Rik Mayall

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Biography

Recent Role:
Alec Nicholson on Agatha Christie's Marple
Gender:
Male
Born:
3-7-1958
Birthplace:
Harlow, Essex, UK
Birth Name:
Richard Michael Mayall
AKA:
Kevin Turvey
Rik was born in 1958 in Harlow, Essex. His parents, Gillian and John taught drama professionally, and Rik appeared in their plays as a child. When he was three, Mayall and his parents moved to Redditch, Worcestershire, where he spent the rest of his childhood. He studied drama at the University of Manchester, where he met his long time comedy partner Adrian Edmondson.

They gained fame by appearing at The Comedy Store in the Eighties as "The Dangerous Brothers", supposedly a couple of naive but anarchic

More daredevils, who would perform comedy stunts on stage.

Mayall broke in TV, and again with Edmondson, reached a national audience with The Young Ones. He continued to work successfully in television, appearing in such series as Bottom and The New Statesman. In 1998 he was seriously injured when he crashed a quad bike near his home in Devon, although he made quite a comprehensive recovery he now suffers epilepsy.

In 1985, Rik married Barbara Robbin a former make-up artist from Scotland who he met whilst filming A Kick Up The Eighties. They have three children: Rosie (b. 1986), Sydney (b. 1989) and Bonnie (b. 1996).

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    9.1 Superb
    Rik Mayall is a comedy god. hide show

    My first experience of Rik Mayall was in the TV series "The Young Ones" as Rick the student, for many this is his best known character. The next role that stood out for me was in the series "Bottom", this was a massive hit and feature so much mindless violence that sometime you couldn't watch. Rik seems to bloom when in situational comedy roles, give the man a prop and he will work it in so many different ways. I think that the best way i can describe his on-screen presence is "manic" he puts so much effort into every role he does and he does it well.

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    9.5 Superb
    An Awesome Actor and Suberb script writer hide show

    Rik Mayall was born in Essex same as me! He's a legend and makes me laugh at his acting and his personality in interviews etc. He was Best in Bottom i think personally.
    In my opinion, I think hes on of the most funniest people in British history and should be loved by all the british people. But hardly anyone has a decent sense of humour these days lol. Rik and Ade Edmondson as a perfect pair, and make the perfect show...Bottom. His charater in young ones is funny. I beileve that Rik was the Best actor in the best sitcon ever...Bottom!

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    Fab Actor hide show

    Rick can perform many different roles in many different ways.
    He best role to date probably is the young ones. He plays the slightly mad and annoying character which showed his true talent as an actor.
    The young ones was his first major television role because this show was so popular and so was his acting he was able to use his talent to go on to further television programmes. Like Bottom. This was very similar to the young ones and this also showed his great talent at acting.
    Rick is one of my personal favourites and is a brilliant actor.

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    Hilarious! hide show

    I find Rik (especially alongside Adrian Edmondson)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 Rik Mayall! (I am typing this so I can post this)

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