Adrian Edmondson
Comedian, TV Writer
1957 –
Who is Adrian Edmondson?
Adrian Charles Edmondson sometimes known as Ade Edmondson is a British comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director.
Edmonson 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 Ones and 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 this he created the spoof heavy metal band Bad News, and for another he played his nihilistic alter-ego Eddie Monsoon, an offensive South African television star. He played the lead role in the 1985 spin-off feature film, The Supergrass. In the 2000s Edmondson appeared in numerous TV programmes in more serious drama roles including Jonathan Creek, Holby City, Miss Austen Regrets, as himself on Hell's Kitchen and created the sitcom Teenage Kicks.
Since 2006 Edmondson has concentrated increasingly on music instead of acting, forming band The Bad Shepherds and performing and writing for the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. In 2011 he presented a series of shows for ITV: The Dales, which focused on people working in the Yorkshire Dales, and Ade in Britain in which he undertook a tour of numerous places in Britain. The series was so popular that a second series aired in spring 2012.
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- Born
- Jan 24, 1957
Bradford - Also known as
- Adrian Charles Edmondson
- Ade Edmonson
- Ade Edmonton
- Bad News
- Ade Edmondson
- Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson
- Ade
- Spouses
- Jennifer Saunders
(1985/05/11 - ) - Anna Edmondson
(1976 - 1979)
- Jennifer Saunders
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Manchester
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on July 23, 2013
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