Rik Mayall
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
![Bottom: Exposed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aZrPEvCJRi6TIfO5eqwYDcQKJG2.jpg)
Bottom: Exposed
![Completely Bad News](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kmk5DzW20VfTeYPw34Csl8CmQqk.jpg)
Completely Bad News
![How The Young Ones Changed Comedy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xCWtx7wuR5t0tTcgPc4TsqxruOW.jpg)
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
![Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zBgcCYKcmTBHM4VwDdo5gIU4bJb.jpg)
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
![One by One](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3jzjYyHIHyaxwi1mbhbfoiOz9ZL.jpg)
One by One
![The Escape](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s6zeVnoW9U8oHyUZrqDdTILlJAA.jpg)
The Escape
![Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i8eJPxGiWkngcRpTX8EOyGRho0M.jpg)
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
![Man Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s00xvEkk6cTuZdHPvxght2ZR3JJ.jpg)
Man Down
![Five Go to Rehab](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xQGEU3iuTkJ6g2JdLj0LGEYPp5E.jpg)
Five Go to Rehab
![30 Years of Comic Strip](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ylPW8qWHte0lBcd9fovpqJjzS0s.jpg)
30 Years of Comic Strip
![Errors of the Human Body](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yDQpXQqmce6vSi43bHR0Wx3EJW2.jpg)
Errors of the Human Body
![Eldorado](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j7hFZTSor2HvM2jprOIuWFYLOLQ.jpg)
Eldorado
![The Hunt for Tony Blair](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y2xCId0XaSh31aVB4UzKWocXjvv.jpg)
The Hunt for Tony Blair
![The Itch of the Golden Nit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/btKmfqTjzy1zhky9gsPFDFvhnuz.jpg)
The Itch of the Golden Nit
![Just for the Record](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w3O7yBIpi43d4QsbSrH4DiJ0wwb.jpg)
Just for the Record
![Why Didn't They Ask Evans?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oHJLHe6rhjzQ0YqrRiip4Edt3XY.jpg)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
![Blackadder Rides Again](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/u8fD531mc3ZbWDs2Ekyxn8XZ1ZK.jpg)
Blackadder Rides Again
![Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j1FbednOWXjwHsU5GoKvrwXWtdm.jpg)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
![The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t6GvDzjqb7ebzbLkxn83o2FBY9U.jpg)
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
![Snow White: The Sequel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cc6uAFYlACAye0C5hJBSWtuhwB5.jpg)
Snow White: The Sequel
![Sindy The Fairy Princess](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7H6R80KhiMqBwLZQ4ttlbWFvcHL.jpg)
Sindy The Fairy Princess
![Sex Actually](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/53IIZd9hLDE9qWAP6wKI4fq8fPD.jpg)
Sex Actually
![King Arthur's Disasters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h3hoBsJmNrKhgJPKGl9qwmXzqot.jpg)
King Arthur's Disasters
![Valiant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/chtAKvXb897I2Pn8HOkV4TC5Jzz.jpg)
Valiant
![Agatha Christie's Marple](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nVswrZQpqQND9TgwgbWgz18KgAo.jpg)
Agatha Christie's Marple
![Churchill: The Hollywood Years](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sN0yLmCvxvtldr3oH1TCh4gzShP.jpg)
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
![Bottom Mindless Violence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/heIblVoGGnGPN9WbO47LaBBes95.jpg)
Bottom Mindless Violence
![The Paul O'Grady Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fGoZnpbWxcrjKn8z7Auq47SvxST.jpg)
The Paul O'Grady Show
![Shoebox Zoo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hMGO9iOA5Vm8QEa4dGOzN6zWgE5.jpg)
Shoebox Zoo
![ABBA - The Last Video](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7iW3gITUTLZnH4eKv3vsxRKjnMC.jpg)
ABBA - The Last Video
![Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lqbgU0du62fneq0RI2alqqlnLVl.jpg)
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
![Chaos and Cadavers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m4YOiPg9lrKZSlDtxRdYgt10htC.jpg)
Chaos and Cadavers
![Oh Marbella!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y1DH9J9TNHqfT1NbD44urFUd91u.jpg)
Oh Marbella!
