Rik Mayall

Acting

Born 07/03/1958
Harlow, Essex, England
Died 09/06/2014

Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, writer and actor. He was known for his comedy partnership with Adrian Edmondson, his over-the-top, energetic portrayal of characters, and as a pioneer of alternative comedy in the early 1980s.

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Known For

Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
Bottom: Exposed
2024
Completely Bad News
2019
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
One by One
2015
The Escape
2015
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
Crackanory
2013
Man Down
2013
Five Go to Rehab
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Errors of the Human Body
2012
Eldorado
2012
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
Just for the Record
2010
Blackadder Rides Again
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008
Me & My Goldfish
2008
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
Snow White: The Sequel
2007
Sindy The Fairy Princess
2006
Sex Actually
2005
All About George
2005
King Arthur's Disasters
2005
Valiant
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Shoebox Zoo
2004
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
2003
More Great Comedy Moments
2003
Chaos and Cadavers
2003
Oh Marbella!
2003
Believe Nothing
2002
Chilly Dogs
2001
Great Comedy Moments
2001
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
Merlin: The Return
2000
Jesus Christ Superstar
2000
Jellikins: Christmas Special
2000
Four Men in a Plane
2000
Guest House Paradiso
1999
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
1999
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
1999
Watership Down
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
What's a Carry On?
1998
In the Red
1998
Jellabies
1998
Four Men in a Car
1998
The Canterville Ghost
1997
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997
Remember Me?
1997
The Willows in Winter
1996
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
Bottom Fluff
1996
The Wind in the Willows
1995
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
1995
How to be a Little Sod
1995
Out Of My Head
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
1995
The Snow Queen
1995
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
1992
Carry On Columbus
1992
Little Noises
1992
Red Nose of Courage
1992
Bottom
1991
The Princess and the Goblin
1991
Drop Dead Fred
1991
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
1990
Kevin Turvey Investigates
1989
Grim Tales
1989
Employees From Hell
1989
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
More Bad News
1988
The Strike
1988
Jake's Journey
1988
Eat the Rich
1987
The New Statesman
1987
French & Saunders
1987
Hardwicke House
1987
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Saturday Live
1986
Private Enterprise
1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
Happy Families
1985
The Best of Cannon & Ball
1985
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
Dirty Movie
1984
Blackadder
1983
Blackadder
1983
Summer School
1983
Bad News
1983
The Beat Generation
1983
War
1983
The Young Ones
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Northern Lights
1982
Wogan
1982
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
1982
Wood and Walters
1982
The Orchard End Murder
1981
Couples and Robbers
1981
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
An American Werewolf in London
1981
Shock Treatment
1981
Eye of the Needle
1981
The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981
Wolcott
1981
The Comic Strip
1981
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979