Adrian Edmondson
Acting
🎂 1957-01-24
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).
Cast credits(178)
Self
2007
Self
2007
Hugo Welles
1997
Self - Contestant
2017
Narrator
1983
Charles Crabtree
2011
2013
Self
2007
Self
2007
Hamish
1992
Denys Porlock
2024
Self
2014
David Hilbert
2017
Baron von Richtoven
1983
Self - Guest Judge
2006
Dick
1982
Mike/Hatchett/Julio/Bolsen/Man in Cage/Jenkins/Zarkoff
1982
Desmond
1982
Vim Fuego
1982
Peter
1982
Bean
1982
Martin
1982
Billy
1982
Gordon/Bill
1982
Eddie Monsoon
1982
Ace
1982
John
1982
Brian
1982
Adrian/Slim/Policeman
1982
Dreamy Time Escort
1982
Michael
1982
Billy/Prince/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
1982
2nd MI5 Man/Fan
1982
Bestman
1982
John Major - Coco the Clown
1982
'K'/Air Traffic Controller
1982
Gregory Dawson
1982
Sid Vicious
1982
Ian
1982
Ian Crisp
1982
1982
Self
1991
Simon Knowles
1989
Self
1978
Atom Eins
2025
Ilya Rostov
2016
Vyvyan
1982
Self
2020
Self - Guest
2006
Peter Elliot
2016
Noodle Pete (voice, English version)
2014
2003
Brendan Baxter
1997
Gideon Charles
2018
Self - Contestant
2012
DCI Warner
2014
Self - Contestant
2018
Sir Roger Hollis
2022
Self
1976
Leslie Conn
2017
Edward Catflap
1987
William Vaughan
2019
1990
2012
Self - Guest
1994
1997
Toad
2023
Phil
2024
John
1987
Edward Elizabeth Hitler
1991
Giles Tewkesbury
1989
Captain Peavey
2017
Richard
2021
1986
Dominic Jones
1994
Dogberry
2016
2003
Lewis
2020
Dr. Roy Glover
2004
2011
Dewhurst
1995
Self - Contestant
2009
Headmaster Wackville
2012
Superintendent Cliff Walker
2017
Self
1987
2008
2005
2003
Self
Tiny
1987
Gordon Spry
1993
Guy Fuddle
1985
1989
2006
2010
Self
1988
Charles
1987
Sir Adrian Dangerous
1986
Tom Tiernan
2012
Self
2006
Henry Austen
2008
Father Rookie
1991
Eddie
1999
Self
2021
Edward Acton
2021
1980
Herr Luptak
2017
Vim Fuego
1988
Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
1983
Baron von Richthoven/Self
2008
Zyke
1995
Dame Dolly
1998
'K' / Air Traffic Controller
1993
Narrator
2015
Ian Crisp
2000
Bean
1984
Himself
2024
Fool
1983
Self
1989
Ian
1998
Dennis Carter
1985
Adrian/Slim/Policeman
1988
Alun Pickersgill
1986
Various
2002
Self
1999
Sir Adrian Dangerous
1986
John
1986
Interviewer
2017
Self
1986
Dick
1983
Various Roles
1983
Gordon/Bill
1984
Billy
1990
Sid Vicious
1993
Best Man
1990
Desmond
1983
Self
1988
Gregory Dawson
1993
Eddie
1995
Self - Narrator
2007
Phil Burke
1990
Brad
2008
Eddie Moonson
1984
Billy
1990
Vim Fuego
2019
Dick
1982
Self
1989
John Major/Coco the Clown
1992
Dick
2012
Peter
1983
Brian
1986
Self (archive footage)
2020
Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
1990
1981
Michael
1988
Martin
1984
2018
2nd MI5 Man / Fan
1990
The Interviewer
2019
Ash
1999
Eddie
2001
Edward Hitler
2003
Self
2023
Billy
1984
Dreamy Time Escort
1988
1996
Eddie
1993
Self (Archived Footage)
2007
Edward Catflap
1987
Self
2005
Ace
1984
Eddie
2004
Self
2006
Keith Marshall
1982
Malvolio
2018
1999
Sir Adrian Dangerous
2008
Eddie Hitler
1997
