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Biography

Rik was born in 1958 in Harlow, Essex. His parents, Gillian and John taught drama professionally, and Rik appeared in their plays as a…more

Born

3/7/1958, Harlow, Essex, UK

Birth Name

Richard Michael Mayall

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (16)

Role
- King Arthur's Disasters
  King Arthur
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Fountain Of Youth
    5/23/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Labyrinth Of Lost Souls
    5/16/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Surprise Quest
    5/9/05
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Viking Venture
    4/25/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Parchment of Arusella
    4/18/05
  - + 21 More Credits
- Shoebox Zoo
  Edwin the Eagle (Voice)
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Day of Reckoning
    11/24/04
  - S 1: Ep 12 Los Contrarios
    11/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 11 Where Four Elevens Meet
    11/10/04
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Sign of the Unicorn
    11/3/04
  - S 1: Ep 9 Where the River Flows
    10/27/04
  - + 8 More Credits
- Believe Nothing
  Adonis Cnut
  - S 1: Ep 6 Just a Minute
    8/18/02
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Unhappy Eater
    8/11/02
  - S 1: Ep 4 Double First
    8/4/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 Might As Well Face It, You're Addicted to Fudge
    7/28/02
  - S 1: Ep 2 Prepare to Meteor Maker
    7/21/02
  - + 1 More Credits
- Watership Down
  Kehaar
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Last Battle
    12/4/01
  - S 3: Ep 12 Hannah's Big Achievement
    11/27/01
  - S 3: Ep 11 Campion's Betrayal
    11/20/01
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Spy
    11/13/01
  - S 3: Ep 9 An Unfair Due
    11/6/01
  - + 34 More Credits
- Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement
  Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 (holier than thou)
    7/24/01
  - S 1: Ep 11 (Rugbeaton)
    7/17/01
  - S 1: Ep 10 (thrift)
    7/17/01
  - S 1: Ep 9 (better suitor)
    7/10/01
  - S 1: Ep 8 (sweets)
    7/10/01
  - + 9 More Credits
- How to be a Little Sod
  Voice of Little Sod
  - S 1: Ep 10 Present Time
    2/18/96
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Bedtime Story
    2/11/96
  - S 1: Ep 8 Don't Forget the Kitchen Sink
    2/4/96
  - S 1: Ep 7 Getting Around
    12/12/95
  - S 1: Ep 6 A Life of Her Own
    11/28/95
  - + 5 More Credits
- Bottom
  Richard Richard
  - S 2: Ep 6 's Out
    4/10/95
  - S 3: Ep 6 Carnival
    2/10/95
  - S 3: Ep 5 Finger
    2/3/95
  - S 3: Ep 3 Break
    1/20/95
  - S 3: Ep 2 Terror
    1/13/95
  - + 19 More Credits
- Wham! Bam! Strawberry Jam!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Daniel's Last Computer Game
    2/18/95
- Rik Mayall Presents
  Various roles
  - S 2: Ep 3 Clair de Lune
    2/12/95
  - S 2: Ep 2 Dirty Old Town
    2/5/95
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Big One
    1/29/95
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dancing Queen
    6/3/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 Briefest Encounter
    5/27/93
  - + 1 More Credits
- The New Statesman
  Alan Barisford B'Stard MP
  - S 4: Ep 7 A. B'Stard Exposed
    12/30/94
  - S 4: Ep 3 Speaking in Tongues
    12/6/92
  - S 4: Ep 2 H*A*S*H
    11/29/92
  - S 2: Ep 6 May the Best Man Win
    2/19/89
  - S 2: Ep 5 California Here I Come
    2/12/89
  - + 11 More Credits
- The New Statesman
  Alan B'Stard MP
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard
    12/26/92
  - S 4: Ep 4 Heil and Farewell
    12/13/92
  - S 4: Ep 1 Back from the Mort
    11/22/92
  - S 3: Ep 6 Profit of Boom
    2/11/91
  - S 3: Ep 5 Natural Selection
    2/4/91
  - + 7 More Credits
- The New Statesman
  Alan B'Stard
  - S 4: Ep 5 A Bigger Splash
    12/20/92
- Grim Tales
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
    3/17/91
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Little Peasant
    3/10/91
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Turnip
    3/3/91
  - S 2: Ep 7 King Thrushbeard
    2/24/91
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Gnome
    2/17/91
  - + 17 More Credits
- Filthy, Rich and Catflap
  Richie Rich
  - S 1: Ep 6 Smear Campaign
    2/11/87
  - S 1: Ep 5 Breakfast Television
    2/4/87
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Death in the Family
    1/28/87
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dinner Party
    1/21/87
  - S 1: Ep 2 Game Show
    1/14/87
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Young Ones
  Rick
  - S 2: Ep 7 Comic Relief
    4/25/86
  - S 2: Ep 6 Summer Holiday
    6/19/84
  - S 2: Ep 5 Time
    6/12/84
  - S 2: Ep 4 Sick
    6/5/84
  - S 2: Ep 3 Nasty
    5/29/84
  - + 8 More Credits
- Saturday Live
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 Steven Wright
    3/29/86
  - S 1: Ep 9 Peter Cook
    3/22/86
  - S 1: Ep 7 Ben Elton
    3/8/86
  - S 1: Ep 3 Pamela Stephenson
    2/8/86
  - S 1: Ep 2 Lenny Henry
    2/1/86
Recurring Role (16)