![Believe Nothing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gNQCpOo8PeyNpGaVBM5HCq0N2mL.jpg)
Believe Nothing
![Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5XTGSvLMLisXnNUw743KfZBwmP7.jpg)
Bottom Live 2001 An Arse Oddity
![Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j6GesEULSNC0TvWbRYdVLIQeqdc.jpg)
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
![Chilly Dogs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gw1CJY7i2mYtPIr4uDwTv5jjEQl.jpg)
Chilly Dogs
![Merlin: The Return](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rcKWPGq85hvlmlFO64SHcEmhvok.jpg)
Merlin: The Return
![Jesus Christ Superstar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bJiK4GdYpeTzCRTp54r9q5McsAQ.jpg)
Jesus Christ Superstar
![Four Men in a Plane](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m86HnSnapgU8QEWVbDv3eNw2ILf.jpg)
Four Men in a Plane
![Guest House Paradiso](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8kHQZ0O28QD6GPLDcDzM1WMgRBg.jpg)
Guest House Paradiso
![Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tcuQyoJs6iVzgxTmDKOvdcfTlZh.jpg)
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
![Watership Down](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mgwmv2zrkQDvM0lTU1QHSCMadso.jpg)
Watership Down
![Blackadder: Back & Forth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/80yZpBgdmda6IEwgiO5PMNgyqO7.jpg)
Blackadder: Back & Forth
![In the Red](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sea2BCuhnwOa5UYrZcjBKSM2ND0.jpg)
In the Red
![Four Men in a Car](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bUoNlYm6VAfXgRnQhAZHsK7n02Q.jpg)
Four Men in a Car
![The Canterville Ghost](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3GPu2q3qbyTAQboSPl1CN2dswt0.jpg)
The Canterville Ghost
![Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/632stKDxPiQ8N4gUMkqF0P2aA4o.jpg)
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
![Jonathan Creek](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wLKa7RUDp9dN2gMZBkMxywG8xsw.jpg)
Jonathan Creek
![Midsomer Murders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pz7tsWxe0TTdfJnWPjZAEnrSl5M.jpg)
Midsomer Murders
![Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9EAZ0SwNZSZp2v69MTd9FgBsACe.jpg)
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
![Remember Me?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8BthkEIaNiZ1N1Hyvh4Ls7HtWlp.jpg)
Remember Me?
![The Willows in Winter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ApcDl7gBpUjDfc0rolP0sHPwSxo.jpg)
The Willows in Winter
![Bottom Fluff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rqsnP7AyxTI38zqAHUq1qFOpus9.jpg)
Bottom Fluff
![The Wind in the Willows](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oDXSed3TihGrQsNUbns5oIE8Urj.jpg)
The Wind in the Willows
![Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6HglqkXJBEUkSzsAGGWR5j4Jim.jpg)
Bottom Live The Big Number 2 Tour
![How to be a Little Sod](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n6tsCkD90Bkmrd8xsACLvTpjiIr.jpg)
How to be a Little Sod
![Out Of My Head](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jucARws1KYrSpNdsYsmtOqZgCs9.jpg)
Out Of My Head
![Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3Fkb0mpMyYwxSuP5rtWhyUDI80M.jpg)
Rik Mayall Presents: Clair de Lune
![Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qFsrJGV44l18JUyhJ4UmXiIbYdV.jpg)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
![Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hw2KvRqtQKYxjRVno2QRJoaJK42.jpg)
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
![The Snow Queen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fF5mUf8i4h4nxL6aWOzcbwcnvvc.jpg)
The Snow Queen
![The Knock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kNEIsSd1wBXVIeIkMUqCbOHKbwf.jpg)
The Knock
![Bottom Live The Stage Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rmQV8iCa2tdX1JSTmramfAzX7Gw.jpg)
Bottom Live The Stage Show
![The Thief and the Cobbler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3OKtFuTxahr7hokPB9aO38qgOfc.jpg)
The Thief and the Cobbler
![Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mFKeJsztMcjapBzgclXpLtk4X2s.jpg)
Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen
![Rik Mayall Presents](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sRh8JhtxdpAKAeNn4lDskcc0QZX.jpg)
Rik Mayall Presents
![Carry On Columbus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i2xYxXo2j8RCqxDQCs0c2xxqw8s.jpg)
Carry On Columbus
![Little Noises](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sSd0RSQnQxTjIbubGYxTApVLJMV.jpg)
Little Noises
![Red Nose of Courage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fdI9FBS2Wx2nRikW4q34p4uONPo.jpg)
Red Nose of Courage
![Bottom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uAlQ4VmHcBuTzHm7r0niovvBfaU.jpg)
Bottom
![The Princess and the Goblin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gWXeEzpOavcmv1Ca8sjqkorfuIO.jpg)
The Princess and the Goblin
![Drop Dead Fred](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v2kadCRcRdq8a0aRbQg4yVk3Xmd.jpg)
Drop Dead Fred
