Rik Mayall
Known for: Acting
Born: March 7, 1958
Died: June 9, 2014
Place of birth: Harlow, Essex, England
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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Filmography
105 movies · 38 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard
2026
NR
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
NR
Partridge and Moulding Want To Get Laid
2026
5.5
Bottom: Exposed
2024
NR
Completely Bad News
2019
7.0
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
2018
8.0
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
5.4
One by One
2015
4.8
The Escape
2015
7.5
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
6.8
Crackanory
2013
6.7
Man Down
20137.0
Don't Fear Death
2013
NR
Five Go to Rehab
2012
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
5.2
Errors of the Human Body
2012
3.0
Eldorado
2012
7.8
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011
7.7
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
4.5
Just for the Record
2010
7.5
Blackadder Rides Again
2008
4.5
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
2.1
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008
NR
Me & My Goldfish
2008
NR
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
2007
4.4
Snow White: The Sequel
2007
NR
Sindy The Fairy Princess
2006
6.5
Sex Actually
2005
NR
All About George
2005
5.5
King Arthur's Disasters
2005
5.7
Valiant
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
5.3
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
10.0
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
5.1
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
7.7
Shoebox Zoo
2004
6.1
ABBA - The Last Video
2004
7.5
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
2003
6.8
Chaos and Cadavers
2003
3.9
Oh Marbella!
2003
6.8
Believe Nothing
20027.0
Day of the Sirens
2002
5.5
Chilly Dogs
2001
7.1
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
2001
7.9
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
200110.0
Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement
2001
5.0
Merlin: The Return
2000
7.0
Jesus Christ Superstar
2000NR
Making of Jesus Christ Superstar
2000
NR
Jellikins: Christmas Special
2000
NR
Four Men in a Plane
2000
6.1
Guest House Paradiso
1999
5.0
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
1999
7.3
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
1999
7.3
Watership Down
1999
7.7
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
7.0
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
7.7
What's a Carry On?
1998
6.1
In the Red
1998
7.0
Jellabies
1998
NR
Four Men in a Car
1998
NR
The Canterville Ghost
1997
7.2
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
4.6
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997
6.5
Remember Me?
1997
6.7
The Willows in Winter
1996
NR
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
1996
NR
Bottom Fluff
1996
7.1
The Wind in the Willows
1995
7.7
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
1995
6.0
How to be a Little Sod
1995
7.5
Out Of My Head
1995NR
Look at the State We're In!
1995
7.0
Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune
1995
8.0
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
8.0
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
1995
6.5
The Snow Queen
1995
7.9
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
1993
7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
6.3
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
1993
6.9
Rik Mayall Presents: Briefest Encounter
1993
7.1
Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love
1993
7.3
Rik Mayall Presents
199310.0
Horse Opera
1993
NR
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
1992
3.9
Carry On Columbus
1992
5.9
Little Noises
1992
8.0
Red Nose of Courage
1992
7.9
Bottom
1991
5.8
The Princess and the Goblin
1991
5.8
Drop Dead Fred
1991
NR
GLC: The Carnage Continues
1990
NR
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
1990NR
The Turnip
1990
6.7
Kevin Turvey Investigates
1989
NR
Oh No, Not Them
1989
7.3
Grim Tales
1989
NR
Employees From Hell
1989
9.0
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
9.8
More Bad News
1988
7.0
The Strike
1988
7.0
Jake's Journey
1988
6.2
Eat the Rich
1987
7.5
The New Statesman
1987
7.4
French & Saunders
1987
5.2
Hardwicke House
1987
6.7
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987
5.6
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
4.0
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
7.0
Saturday Live
1986
NR
Private Enterprise
1986
6.6
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1986
NR
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
7.0
The Dangerous Brothers
1986
7.3
Happy Families
1985
NR
The Best of Cannon & Ball
1985
NR
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
7.0
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
1984
NR
Dirty Movie
1984
8.0
Blackadder
1983
NR
Summer School
1983
8.7
Bad News
1983
NR
The Beat Generation
1983
10.0
War
1983
7.9
The Young Ones
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
NR
Northern Lights
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
6.6
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
1982
7.5
Wood and Walters
1982
5.8
The Orchard End Murder
1981
5.0
Couples and Robbers
1981
6.6
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
7.4
An American Werewolf in London
1981
5.9
Shock Treatment
1981
6.7
Eye of the Needle
1981
NR
The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981
6.0
Wolcott
1981
8.0
The Comic Strip
1981
6.5
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
19809.0
The Squad
1980
NR
The Cannon & Ball Show
1979