Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall
Birth name: Richard Michael Mayall
DOB: March 7, 1958
Where: Harlow, Essex, England
Height: 5'11''
Trademark
-Frequently performs alongside or with Adrian Edmondson
-Narcisistic characters
-In his TV work, he'll look at the camera and pull a funny face

Trivia
-Met Adrian Edmondson on the set of The Young Ones
-Injured in a bike accident in 1998 and was in a coma for several days. After regaining consciousness, his first words to the doctor were  "So you're the bastard that keeps sticking needles into me!"
-Has an older brother named Anthony and 2 younger sisters named Libby and Kate
-Appeared in An American Werewolf in London
-Starred on The Young Ones in 1982. This show was about a group of guys living together in North London. It consisted of Rik as a stuck up sociology student, Edmondson as Vyvyan, a violent punk, Nigel Planter as a hippie named Neil, and Christopher Ryan as Mike, who was cool
-In 1991, he starred as a troublesome imaginary friend named Drop Dead Fred in the movie of the same title, opposite Phoebe Cates.

Movies/TV Roles
Drop Dead Fred
-Drop Dead Fred
Midsomer Murders
-David Roper

SpongeBob SquarePants
-Lord Reginald. Ghost Ship/Chimps Ahoy

Valiant
-Cufflingk (voice)

Jonathan Creek
-D.I. Gideon Pryke

The Young Ones
-Rick

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