Acting
Adrian Edmondson
Born Jan 24, 1957 · Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
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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Acting
Codes
2026
Thriller
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
2026
Documentary · Comedy
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
Comedy
Sam & Ade Go Birding
2026
Documentary · Comedy · Reality
Alien: Earth
2025
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Bergerac
2025
Crime
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
2024
Drama · Crime
Bottom: Exposed
2024
Documentary · Comedy
3 Body Problem
2024
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Drama
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Documentary
Toad & Friends
2023
Animation · Kids · Family
A Spy Among Friends
2022
War & Politics · Drama
The Best Birthday Ever
2022
Adventure · Animation · Family
The Trick
2021
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
The Pact
2021
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
TV Movie · Documentary
King Rocker
2020
Documentary · Music
Out of Her Mind
2020
Comedy
Completely Bad News
2019
The Rizen: Possession
2019
Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Back to Life
2019
Comedy · Drama
Cheat
2019
Drama
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Documentary · Comedy
Save Me
2018
Drama · Crime · Mystery
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
2018
Comedy
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
Adventure · Action · Science Fiction
Bancroft
2017
Crime · Drama
Interlude in Prague
2017
Drama · Music
The Rizen
2017
Action · Science Fiction · Horror
Genius
2017
Drama
Urban Myths
2017
Comedy · Drama · Documentary
One of Us
2016
Crime · Drama
Upstart Crow
2016
Comedy · Drama
War and Peace
2016
Drama
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
Comedy · Science Fiction · Fantasy
Prey
2014
Crime
Catchphrase
2013
Family · Reality
Gadget Man
2012
Documentary
Five Go to Rehab
2012
Comedy
Blood
2012
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Britain Beware!
2012
Documentary
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012
Comedy
Ade in Britain
2011
Documentary
Death in Paradise
2011
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
Comedy · Documentary
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008
Comedy · Horror · Music
Teenage Kicks
2008
Comedy
Miss Austen Regrets
2008
Drama · History · TV Movie
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
2007
Documentary · Music
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
Documentary
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
2006
Music
Surviving Disaster
2006
Documentary · Drama
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
Documentary
Twisted Tales
2005
Drama · Comedy
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
Comedy
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
2003
Comedy
Spine Chillers
2003
Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy
More Great Comedy Moments
2003
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
2001
Comedy
Four Men in a Plane
2000
Comedy
Guest House Paradiso
1999
Comedy
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
1999
Documentary
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
1999
Comedy
Holby City
1999
Soap · Drama
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
1998
Comedy
Four Men in a Car
1998
Comedy
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
1997
Comedy
Captain Star
1997
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Animation
Jonathan Creek
1997
Mystery · Comedy · Drama
Midsomer Murders
1997
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Bottom Fluff
1996
Comedy
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
1995
Comedy
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
1995
Action · Adventure · TV Movie
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
1994
Comedy
If You See God, Tell Him
1993
Comedy
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
1993
Comedy
Demonella
1993
Comedy
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
1993
Comedy
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
Comedy · Science Fiction
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Comedy
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
1992
Comedy
Red Nose of Courage
1992
Comedy
Bottom
1991
Comedy
The Pope Must Die
1991
Comedy
Rita Rudner
1990
Comedy
News Hounds
1990
Comedy · Drama · TV Movie
Les Dogs
1990
Comedy
Oxford
1990
Comedy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
1990
Comedy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
Comedy
Snakes and Ladders
1989
Comedy
Screen One
1989
Drama
Press Gang
1989
Comedy · Drama
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
Comedy · Music
Just Like That!
1989
Documentary
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
Comedy
The Yob
1988
Comedy
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
Comedy · Horror · TV Movie
More Bad News
1988
Comedy · Music
The Strike
1988
Comedy
Eat the Rich
1987
Action · Comedy · Crime
French & Saunders
1987
Comedy
Hardwicke House
1987
Comedy
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
Comedy
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
Comedy
Saturday Live
1986
Comedy
Private Enterprise
1986
Comedy
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Comedy
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
Comedy
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
Comedy
The Supergrass
1985
Comedy
Happy Families
1985
Drama · Comedy
Screen Two
1985
Drama
Slags
1984
Comedy
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
1984
Comedy
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
Comedy
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
Western · Comedy · TV Movie
Susie
1984
Comedy
Dirty Movie
1984
Comedy
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
1983
Comedy
Natural World
1983
Documentary
Blackadder
1983
Comedy
Summer School
1983
Comedy
Bad News
1983
Comedy · Music
The Beat Generation
1983
Comedy
War
1983
Comedy
Dead on Time
1983
Comedy
The Young Ones
1982
Comedy
Five Go Mad in Dorset
1982
Comedy
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Comedy
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
1982
Comedy · TV Movie
The Comic Strip
1981
Comedy
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
Comedy
Directed
Written
Completely Bad News
2019
More Great Comedy Moments
2003
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
2001
Comedy
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
1992
Comedy
Bottom
1991
Comedy