Adrian Edmondson

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Recent Role:
on The Magicians
Gender:
Male
Born:
1-24-1957
Birthplace:
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Birth Name:
Adrian Charles Edmondson
AKA:
Ade Edmondson, Adrian Edmonson, Ade Edmonson
Adrian Charles Edmondson was born the second of four children on the 24th of January 1957 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England and is a British comedic actor, director and writer.

As a child his family spent time in Cyprus, Bahrain and Uganda, as his father was a teacher with the armed forces. He attended an exclusive boys school, Pocklington, until 18, when he went to Manchester University. Here he met Rik Mayall and achieved a 2:1 grade in his drama degree.





More Ade was married to his first wife Anna for three years, they divorced in 1979. He married his second wife, fellow comedian Jennifer Saunders in 1985 and has since had three children Eleanor (Ella) (born 22 January 1986), Beatrice (Beattie) (born 19 June 1987), and Freya (born 16 October 1990).

His nickname 'Eddie Monsoon', a play on his surname, inspired the name of Saunders' character Edina Monsoon on Absolutely Fabulous. Their joint production company is called Mr and Mrs.Monsoon Limited.

Ade regularly takes part in Comic Relief.

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    10 Perfect
    Wow!!11 hide show

    This guy was excellent!especially when he played the role "Vyvyan"of the young ones.Sometimes I tend to follow his footsteps.Vyvyan was a legend,in fact he was my favorite live actor.Too bad his sow was short lived,however,that why we have memories eh?Sometimes I even think of myself as a mini Vyvyan.This may sound strange,but I haven't told anyone I might dress as him for Halloween.Back to Adrian mode,I'd really like to meet him to tell you the truth!Not many people know him,however I do!Let's hope Youtubers like myself will join up and make our own Young Ones episodes out of acting it ourselves!(When I tell you I can sound like him,I can!)Bye!

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    10 Perfect
    Funny - good looking - Comedy Genius!!! hide show

    Adrian Edmondson is one of many comedy geniuses, he has played many roles now, most of these characters are short tempered and are very prone to violence, He can make an audience burst into laughter just by walking across a stage, he has been involved in many live shows aswell as television sit-coms many of these live shows will go wrong as they are performed with Rik Mayall his best friend and comedy partener.
    He has showed us how to rebel against everything with his acts as Vyvyan Basterd and has also shown us how much he can hurt himself as a the second part of a fantastic duo The Dangerous Brothers ! Adrian Edmondson will be remebered for being a young rebel staying the same for life!

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    10 Perfect
    Ade is fab. hide show

    Ade has an unusal but a flare for acting. He can epsecially play the more wackier mad characters like Vyv out of the young ones. This was the start of a great line up of shows for him. Bottom, which was almost like another spin off of the young ones, shows a slightly older and yet a very similar charater to Vyv. He can play these sort of characters really well and more than deserves credit for this.
    Ade is one of the true television greats and I hope he carries on acting for a long time. Ade is fab!

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    10 Perfect
    Hilarious! hide show

    I find Ade (especially alongside Rik Mayall)one of the funniest men on the box, especially his roles in The Young Ones and Bottom, he never lets me down, and in every episode, he always makes me laugh. Long live Adrian Edmondson! (I am typing this so I can post this)

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