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).
Filmography
all 158
Movies 84
TV Shows 74
self 34
Director 4
Writer 3
Narrator 2
Creator 1
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)
Rain Dogs (2023)
A Spy Among Friends (2022)
Best Birthday Ever (2022)
The Trick (2021)
The Pact (2021)
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel (2021)
King Rocker (2020)
Out of Her Mind (2020)
Between the Covers (2020)
Completely Bad News (2019)
The Rizen: Possession (2019)
Cheat (2019)
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy (2018)
Save Me (2018)
RSC Live: Twelfth Night (2018)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Bancroft (2017)
Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
Interlude In Prague (2017)
The Rizen (2017)
Genius (2017)
Urban Myths (2017)
Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes (2016)
One of Us (2016)
War and Peace (2016)
Rocky Horror Show Live (2015)
Ronja the Robber's Daughter (2014)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (2014)
Prey (2014)
Catchphrase (2013)
Gadget Man (2012)
Five Go to Rehab (2012)
Blood (2012)
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2012)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (2012)
Ade in Britain (2011)
Death in Paradise (2011)
The Dales (2011)
The Magicians (2011)
Monte Carlo or Bust (2010)
I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band! (2010)
Let's Dance for Comic Relief (2009)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)
Rocky Horror Tribute Show (2008)
Teenage Kicks (2008)
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision (2008)
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story (2007)
The Making of 'The Young Ones' (2007)
A Bucket O' French and Saunders (2007)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
Britain's Got More Talent (2007)
Top Gear of the Pops (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Pogues: Poguevision (2006)
The One Show (2006)
School's Out (2006)
Great British Menu (2006)
Surviving Disaster (2006)
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective (2005)
Twisted Tales (2005)
Bottom Mindless Violence (2004)
Doctors and Nurses (2004)
Star Portraits with Rolf Harris (2004)
Celebrity Mastermind (2003)
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour (2003)
Spine Chillers (2003)
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003)
The Best of French & Saunders (2002)
Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity (2001)
Mirrorball (2000)
French & Saunders - Live (2000)
Four Men in a Plane (2000)
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso' (1999)
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live (1999)
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime (1998)
Four Men in a Car (1998)
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island (1997)
Captain Star (1997)
Jonathan Creek (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Bottom Fluff (1996)
Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour (1995)
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995)
Anna Lee (1994)
If You See God, Tell Him (1993)
Bottom Live The Stage Show (1993)
Demonella (1993)
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase (1993)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993)
Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Red Nose of Courage (1992)
Hamlet: The Video (1992)
Pebble Mill (1991)
Bottom (1991)
The Pope Must Die (1991)
Rita Rudner (1990)
News Hounds (1990)
Les Dogs (1990)
French & Saunders LIVE (1990)
Oxford (1990)
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (1990)
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! (1990)
GLC: The Carnage Continues (1990)
Snakes and Ladders (1989)
Happy Families (1989)
Press Gang (1989)
Just Like That! (1989)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
This Morning (1988)
The Yob (1988)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
More Bad News (1988)
The Strike (1988)
Eat the Rich (1987)
Going Live! (1987)
French & Saunders (1987)
Hardwicke House (1987)
Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987)
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (1986)
Honest Decent & True (1986)
Saturday Live (1986)
Private Enterprise (1986)
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (1986)
The Dangerous Brothers (1986)
The Supergrass (1985)
Happy Families (1985)
Slags (1984)
Eddie Monsoon - a Life? (1984)
Gino: Full Story and Pics (1984)
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
Susie (1984)
Dirty Movie (1984)
Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983)
Natural World (1983)
Blackadder (1983)
Summer School (1983)
Bad News Tour (1983)
The Beat Generation (1983)
War (1983)
Dead on Time (1983)
The Young Ones (1982)
The Comic Strip Presents (1982)
Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door (1982)
The Comic Strip (1981)
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights (1980)
An Audience with... (1978)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976)
Alien
Kidnapped
Ade at Sea
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1957-01-24 (67 years old)
Birth NameAdrian Charles Edmondson
Birth PlaceBradford, United Kingdom
SpouseJennifer Saunders
ChildrenBeattie Edmondson, Ella Edmondson
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsAde Edmonson, Ade Edmondson, Ade Edmonton, Bad News, Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson, Adrian Charles Edmondson
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