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Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

Acting

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).

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Guest House Paradiso
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Guest House Paradiso

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Guest House Paradiso
Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba
Poster for Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Dreamy Time Escort
Poster for Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
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Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

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Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Eddie Hitler
Poster for Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
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Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

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Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
Edward Hitler
Poster for Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
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Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity

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Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Eddie
Poster for Bottom Mindless Violence
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Bottom Mindless Violence

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Bottom Mindless Violence
Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage)
Poster for Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
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Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour

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Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
Eddie
Poster for Miss Austen Regrets
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Miss Austen Regrets

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Miss Austen Regrets
Henry Austen
Poster for Bottom Live: The Stage Show
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Bottom Live: The Stage Show

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Bottom Live: The Stage Show
Eddie
Poster for The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
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The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision

The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
Sir Adrian Dangerous

Production

Poster for Guest House Paradiso
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Guest House Paradiso

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Guest House Paradiso
Director
Poster for Mirrorball
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Mirrorball

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Mirrorball
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Poster for Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
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Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity

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Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Writer
Poster for French & Saunders LIVE
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French & Saunders LIVE

French & Saunders LIVE
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Poster for Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
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Poster for Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
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Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Writer
Poster for Dirty Movie
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Dirty Movie

Dirty Movie
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Poster for Private Enterprise
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Private Enterprise

Private Enterprise
Writer
Poster for Private Enterprise
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Private Enterprise

Private Enterprise
Director
Poster for The Comic Strip
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The Comic Strip

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The Comic Strip
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Gallery

Adrian Edmondson portrait
Adrian Edmondson portrait
Adrian Edmondson portrait
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