Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondsonis an English comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and was part of the alternative comedy boom. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Onesand Bottom, for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaborative partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson also appeared in The Comic Strip Presents... series of films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. For one episode of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth24 January 1957
Even though we work in the same field, we have an intense private life away from our professional lives.
We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.
The most fun I ever have is sitting in with Rick writing, and we laugh at our own jokes.
It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again.
I don't claim that our TV comedies are highbrow in anyway, but I think there's a basis to them, and that's why they're more popular than other TV comedies. There's a basis of truth in them, a gut feeling.
I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance.
Richie and Eddie couldn't exist without each other. They're two halves of the same person.
I've always had a kind of visual eye, and it was a pleasant exercise for that.