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Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

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).

Personal information

Birthday

1957-01-24

Birth Place

Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

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3 Body Problem

2024

7.5

TV
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques

1984

7.0

Movie
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A Spy Among Friends

2022

6.6

TV
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Absolutely Fabulous

1992

7.5

TV
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Ade at Sea

0.0

TV
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Ade in Britain

2011

9.0

TV
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Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014

7.0

TV
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Alien: Earth

0.0

TV
An Audience With Victoria Wood

An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988

5.2

Movie
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An Audience with...

1978

5.3

TV
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Anna Lee

1994

7.1

TV
Bad News

Bad News

1983

8.7

Movie
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Bancroft

2017

6.6

TV
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Between the Covers

2020

5.5

TV
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live

Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live

1999

7.3

Movie
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Blackadder

1983

8.0

TV
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

2008

8.0

Movie
Blood

Blood

2012

5.9

Movie
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Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

1980

0.0

TV
Bottom Fluff

Bottom Fluff

1996

0.0

Movie
Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity

Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity

2001

7.3

Movie
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour

2003

7.5

Movie
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

1997

7.2

Movie
Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour

Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour

1995

7.6

Movie
Bottom Live The Stage Show

Bottom Live The Stage Show

1993

7.8

Movie
Bottom Mindless Violence

Bottom Mindless Violence

2004

10.0

Movie
Bottom: Exposed

Bottom: Exposed

2024

5.5

Movie
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Britain's Got More Talent

2007

2.8

TV
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Captain Star

1997

8.0

TV
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Catchphrase

2013

7.5

TV
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Celebrity Catchphrase

2018

0.0

TV
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Celebrity Mastermind

2003

6.0

TV
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Cheat

2019

6.6

TV
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Comic Relief Does Fame Academy

2003

0.0

TV
Completely Bad News

Completely Bad News

2019

0.0

Movie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

1986

0.0

Movie
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger

1986

6.6

Movie
Dead on Time

Dead on Time

1983

6.5

Movie
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Death in Paradise

2011

7.5

TV
Demonella

Demonella

1993

0.0

Movie
Dirty Movie

Dirty Movie

1984

0.0

Movie
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Doctors and Nurses

2004

0.0

TV
Eat the Rich

Eat the Rich

1987

6.0

Movie
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

Eddie Monsoon - a Life?

1984

0.0

Movie
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Filthy Rich & Catflap

1987

6.6

TV
Five Go Mad in Dorset

Five Go Mad in Dorset

1982

0.0

Movie
Five Go Mad on Mescalin

Five Go Mad on Mescalin

1983

0.0

Movie
Five Go to Rehab

Five Go to Rehab

2012

0.0

Movie
Four Men in a Car

Four Men in a Car

1998

0.0

Movie
Four Men in a Plane

Four Men in a Plane

2000

0.0

Movie
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French & Saunders

1987

7.5

TV
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Gadget Man

2012

7.0

TV
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Genius

2017

7.8

TV
Gino: Full Story and Pics

Gino: Full Story and Pics

1984

0.0

Movie
GLC: The Carnage Continues

GLC: The Carnage Continues

1990

0.0

Movie
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Going Live!

1987

6.0

TV
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Great British Menu

2006

6.4

TV
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase

1993

0.0

Movie
Guest House Paradiso

Guest House Paradiso

1999

6.1

Movie
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Happy Families

1985

6.8

TV
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Happy Families

1989

5.5

TV
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Hardwicke House

1987

4.0

TV
Honest Decent & True

Honest Decent & True

1986

0.0

Movie
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

How The Young Ones Changed Comedy

2018

7.0

Movie
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story

If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story

2007

7.0

Movie
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If You See God, Tell Him

1993

6.7

TV
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

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

2023

7.0

Movie
Interlude In Prague

Interlude In Prague

2017

5.9

Movie
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime

Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime

1998

7.0

Movie
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Jonathan Creek

1997

7.5

TV
Just Like That!

Just Like That!

