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).
as Head of MI6
as Self (archive footage)
as Atom Eins(8 eps)
as Nigel(6 eps)
as Phil(4 eps)
as Himself
as Denys Porlock(3 eps)
as Toad(52 eps)
as Sir Roger Hollis(6 eps)
as Granny (voice)
as Edward Acton
as Richard(6 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Lewis(6 eps)
as Self(3 eps)
as Vim Fuego
as The Interviewer
as John Boback(5 eps)
as William Vaughan(4 eps)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Gideon Charles(1 ep)
as Malvolio
as Captain Peavey
as Superintendent Cliff Walker(7 eps)
as Self - Contestant(10 eps)
as Self - Participant(5 eps)
as Herr Luptak
as Interviewer
as David Hilbert(1 ep)
as Leslie Conn(1 ep)
as Peter Elliot(4 eps)
as Dogberry(1 ep)
as Ilya Rostov(6 eps)
as Narrator
as Self(1 ep)
as DCI Warner(3 eps)
as Self(6 eps)
as Dick
as Tom Tiernan
as Self (Presenter)
as Headmaster Wackville(3 eps)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Charles Crabtree(1 ep)
as Self - Contestant(1 ep)
as Self - Baron von Richthoven (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Brad
as Henry Austen
as Self (Narrator)
as Self (Archived Footage)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest Judge(1 ep)
as Ed Barnes(1 ep)
as Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage)
as Dr. Roy Glover(6 eps)
as Edward Hitler
as Vyvyan Basterd / Eddie Hitler (archive footage)
as Various
as Eddie
as Ian Crisp
as Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba
as Ash
as Percy "Abra" Durant(157 eps)
as Dame Dolly
as Ian
as Eddie Hitler
as Brendan Baxter(5 eps)
as Hugo Welles(1 ep)
as Dewhurst(1 ep)
as Tim Goodchance
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Gordon Spry(4 eps)
as Eddie
as Sid Vicious
as Gregory Dawson
as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
as Hamish(2 eps)
as Edward Elizabeth Hitler
as John Major/Coco the Clown
as Self(1 ep)
as Edward Elizabeth Hitler(18 eps)
as Father Rookie
as Phil Burke
as Best Man
as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
as Billy
as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
as Giles Tewkesbury(7 eps)
as Phil Burke(1 ep)
as Simon Knowles(1 ep)
as Self
as Self(2 eps)
as Michael
as Dreamy Time Escort
as Vim Fuego
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
as Charles
as Self(1 ep)
as John(1 ep)
as Tiny(1 ep)
as Edward Catflap(6 eps)
as Alun Pickersgill
as Brian
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
as Sir Adrian Dangerous(12 eps)
as Dennis Carter
as Guy Fuddle(6 eps)
as Alun Pickersgill(1 ep)
as Ace
as Eddie Moonson
as Gordon/Bill
as Billy
as Martin
as Bean
as Dick
as Narrator(1 ep)
as Baron von Richtoven(1 ep)
as Peter
as Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
as Desmond
as Various Roles
as Fool
as Vyvyan(12 eps)
as Dick
as Dick(2 eps)
as Desmond(1 ep)
as Mike/Hatchett/Julio/Bolsen/Man in Cage/Jenkins/Zarkoff(1 ep)
as Brian(1 ep)
as Vim Fuego(2 eps)
as Ace(1 ep)
as Eddie Monsoon(1 ep)
as John(1 ep)
as Bean(1 ep)
as Peter(1 ep)
as Billy(3 eps)
as Martin(1 ep)
as Gordon/Bill(1 ep)
as Dreamy Time Escort(1 ep)
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman(1 ep)
as Michael(1 ep)
as Billy/Prince/Giles Cricket Bat Portland(1 ep)
as 2nd MI5 Man/Fan(1 ep)
as Bestman(1 ep)
as Keith Marshall
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(15 eps)
as Self(1 ep)