Cast
Adrian Edmondson
Acting
Cast
Adrian Edmondson
Known for
Acting
Born
1957-01-24
From
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as Ade Edmonson, Ade Edmondson, Ade Edmonton
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).
★6.7
MOVIE2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Captain Peavey
★5.5
MOVIE2024
Bottom: Exposed
as Himself
MOVIE1983
Summer School
as Peter
★6.1
MOVIE1999
Guest House Paradiso
as Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba
MOVIE1985
Happy Families
as Guy Fuddle / Grandpa Harold Fuddle
★8.0
MOVIE1981
The Comic Strip
★5.9
MOVIE2012
Blood
as Tom Tiernan
MOVIETBA
Codes
as Head of MI6
★6.2
MOVIE1987
Eat the Rich
as Charles
★7.3
MOVIE2026
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
as Edward Catflap
MOVIE1993
Demonella
as Sid Vicious
MOVIE1994
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
as Tim Goodchance
★6.6
MOVIE1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2008
Miss Austen Regrets
as Henry Austen
★7.5
MOVIE2018
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
★7.0
MOVIE2015
Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
★6.7
MOVIE2022
The Best Birthday Ever
as Granny (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE1985
The Supergrass
as Dennis Carter
★5.0
MOVIE1991
The Pope Must Die
as Father Rookie
MOVIE2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
as Self (archive footage)
★5.0
MOVIE2021
The Trick
as Edward Acton
MOVIE1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Gordon/Bill
MOVIE2012
Britain Beware!
as Self (Presenter)
MOVIE1984
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Eddie Moonson
★5.7
MOVIE1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
as Zyke
★4.8
MOVIE2017
The Rizen
as Interviewer
★7.0
MOVIE1986
Honest Decent & True
as Alun Pickersgill
MOVIE1992
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
as Edward Elizabeth Hitler
★8.0
MOVIE1992
Red Nose of Courage
as John Major/Coco the Clown
★5.5
MOVIE2019
The Rizen: Possession
as The Interviewer
MOVIE1996
Bottom Fluff
★7.0
MOVIE2007
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
as Self (Narrator)
★5.8
MOVIE2017
Interlude in Prague
as Herr Luptak
★7.5
MOVIE2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1999
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
as Self
MOVIE1984
Dirty Movie
as Bean
MOVIE1983
The Beat Generation
as Desmond
MOVIE2019
Completely Bad News
as Vim Fuego
★7.7
MOVIE1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1999
The Man
as Ash
★6.7
MOVIE1983
Dead on Time
as Fool
MOVIE1998
Four Men in a Car
as Ian
MOVIE2012
Five Go to Rehab
as Dick
★6.1
MOVIE1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
MOVIE1986
Private Enterprise
as Brian
★8.7
MOVIE1983
Bad News
as Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
MOVIE1982
Five Go Mad in Dorset
as Dick
MOVIE1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
★9.0
MOVIE1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Dreamy Time Escort
MOVIE1990
GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
MOVIE1990
News Hounds
as Phil Burke
MOVIE1983
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as Dick
★7.3
MOVIE1997
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
as Eddie Hitler
★4.5
MOVIE2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self - Baron von Richthoven (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1995
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
as Eddie
MOVIE1988
The Yob
as Michael
★6.2
MOVIE2008
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as Brad
★7.0
MOVIE1988
The Strike
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
MOVIE1990
Les Dogs
as Best Man
★7.0
MOVIE1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Billy
MOVIE2006
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
MOVIE1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as John
★8.0
MOVIE1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as Self
MOVIE1993
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Gregory Dawson
★7.0
MOVIE1998
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
as Dame Dolly
MOVIE2002
The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
★6.6
MOVIE1982
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
as Keith Marshall
★10.0
MOVIE2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2018
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
★7.3
MOVIE2020
King Rocker
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2000
Four Men in a Plane
as Ian Crisp
MOVIE1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Billy
MOVIE1990
Oxford
as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
★10.0
MOVIE1983
War
as Various Roles
MOVIE1984
Susie
as Martin
★9.8
MOVIE1988
More Bad News
as Vim Fuego
MOVIE1989
Just Like That!
as Self
MOVIE2008
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
as Eddie
MOVIE2007
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self (Archived Footage)
★2.0
MOVIE1984
Slags
as Ace
★7.3
MOVIE1999
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
MOVIE1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Billy
★7.0
MOVIE2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2001
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
as Eddie
★7.5
MOVIE2003
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
as Edward Hitler