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Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

Known for ActingBorn 1957-01-24 (age 69)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Celebrity Catchphrase10.0
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Celebrity Catchphrase

2018 · Series

Bottom Mindless Violence10.0
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Bottom Mindless Violence

2004 · Movie

War10.0
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War

1983 · Movie

More Bad News9.8
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More Bad News

1988 · Movie

Ade in Britain9.0
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Ade in Britain

2011 · Series

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door8.8
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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988 · Movie

Bad News8.7
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Bad News

1983 · Movie

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy8.0
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Comic Relief Does Fame Academy

2003 · Series

Mirrorball8.0
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Mirrorball

2000 · Movie

Ready, Steady, Cook8.0
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Ready, Steady, Cook

1994 · Series

Red Nose of Courage8.0
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Red Nose of Courage

1992 · Movie

Would I Lie to You?7.8
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Would I Lie to You?

2007 · Series

Going Live!8.0
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Going Live!

1987 · Series

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live8.0
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The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986 · Movie

Bottom Live: The Stage Show7.9
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Bottom Live: The Stage Show

1993 · Movie

Bottom7.9
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Bottom

1991 · Series

The Comic Strip8.0
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The Comic Strip

1981 · Movie

Blackadder8.0
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Blackadder

1983 · Series

War and Peace7.6
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War and Peace

2016 · Series

The Young Ones7.9
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The Young Ones

1982 · Series

3 Body Problem7.5
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3 Body Problem

2024 · Series

Twisted Tales7.7
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Twisted Tales

2005 · Series

RSC Live: Twelfth Night7.5
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RSC Live: Twelfth Night

2018 · Movie

Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour7.7
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Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour

1995 · Movie

Genius7.5
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Genius

2017 · Series

Death in Paradise7.5
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Death in Paradise

2011 · Series

Back to Life7.4
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Back to Life

2019 · Series

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball7.7
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989 · Movie

Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour7.5
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Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

2003 · Movie

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective7.5
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The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005 · Movie

Alien: Earth7.3
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Alien: Earth

2025 · Series

Urban Myths7.4
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Urban Myths

2017 · Series

King Rocker7.3
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King Rocker

2020 · Movie

Jonathan Creek7.5
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Jonathan Creek

1997 · Series

Upstart Crow7.3
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Upstart Crow

2016 · Series

Midsomer Murders7.5
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Midsomer Murders

1997 · Series

If You See God, Tell Him7.5
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If You See God, Tell Him

1993 · Series

Absolutely Fabulous7.5
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Absolutely Fabulous

1992 · Series

French & Saunders7.5
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French & Saunders

1987 · Series

Press Gang7.5
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Press Gang

1989 · Series

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled7.2
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Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014 · Series

Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity7.3
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Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity

2001 · Movie

The Pact7.1
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The Pact

2021 · Series

The Graham Norton Show7.2
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The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Series

The Comic Strip Presents...7.4
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The Comic Strip Presents...

1982 · Series

Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live7.3
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Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live

1999 · Movie

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter7.0
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imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

2023 · Movie

Natural World7.4
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Natural World

1983 · Series