Adrian Edmondson
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).
Known For
Acting
1999
asEddie
1988
asDreamy Time Escort
1997
asEddie Hitler
2003
asEdward Hitler
2001
asEddie
2004
asEddie
1995
asEddie
2008
asHenry Austen
1993
asEddie
2008
asSir Adrian Dangerous
1989
asSelf
1985
asDennis Carter
1986
asSir Adrian Dangerous
1988
asSelf
2012
asTom Tiernan
2002
asVarious
1988
asMichael
2021
asEdward Acton
1983
asFool
1990
asBest Man
1993
asSid Vicious
1983
asPeter
1982
asDick
1998
asIan
1984
asEddie Moonson
1983
asVarious Roles
2000
asIan Crisp
1983
asDesmond
1983
asDick
1984
asBean
1984
asMartin
1984
asGordon/Bill
1984
asAce
1986
asBrian
1986
asJohn
1990
asBilly
1990
as2nd MI5 Man / Fan
1990
asBilly
1992
asJohn Major/Coco the Clown
1993
as'K' / Air Traffic Controller
1993
asGregory Dawson
2012
asDick
2023
asSelf
1991
asFather Rookie
1990
asPhil Burke
1989
asSelf
2005
asSelf
1986
asAlun Pickersgill
1987
asCharles
2024
asHimself
2007
asSelf - Narrator
1982
asKeith Marshall
1981
as
2008
asBrad
2015
asNarrator
2017
asInterviewer
1988
asAdrian/Slim/Policeman
2017
asHerr Luptak
2017
asCaptain Peavey
1999
asSelf
2018
asMalvolio
1995
asZyke
1983
asVim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
1988
asVim Fuego
2019
asThe Interviewer
1990
asBilly/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
2019
asVim Fuego
1996
as
1999
as
2018
as
1986
asSelf
1998
asDame Dolly
2020
asSelf (archive footage)
2008
asBaron von Richthoven/Self
2021
asSelf
1984
asBilly
2007
asSelf (Archived Footage)
1987
asEdward Catflap
1999
asAsh
2006
asSelf
asSelf
as
as
asSelf - Guest
asBrendan Baxter
asCharles Crabtree
asSelf
asEdward Elizabeth Hitler
asHamish
asVyvyan
asGordon Spry
as
asGuy Fuddle
asDominic Jones
asSelf
asSelf
as asSelf
asasDr. Roy Glover
asNarrator
asRichard
as
asSelf
asSelf
as 
asHugo Welles
asHeadmaster Wackville
asDewhurst
as
asDCI Warner
asSelf
asIlya Rostov
asSir Roger Hollis
asBaron von Richtoven
asNoodle Pete (voice, English version)
as
asPeter Elliot
asSimon Knowles
asSelf
asTiny
asSelf
as
asSuperintendent Cliff Walker
asAtom Eins
as
asLeslie Conn
as
as
asSelf
asSelf - Guest Judge
asSelf - Contestant
asSelf
asSelf - Contestant
asSelf - Contestant
asGiles Tewkesbury
asGideon Charles
asWilliam Vaughan
asDenys Porlock
asDavid Hilbert
asDogberry
asSelf - Guest
as
asDick
asEddie Monsoon
asMike/Hatchett/Julio/Bolsen/Man in Cage/Jenkins/Zarkoff
asDesmond
asGordon/Bill
asJohn
asPeter
asMartin
asBilly
asVim Fuego
asAce
asBean
asDreamy Time Escort
asBrian
asAdrian/Slim/Policeman
asMichael
asBilly/Prince/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
as2nd MI5 Man/Fan
asBestman
as'K'/Air Traffic Controller
asJohn Major - Coco the Clown
asGregory Dawson
asSid Vicious
asIan Crisp
asIan
asSir Adrian Dangerous
asEdward Catflap
asPhil
as
asJohn
asSelf
asLewis
as 
asSelf - Contestant
asToad
Production
Crew
Directing
1999
as
2000
as
1990
as1986
as1988
as2024
asas 
