Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayJan 24, 1957
BiographyAdrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. Part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s, he and his comedy partner Rik Mayall starred in the television sitcoms The Young Ones (1982–1984), Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987) and Bottom (1991–1995), the last of which was written by Edmonson and Mayall, as well as the comedy feature film Guest House Paradiso (1999), which Edmonson directed and co-wrote. Edmondson and Mayall also appeared in The Comic Strip Presents... series of films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. For two episodes of this they created the spoof heavy metal band Bad News, and for another Edmonson played his nihilistic alter-ego Eddie Monsoon, an offensive South African television star.

He played the lead role in the Comic Strip's 1985 feature film, The Supergrass. In the 2000s, Edmondson appeared in Jonathan Creek, Holby City, Miss Austen Regrets, as himself on Hell's Kitchen and created the sitcom Teenage Kicks. Edmondson performed and wrote for the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (2006–2007). In 2008 he formed a folk punk band, the Bad Shepherds, singing and playing mandola and mandolin. In 2011, he presented The Dales, and Ade in Britain in which he undertook a tour of numerous places in Britain. In 2013, Edmondson was crowned the winner of Celebrity Masterchef. From 2019 to 2020, he appeared in EastEnders as Daniel Cook., and in 2022, he played Ebenezer Scrooge in the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

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