Rik Mayall
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
An American Werewolf in London
1981
Oh Marbella!
2003
Drop Dead Fred
1991
Guest House Paradiso
1999
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
Couples and Robbers
1981
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
Kevin Turvey Investigates
1989
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
1997
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
2003
Me & My Goldfish
2008
Shock Treatment
1981
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
2001
Valiant
2005
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
The Princess and the Goblin
1991
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
1995
Jesus Christ Superstar
2000
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
1993
Carry On Columbus
1992
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
2008
Merlin: The Return
2000
The Wind in the Willows
1995
The Willows in Winter
1996
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
Errors of the Human Body
2012
Little Noises
1992
ABBA - The Last Video
2004
Out Of My Head
1995
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
Remember Me?
1997
Don't Fear Death
2013
Chaos and Cadavers
2003
Summer School
1983
Four Men in a Car
1998
War
1983
Four Men in a Plane
2000
The Beat Generation
1983
Dirty Movie
1984
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
Private Enterprise
1986
Red Nose of Courage
1992
Five Go to Rehab
2012
Jellikins: Christmas Special
2000
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
The Canterville Ghost
1997
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
The Escape
2015
One by One
2015
Sex Actually
2005
Eat the Rich
1987
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
1993
Bottom: Exposed
2024
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
Jake's Journey
1988
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
1982
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
The Comic Strip
1981
Day of the Sirens
2002
Sindy The Fairy Princess
2006
Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
Eldorado
2012
The Strike
1988
The Orchard End Murder
1981
Snow White: The Sequel
2007
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
1999
Bad News
1983
More Bad News
1988
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
Completely Bad News
2019
Horse Opera
1993
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune
1995
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997
Bottom Fluff
1996
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
1999
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
The Snow Queen
1995
Blackadder Rides Again
2008
The Best of Cannon & Ball
1985
Just for the Record
2010
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
Chilly Dogs
2001
Eye of the Needle
1981
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
Jellikins: Christmas Special
2000
Employees From Hell
1989
The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
Northern Lights
1982
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
What's a Carry On?
1998
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
1990
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
Believe Nothing
2002
Happy Families
1985
All About George
2005
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008
Believe Nothing
2002
Shoebox Zoo
2004
King Arthur's Disasters
2005
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Bottom
1991
The Young Ones
1982
Wolcott
1981
The New Statesman
1987
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Wood and Walters
1982
How to be a Little Sod
1995
Grim Tales
1989
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
All About George
2005
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
Man Down
2013
Blackadder
1983
Blackadder
1983
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
Happy Families
1985
Wogan
1982
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Midsomer Murders
1997
Saturday Live
1986
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 Dangerous Brothers
1986
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
French & Saunders
1987
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Watership Down
1999
Jellabies
1998
Crackanory
2013
Look at the State We're In!
1995
Hardwicke House
1987
In the Red
1998
The Squad
1980
Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement
2001