1989

0.0

Movie
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door

Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door

1982

8.0

Movie
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Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story

2024

5.0

TV
King Rocker

King Rocker

2020

7.5

Movie
Les Dogs

Les Dogs

1990

0.0

Movie
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Let's Dance for Comic Relief

2009

6.7

TV
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

2021

7.0

Movie
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Look at the State We're In!

1995

0.0

TV
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Midsomer Murders

1997

7.5

TV
Miss Austen Regrets

Miss Austen Regrets

2008

6.1

Movie
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Monte Carlo or Bust

2010

0.0

TV
More Bad News

More Bad News

1988

9.8

Movie
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988

8.2

Movie
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Natural World

1983

7.0

TV
News Hounds

News Hounds

1990

0.0

Movie
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One of Us

2016

6.6

TV
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Out of Her Mind

2020

5.0

TV
Oxford

Oxford

1990

0.0

Movie
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Pebble Mill

1991

3.1

TV
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Press Gang

1989

7.3

TV
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Prey

2014

6.8

TV
Private Enterprise

Private Enterprise

1986

0.0

Movie
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Ready Steady Cook

1994

0.0

TV
Red Nose of Courage

Red Nose of Courage

1992

0.0

Movie
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Richard Osman's House of Games

2017

5.9

TV
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Rita Rudner

1990

0.0

TV
Rocky Horror Show Live

Rocky Horror Show Live

2015

7.2

Movie
Rocky Horror Tribute Show

Rocky Horror Tribute Show

2008

7.2

Movie
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Ronja the Robber's Daughter

2014

6.4

TV
RSC Live: Twelfth Night

RSC Live: Twelfth Night

2018

7.5

Movie
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Saturday Live

1986

6.7

TV
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Save Me

2018

6.5

TV
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School's Out

2006

0.0

TV
Slags

Slags

1984

0.0

Movie
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Snakes and Ladders

1989

5.5

TV
South Atlantic Raiders:  Part 2 Argie Bargie!

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!

1990

0.0

Movie
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

1990

0.0

Movie
Space Virgins from Planet Sex

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

1993

0.0

Movie
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Spine Chillers

2003

0.0

TV
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

6.8

Movie
Summer School

Summer School

1983

0.0

Movie
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Surviving Disaster

2006

6.7

TV
Susie

Susie

1984

0.0

Movie
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Teenage Kicks

2008

3.2

TV
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye

1995

5.7

Movie
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

3.7

TV
The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

1983

0.0

Movie
The Best of French & Saunders

The Best of French & Saunders

2002

0.0

Movie
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The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

2012

6.9

TV
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: 40th Anniversary Celebration

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: 40th Anniversary Celebration

2006

0.0

Movie
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986

6.0

Movie
The Comic Strip

The Comic Strip

1981

0.0

Movie
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005

6.0

Movie
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The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

7.3

TV
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The Dangerous Brothers

1986

0.0

TV
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision

The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision

2008

0.0

Movie
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The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
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The Great Sport Relief Bake Off

2012

0.0

TV
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'

The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'

1999

5.0

Movie
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The One Show

2006

4.6

TV
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The Pact

2021

7.3

TV
The Pope Must Diet

The Pope Must Diet

1991

4.9

Movie
The Rizen

The Rizen

2017

5.2

Movie
The Rizen: Possession

The Rizen: Possession

2019

5.4

Movie
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The Secret Policeman's Ball

1976

5.0

TV
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989

7.5

Movie
The Strike

The Strike

1988

7.0

Movie
The Supergrass

The Supergrass

1985

6.2

Movie
The Trick

The Trick

2021

4.5

Movie
The Yob

The Yob

1988

0.0

Movie
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The Young Ones

1982

7.9

TV
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This Morning

1988

5.7

TV
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Twisted Tales

2005

7.5

TV
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Upstart Crow

2016

7.2

TV
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Urban Myths

2017

7.6

TV
War

War

1983

10.0

Movie
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War and Peace

2016

7.6

TV
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Would I Lie to You?

2007

7.7

TV