Birthday
1957/01/24 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
Ade Edmonson, Ade Edmondson, Ade Edmonton, Bad News, Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson, Adrian Charles 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, D...Read more
(1999) Guest House Paradiso
as Eddie
(1988) Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
as Dreamy Time Escort
(1997) Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
as Eddie Hitler
(2003) Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
as Edward Hitler
(2001) Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
as Eddie
(2004) Bottom Mindless Violence
as Eddie
(1995) Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
as Eddie
(2008) Miss Austen Regrets
as Henry Austen
(1993) Bottom Live: The Stage Show
as Eddie
(2008) The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
(1989) The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
(1985) The Supergrass
as Dennis Carter
(1986) Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
as Sir Adrian Dangerous
(1988) An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
(2012) Blood
as Tom Tiernan
(2002) The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
(1988) The Yob
as Michael
(2021) The Trick
as Edward Acton
(1983) Dead on Time
as Fool
(1990) Les Dogs
as Best Man
(1993) Demonella
as Sid Vicious
(1983) Summer School
as Peter
(1982) Five Go Mad in Dorset
as Dick
(1998) Four Men in a Car
as Ian
(1984) Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
as Eddie Moonson
(1983) War
as Various Roles
(2000) Four Men in a Plane
as Ian Crisp
(1983) The Beat Generation
as Desmond
(1983) Five Go Mad on Mescalin
as Dick
(1984) Dirty Movie
as Bean
(1984) Susie
as Martin
(1984) Gino: Full Story and Pics
as Gordon/Bill
(1984) Slags
as Ace
(1986) Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
as John
(1986) Private Enterprise
as Brian
(1990) South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Billy
(1990) South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
as Billy
(1990) Oxford
as 2nd MI5 Man / Fan
(1992) Red Nose of Courage
as John Major/Coco the Clown
(1993) Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as 'K' / Air Traffic Controller
(1993) Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
as Gregory Dawson
(2012) Five Go to Rehab
as Dick
(2023) imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self
(1991) The Pope Must Die
as Father Rookie
(1990) News Hounds
as Phil Burke
(2005) The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
(1989) Just Like That!
as Self
(1986) Honest Decent & True
as Alun Pickersgill
(1987) Eat the Rich
as Charles
(2024) Bottom: Exposed
as Himself
(2007) If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
as Self - Narrator
(1982) Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
as Keith Marshall
(1981) The Comic Strip
as ---
(2006) The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: 40th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
(2008) Rocky Horror Tribute Show
as Brad
(2015) Rocky Horror Show Live
as Narrator
(2017) The Rizen
as Interviewer
(1988) The Strike
as Adrian/Slim/Policeman
(2017) Interlude In Prague
as Herr Luptak
(2017) Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Captain Peavey
(1999) The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
as Himself
(2018) RSC Live: Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
as Zyke
(1983) Bad News
as Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
(1988) More Bad News
as Vim Fuego
(2019) The Rizen: Possession
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(1990) GLC: The Carnage Continues
as Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
(2019) Completely Bad News
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(1996) Bottom Fluff
as ---
(1999) Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
as ---
(2018) How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
as ---
(1986) The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as ---
(1998) Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
as Dame Dolly
(2020) King Rocker
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Baron von Richthoven/Self
(2021) Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
(1984) A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
as Billy
(2007) The Making of 'The Young Ones'
as Self (Archived Footage)
(1988) This Morning
as Self
(1997) Captain Star
as ---
(2003) Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
as ---
(2006) The One Show
as Self - Guest
(1997) Jonathan Creek
as Brendan Baxter
(2011) Death in Paradise
as Charles Crabtree
(1976) The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
(1991) Bottom
as Edward Elizabeth Hitler
(1982) The Young Ones
as Vyvyan
(1992) Absolutely Fabulous
as Hamish
(1993) If You See God, Tell Him
as Gordon Spry
(2008) Teenage Kicks
as ---
(1985) Happy Families
as Guy Fuddle
(1994) Anna Lee
as Dominic Jones
(2006) School's Out
as Self
(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
(1989) Happy Families
as ---
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(2003) Celebrity Mastermind
as ---
(2004) Doctors and Nurses
as ---
(1983) Natural World
as Narrator
(2021) The Pact
as Richard
(2011) Ade in Britain
as ---
(2014) Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self
(2007) Britain's Got More Talent
as Self
(2010) Monte Carlo or Bust
as ---
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Hugo Welles
(2012) The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
as Headmaster Wackville
(1995) Look at the State We're In!
as Dewhurst
(2003) Spine Chillers
as ---
(2014) Prey
as DCI Warner
Ade at Sea
as Self
(2016) War and Peace
as Ilya Rostov
(1987) French & Saunders
as James Macaroon
(2022) A Spy Among Friends
as Sir Roger Hollis
(1983) Blackadder
as Baron von Richtoven
(2014) Ronja the Robber's Daughter
as Noodle Pete (voice, English version)
(2005) Twisted Tales
as ---
(2016) One of Us
as Peter Elliot
(1989) Press Gang
as Simon Knowles
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1987) Hardwicke House
as Tiny
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(1990) Rita Rudner
as ---
(2017) Bancroft
as Superintendent Cliff Walker
Alien: Earth
as ---
(1980) Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
as ---
(2017) Urban Myths
as Leslie Conn
(2012) Gadget Man
as ---
(2006) Surviving Disaster
as ---
(1987) Going Live!
as Self
(2006) Great British Menu
as Self - Guest Judge
(2017) Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
(2007) Would I Lie to You?
as Self
(2012) The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant
(2009) Let's Dance for Comic Relief
as Self - Contestant
(1989) Snakes and Ladders
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(2018) Save Me
as Gideon Charles
(2019) Cheat
as William Vaughan
(2024) 3 Body Problem
as Denys Porlock
(2017) Genius
as David Hilbert
(2016) Upstart Crow
as Dogberry
(1994) Ready Steady Cook
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(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Dennis Carter
(1986) Saturday Live
as ---
(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as Dick
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as 2nd MI5 Man/Fan
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as 'K'/Air Traffic Controller
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as John Major - Coco the Clown
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(1987) Filthy Rich & Catflap
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(2013) Catchphrase
as ---
(1987) French & Saunders
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(2020) Out of Her Mind
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(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...
as ---
(2018) Celebrity Catchphrase
as Self - Contestant