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<p><span
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(born on March 7, 1958 in Harlow, Essex) is an English
comedian and actor. He is well known for his comedy partnership with
Adrian Edmondson and his over the top, energetic portrayal of
characters. He was one of the pioneering members of the alternative
comedy scene in the early 1980s. He is also well-known for narrating
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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">When
he was three, Mayall and his parents —
both of whom
taught drama — moved to Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, where
he
spent the rest of his childhood and performed in his parents' plays. He
studied drama at the University of Manchester and gained fame by
appearing at The Comedy Store with Edmondson, debuting there in 1980.
They starred as "20th Century Coyote".</p>
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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Mayall
first broke into television with the character
Kevin Turvey on the series <i>A Kick Up the Eighties</i>,
which was first broadcast in 1981. A role as sociology student and
Cliff Richard devotee Rick in <i>The Young Ones</i>
sitcom in 1982 ensured wide public acclaim. The series was written by
Mayall with long-standing friend Ben Elton and then-girlfriend Lise
Mayer. Additional material was provided by comedian and actor Alexei
Sayle. With many of his alternative contemporaries, Mayall went on to
star in a number of the <i>Comic Strip</i> films. He
starred on <i>Saturday Live</i> with Edmondson as "The
Dangerous Brothers",
a pair of naive but anarchic daredevils, and would perform comedy
stunts on stage, often involving the likes of setting each other on
fire. They effectively brought slapstick to the alternative comedy
scene, albeit in a typically extreme fashion.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Mayall
subsequently starred in <i>Filthy Rich
& Catflap</i> (1986) with Edmondson and Nigel Planer; and
<i>Bottom</i> (1991-92, 1995), again with
Adrian
Edmondson (in which the two of them played similar roles to those they
played in <i>The Young Ones</i>). His first notable solo
work was as Conservative MP Alan Beresford B'Stard in the sitcom <i>The
New Statesman</i>
(1987-92) for Yorkshire Television, thereby also giving him a presence
on ITV. He reprised the role in 2006 for the stage but this time as a
Labour MP.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">In
1986, Mayall achieved a number one hit in the UK
singles charts when he and his co-stars from <i>The Young
Ones</i>
teamed up with Cliff Richard to record a new (and somewhat offbeat)
version of "Living Doll" for the inaugural <i>Comic
Relief</i>
campaign. Mayall played Rick one last time in the subsequent stage show
and has been a supporter of the <i>Comic Relief</i> cause
ever since.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">He
has also appeared in films, notably <i>Carry
On Columbus</i> and <i>Drop Dead Fred</i>; and six
individual comedy dramas under the umbrella title <i>Rik Mayall
Presents</i> in 1993. He also appeared in <i>Blackadder</i>
series 1 as Mad Gerald, series 2 and 4 as Lord Flashheart and on the
millennium special episode <i>Blackadder: Back &
Forth</i>
as Robin Hood.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Mayall
took his turn among many hundreds of other
celebrities to read a story on the children's series <i>Jackanory</i>,
relating extracts of Roald Dahl's <i>George's Marvellous
Medicine</i>.
Mayall lived up to his own slapstick past by pouring the medicine's
ingredients over himself while telling the tale. He also made a little
known film appearance in <i>An American Werewolf in
London</i>
as the second chess player alongside Brian Glover.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Mayall
has also played the role of Professor Adonis Cnut
in the sitcom <i>Believe Nothing</i> and was Peeves the
poltergeist in the first Harry Potter movie (<i>Harry Potter and
the Philosopher's Stone</i>) but was cut out of the final
edit.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">In
2000, he appeared in the video production of <i>Jesus
Christ Superstar</i>
as King Herod. He joked in the "Making of" documentary, which was
included on the DVD release, that "the reason why a million, billion
people want to come and see this is because I'm in it! Me and
Jesus!"</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Mayall
provided the voice of Cufflingk, one of the
German falcons in the 2005 computer-animated film <i>Valiant</i>,
and is also the voice of Edwin the Eagle in <i>ShoeBox
Zoo</i>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">In
a 2005 poll to find <i>The Comedian's Comedian</i>,
he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians
and comedy insiders.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Mayall
released an 'in-character' semi-fictionalised
autobiography in September 2005 entitled <i><span class="new">Bigger
than Hitler, Better than Christ</span></i> (<span
class="internal">ISBN 0-00-720727-1</span>). At the
same time he was starring in a new series for ITV entitled <i>All
About George</i>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">As
of 2006, he is starring once again as Alan B'stard in
a stage version of <i>The New Statesman</i> entitled <i>The
New Statesman 2006: Blair B'stard Project</i>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">In
2000, Mayall also narrated the battles in Hogs of
War, a turn-based strategy game for the Playstation and PC.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><i>Bottom</i>
has now finished. Adrian
Edmondson told Rik that he
was no longer interested in the project. This seems to have also
effectively dissolved their partnership for the time being. Rik
maintains that they will work together again in the future, they just
need "a good idea."</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The
implication is that Rik would have continued the
"Live" shows
but that Ade was bored with it. Although unlikely, it has also been
suggested that Ade finds Rik more difficult to work with since his
accident. They remain very close friends.</p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">He
is married and has two daughters and a son.</p>
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