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