Rik Mayall
Highest Rated: 87% An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Lowest Rated: 9% Drop Dead Fred (1991)
Birthday: Mar 7, 1958
Birthplace: Harlow, Essex, England, UK
His parents were both drama teachers. Met future comedy partner Ade Edmondson at university. Was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s with classic sitcoms, The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Blackadder, The New Statesman and Bottom. Performed at Reading Festival with his spoof rock band Bad News in 1987. Won award for Best TV Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards in 1993 for his role in Bottom and Rik Mayall Presents. Auditioned for several roles in The Lion King in 1994. Won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1997. Was in a serious quad bike accident in 1998 and was in a coma for several days. Played Peeves the Poltergeist in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but was cut out during editing. In 2005, he was voted by other comedians as being in the top 50 comedy performers of all time. Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter in 2008. Died of a cardiac arrest after jogging in 2014.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | De Ontsnapping | Eddie | — | 2015 |
| 75% | Errors Of The Human Body | Samuel Mead | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | The Story of ____ | Actor | — | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Just for the Record | Actor | — | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Blanche-Neige, la suite (Snow White: The Sequel) | Actor | — | 2007 |
| 32% | Valiant | Cufflingk | $19.4M | 2005 |
| 40% | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Actor | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Chaos & Cadavers | Lennox Crowly | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour | Actor | — | 2003 |
| 83% | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Peeves the Poltergeist | $261.9M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Guest House Paradiso | Screenwriter Richard | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Monkey's Tale | Gerard the Gormless | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Merlin:The Return | Merlin | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Chilly Dogs | Carter | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Bottom 2001: An Arse Oddity | Actor | — | 2001 |
| 67% | Jesus Christ Superstar | Actor | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Santa's Special Delivery | Actor | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Winter In Watership Down | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Blackadder Back & Forth | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Journey to Watership Down | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis | Marty Starr | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island | Actor | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Willows in Winter | Actor | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Canterville Ghost | Actor | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Wind in the Willows | Toad | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | The Snow Queen | Actor | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour | Actor | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Dancing Queen, (Rik Mayall Presents Dancing Queen) | Actor | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Bottom Live | Actor | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Carry On Columbus | Sultan | — | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Little Noises | Mathias | — | 1991 |
| 9% | Drop Dead Fred | Drop Dead Fred | — | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Whoops Apocalypse | Special Air Services Sergeant | — | 1988 |
| 43% | Eat the Rich | Micky | — | 1987 |
| 57% | Shock Treatment | 'Rest Home' Ricky | — | 1981 |
| 87% | An American Werewolf in London | 2nd Chess Player | — | 1981 |
| 81% | Eye of the Needle | Sailor | — | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | The Orchard End Murder | Actor | — | 1980 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet |
Masterpiece 1971-2014 |
Alec Nicholson |
2009 |
| No Score Yet |
Miss Marple 2004-2013 |
2009 |
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| No Score Yet |
Jonathan Creek 1997-2014 |
Det. Insp. Gideon Pryke |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Mystery! 1980-2007 |
Lt. Daniel Blaney |
2002 |
| 100% |
Blackadder Goes Forth 1989 |
Squadron Cmdr. Lord Flasheat | |
| 100% |
Blackadder II 1986 |
Flashheart | |
| No Score Yet |
Bottom 1991-1995 |
Richie Richard Richard 'Richie' Richard | |
| No Score Yet |
Man Down 2013-2017 |
Dad | |
| No Score Yet |
Midsomer Murders |
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| 57% |
The Black Adder 1983 |
Mad Gerald as Himself | |
| No Score Yet |
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 1992-1995 |
Voice | |
| No Score Yet |
The Young Ones 1982-1984 |
Screenwriter Rick |
QUOTES FROM Rik Mayall CHARACTERS
Drop Dead Fred says: Wow! Cobwebs.
Drop Dead Fred says: No panties! No panties!!
Drop Dead Fred says: No panties! No panties!
Drop Dead Fred says: Ah! My head! The Mega-Bitch squashed my head! The bitch! She squashed my head! The evil one reigns supreme!
Drop Dead Fred says: Oh, you wanted me to go away? Fine, just say the magic words & I'll piss off.
Drop Dead Fred says: Oh, you wanted me to go away? Fine, just say the magic words and I'll piss off.
Elizabeth Cronin says: Piss off!
Drop Dead Fred says: Gotcha! You just said the magic words!
Polly says: What did you just say to me?
Drop Dead Fred says: She told you to piss off, have you gone deaf?
Elizabeth Cronin says: I said "Piss off" but I didn't say it to you.