Role
- The Comic Strip
  Recurring Role
  - S 7: Ep 8 Four Men in a Plane
    1/4/00
- The Comic Strip
  Alan
  - S 7: Ep 7 Four Men in a Car
    4/12/98
- Bottom
  Richard Richard
  - S 3: Ep 4 Dough
    1/27/95
- The Comic Strip
  James Huntington
  - S 6: Ep 1 Red Nose of Courage
    4/9/92
- The Comic Strip
  Lord Mayor
  - S 5: Ep 3 GLC: the Carnage Continues ...
    2/15/90
- The Comic Strip
  Dreamytime Escort
  - S 4: Ep 3 Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door
    3/5/88
- The Comic Strip
  Colin Grigson
  - S 4: Ep 2 More Bad News
    2/27/88
  - S 1: Ep 4 Bad News Tour
    1/24/83
- The Comic Strip
  Speaker/Hunchback
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Strike
    2/20/88
- The Comic Strip
  Ali Kitson
  - S 3: Ep 2 Private Enterprise
    1/2/86
- The Comic Strip
  Richard
  - S 3: Ep 1 Consuela, or, The New Mrs Saunders
    1/1/86
- The Comic Strip
  Tim
  - S 2: Ep 5 Gino: Full Story and Pics
    1/28/84
- The Comic Strip
  Carlos
  - S 2: Ep 4 A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
    1/21/84
- The Comic Strip
  Toadstool
  - S 2: Ep 2 Dirty Movie
    1/7/84
- The Comic Strip
  Tark
  - S 1: Ep 5 Summer School
    1/31/83
- The Comic Strip
  Jeremy
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Beat Generation
    1/17/83
- The Comic Strip
  Slug/General/Hovis
  - S 1: Ep 2 War
    1/3/83
Guest Star (26)

Role
- Agatha Christie's Marple
  Alec Nicholson
  - S 4: Ep 4 Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
    6/15/11
- Midsomer Murders
  David Roper
  - S 12: Ep 6 The Creeper
    1/27/10
- The Comic Strip
  Bilbo
  - S 7: Ep 9 Sex Actually
    12/28/05
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 14 Episode 14
    9/29/05
- Murder Rooms
  Lieutenant Blaney
  - S 1: Ep 4 The White Knight Stratagem
    10/2/01
- Great Performances
  King Herod
  - S 29: Ep 11 Jesus Christ Superstar
    4/11/01
- The Knock
  Reid
  - S 5: Ep 1 Episode 1
    10/21/00
- Blackadder
  Robin Hood
  - S 4: Ep 8 Blackadder Back & Forth
    12/31/99
- The Best Of British
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Ben Elton
    11/5/99
- Jonathan Creek
  Det Insp Gideon Pryke
  - S 2: Ep 7 Black Canary
    12/24/98
- The Bill
  Patrick Massie
  - S 13: Ep 149 Humpty Dumpty, Episode Three
    12/18/97
  - S 13: Ep 148 Humpty Dumpty, Episode Two
    12/16/97
- Look at the State We're In!
  Rattner
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Organisation
    5/20/95
- Jackanory
  Reader
  - — Jack and the Beanstalk
    2/7/94
  - — George's Marvellous Medicine
- Going Live!
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 29 April 17th 1993
    4/17/93
- Aspel & Company
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 4 Harry Connick Jr, Robin Day, Rik Mayall
    4/4/93
- The Full Wax
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 6 Rik Mayall, Teri Garr, Jackie Mason
    4/23/92
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 54 Show #1482
    5/22/91
- Comic Relief
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 RND 1991 - The Stonker
    3/15/91
- Children in Need
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 22 1989 [2 Parts]
    11/17/89
- Blackadder
  Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart
  - S 4: Ep 4 Plan D: Private Plane
    10/19/89
- French & Saunders
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 (Jools Holland, Rik Mayall, Harry Enfield)
    4/6/87
- Blackadder
  Lord Flasheart
  - S 2: Ep 1 Bells
    1/9/86
- Happy Families (1985)
  Priest
  - S 1: Ep 3 Madeleine
    10/31/85
- The Lenny Henry Show (1984)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    10/2/84
- Blackadder
  Mad Gerald as Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Black Seal
    7/20/83
- Whoops Apocalypse
  Bill
  - S 1: Ep 2 Autumn Cannibalism
    3/21/82
Writer (4)

Role
- Bottom
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 6 's Out
    4/10/95
  - S 3: Ep 6 Carnival
    2/10/95
  - S 3: Ep 5 Finger
    2/3/95
  - S 3: Ep 4 Dough
    1/27/95
  - S 3: Ep 3 Break
    1/20/95
  - + 14 More Credits
- Saturday Live
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 2 Lenny Henry
    2/1/86
- The Young Ones
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 5 Time
    6/12/84
  - S 2: Ep 4 Sick
    6/5/84
  - S 2: Ep 3 Nasty
    5/29/84
  - S 2: Ep 2 Cash
    5/15/84
  - S 2: Ep 1 Bambi
    5/8/84
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Comic Strip
  Writer

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Trivia
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- His show The New Statesman has won the International Emmy (1989), the BAFTA Best Comedy Series (1990) and the Special Craft Gold Medal for Best Performer and Narrator at the International Film and Television Festival (1991).
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- In 2008, Rik provided the narration for children's stage show The Big Ugly Monster, at The Playhouse in Weston.
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- Rik received Honorary Degrees from the following institutions: University of Worcester, MA for his major contribution to society (2007). Exeter University, in honour of his contribution to comedy (2008).
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- Rik: One of my hobbies is people-watching. I love to sit outside a cafe watching people go by. I use things that I see in different characters that I play.
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- Rik: Making people laugh is still a thrill for me. It's got to be the best job in the world - after Kylie Minogue's thong adjuster.
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- Rik: I've always been a populist. I do stuff that makes me laugh. You have to surrender to it, and if you do you'll have a good time. Most comedians do it because they need to laugh as well, for whatever reason.
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