![Kevin Turvey Investigates](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b72jHhMTqd6yWbFgDN7dB2MvxxH.jpg)
Kevin Turvey Investigates
![Grim Tales](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mYCsdtOk0TIZ6tR2YUpZF6OX37l.jpg)
Grim Tales
![Mr Jolly Lives Next Door](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r142VqOKBkNflfMFqdnyrlwoiny.jpg)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
![More Bad News](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jzmf6LHZJHCj1j90ydlahC39mw0.jpg)
More Bad News
![The Strike](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2cFHMdtfBSe8axsnmzehtGkApZb.jpg)
The Strike
![Jake's Journey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zSss4AZhQkFcERFOWHr047Xk29D.jpg)
Jake's Journey
![Eat the Rich](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yFGWfpzH1sR4sL1T7J0Kae59UE9.jpg)
Eat the Rich
![The New Statesman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xHFmn2FDQE4hlKCbnYE9dVBSiQC.jpg)
The New Statesman
![French & Saunders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AcWD8oqasrJCqhRrscVsscp9yL7.jpg)
French & Saunders
![Hardwicke House](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l7d2mZ6iXBLVxepfz5pHpseawi6.jpg)
Hardwicke House
![Filthy Rich & Catflap](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pQiMn7gq2QQJmCxT4lKPJK1DH50.jpg)
Filthy Rich & Catflap
![Whoops Apocalypse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l1mmmdqQPJjNdXGgORoDTDt732w.jpg)
Whoops Apocalypse
![Omnibus Presents Comic Relief](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wbzMrsP0Q6FWBOnUG7dnCav6OtB.jpg)
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
![Saturday Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tLKXLjbuMHtZWNteixyvYOISR3s.jpg)
Saturday Live
![Private Enterprise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dUV37257hEiRUFwQEW3e3j8Ecp4.jpg)
Private Enterprise
![The Dangerous Brothers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2UUp3z0L7qECu4IyHlGEVOMhqmS.jpg)
The Dangerous Brothers
![Happy Families](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/51PYIVSNXZKrz9RIumGdihCMg3G.jpg)
Happy Families
![The Best of Cannon & Ball](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6JpN9Dx5b3NiYNdLlNkEe9uzGA7.jpg)
The Best of Cannon & Ball
![Gino: Full Story and Pics](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xjIeMZUMPcy6NJOvkxSHrDLm2Vk.jpg)
Gino: Full Story and Pics
![A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e4bcY64tqjDIpNmTvetBkTd2RFw.jpg)
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
![Dirty Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1QvT0W4b1YBRRKlBYNPtLj9JWNk.jpg)
Dirty Movie
![Blackadder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y3rXOeklqhZ7BTBveW5WLJqyjgU.jpg)
Blackadder
![Summer School](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ro4ALeEF24tk9qS4CFHeRmOOZtx.jpg)
Summer School
![Bad News](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gJr8UBgQe1772ldQAZLgPuUpanj.jpg)
Bad News
![The Beat Generation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/96FtZkxuHxIw5Zh5GIyCfICsSr8.jpg)
The Beat Generation
![War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jKGLT9izDmPOPC4yMTHJc1aUDOj.jpg)
War
![The Young Ones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9BQCGkKkVUxw6zF1P2BF1gHSMXB.jpg)
The Young Ones
![The Comic Strip Presents...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jUMJPj1nEiDBpccJvgKDMt6XKEN.jpg)
The Comic Strip Presents...
![Wogan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7NNaUmZWzJsqMvDNu2WB0HsVmvu.jpg)
Wogan
![Whoops Apocalypse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jBt1HDVBQBo4XrfslxwEOqTdEFy.jpg)
Whoops Apocalypse
![Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nn6nH13XySkfSO0k6N6HNyQ9dzP.jpg)
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
![Wood and Walters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xm8SuumCbshYjZnJl4bLvw9sgtv.jpg)
Wood and Walters
![The Orchard End Murder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aB8uFzm5i6SIhEqh50l3mxZqtic.jpg)
The Orchard End Murder
![Couples and Robbers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8C84mQYO0Y0ZvoRYg7XAu9z37t1.jpg)
Couples and Robbers
![A Kick Up the Eighties](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/46yFfizTRLpnVKDJhD567mOGoYq.jpg)
A Kick Up the Eighties
![Shock Treatment](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/obUmsgTu0MqXiEU5PtSOuAqnl05.jpg)
Shock Treatment
![Eye of the Needle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nDPnfXCuh280WHPk7xTfG7cDlAh.jpg)
Eye of the Needle
![Wolcott](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gAOTYpRC7PEkb8kF3WXD01AvoPg.jpg)
Wolcott
![The Comic Strip](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nMReOMtMv4tESBenI6puMIUhJZ.jpg)
The Comic Strip
![Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/siZAroPYlGn3vR4o1XtVY1QsVof.jpg)
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
![The Cannon & Ball Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kmBAbUzDrvDtWE5xBhMiLN8cZA0.jpg)
The Cannon & Ball Show