Directed credits
5
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Director
Adrian Edmondson
Acting
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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 18
TMDB ID: 98464
IMDb ID: nm0249528
Known for: Acting
Born: January 24, 1957
Age: 69
Place of birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1976 - 2025
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q2160202
Also known as
Ade Edmonson • Ade Edmondson • Ade Edmonton • Bad News • Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson • Adrian Charles Edmondson
Frequent jobs
Director (5)Writer (10)Creator (2)Music (1)
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).
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Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Adrian Edmondson.
8.0
Blackadder
as Baron von Richtoven • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.9
Bottom
Writer • 18 eps
1991 Series
7.9
The Young Ones
as Vyvyan • 12 eps
1982 Series
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.6
War and Peace
as Ilya Rostov • 6 eps
2016 Series
7.5
Absolutely Fabulous
as Hamish • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Hugo Welles • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Charles Crabtree • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.5
Genius
as David Hilbert • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.5
3 Body Problem
as Denys Porlock • 3 eps
2024 Series
7.3
Alien: Earth
as Atom Eins • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Adrian Edmondson.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Adrian Edmondson.
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Hugo Welles • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Death in Paradise
as Charles Crabtree • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.5
3 Body Problem
as Denys Porlock • 3 eps
2024 Series
7.3
Alien: Earth
as Atom Eins • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.5
Genius
as David Hilbert • 1 eps
2017 Series
8.0
Blackadder
as Baron von Richtoven • 1 eps
1983 Series
5.7
Holby City
as Percy "Abra" Durant • 157 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Absolutely Fabulous
as Hamish • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.4
Natural World
as Narrator • 1 eps
1983 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Adrian Edmondson.
Completely Bad News
Music
2019 Movie
7.4
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Writer
2001 Movie
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Writer
1992 Movie
8.6
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Writer
1988 Movie
Private Enterprise
Writer
1986 Movie
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Writer
1984 Movie
Dirty Movie
Writer
1984 Movie
8.7
Bad News
Writer
1983 Movie
The Comic Strip
Writer
1981 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Adrian Edmondson.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Adrian Edmondson.
9.0
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
as Self
2025 Movie
5.5
Bottom: Exposed
as Himself
2024 Movie
7.0
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
2023 Movie
6.7
The Best Birthday Ever
as Granny (voice)
2022 Movie
5.0
The Trick
as Edward Acton
2021 Movie
7.0
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
2021 Movie
7.4
King Rocker
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Completely Bad News
as Vim Fuego
2019 Movie
5.0
The Rizen: Possession
as The Interviewer
2019 Movie
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018 Movie
7.5
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
2018 Movie
6.8
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Captain Peavey
2017 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Adrian Edmondson.
7.3
Alien: Earth
as Atom Eins • 8 eps
2025 Series
5.3
Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story
as Phil • 4 eps
2024 Series
7.5
3 Body Problem
as Denys Porlock • 3 eps
2024 Series
Toad & Friends
as Toad • 52 eps
2023 Series
6.5
A Spy Among Friends
as Sir Roger Hollis • 6 eps
2022 Series
7.1
The Pact
as Richard • 6 eps
2021 Series
5.5
Out of Her Mind
as Lewis • 6 eps
2020 Series
5.5
Between the Covers
as Self • 3 eps
2020 Series
6.3
Cheat
as William Vaughan • 4 eps
2019 Series
Celebrity Catchphrase
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.5
Save Me
as Gideon Charles • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.9
Bancroft
as Superintendent Cliff Walker • 7 eps
2017 Series