
1981
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as
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Age: 23