Acting
Rik Mayall
- Titles
- 100movies36TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19802020
- Leading roles
- 66top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
More Bad News91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor5.0average 2.0
- Satire & Parody4.9average 2.3
- Physical Comedy4.6average 2.5
- Dark Humor4.9average 2.9
- Situational Comedy4.5average 2.7
- Cringe Humor4.0average 2.2
- Wit & Wordplay5.4average 3.7
- Fantasy3.4average 1.8
Rarely in their work
- Melancholy3.4, average 4.7
- Pathos4.0, average 5.2
- Catharsis4.0, average 5.1
- Psychological4.5, average 5.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Cult Classic 8
- British Sitcom 5
- Witty Dialogue 5
- Dark Humor 4
- Fast-Paced 4
- Cringe Comedy 4
- Dark Comedy 3
- Character-Driven 3
- British Sketch Comedy 3
- Character-Driven Comedy 3
- Absurdist Humor 3
- Eccentric Characters 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Adrian EdmondsonActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., The Young Ones, Bottom, Saturday Live, Filthy Rich & Catflap, +34 more
Nigel PlanerActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., The Young Ones, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights, Summer School, +17 more
Peter RichardsonActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., Summer School, Five Go to Rehab, Carry On Columbus, GLC: The Carnage Continues, +17 more
Dawn FrenchActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., Watership Down, Look at the State We're In!, Summer School, Five Go to Rehab, +15 more
Jennifer SaundersActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., Summer School, Five Go to Rehab, GLC: The Carnage Continues, More Bad News, +13 more
Robbie ColtraneActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., A Kick Up the Eighties, Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments, Five Go to Rehab, GLC: The Carnage Continues, +7 more
Pete RichensWriterThe Comic Strip Presents..., Five Go to Rehab, GLC: The Carnage Continues, A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques, Four Men in a Car, +7 more
Alexei SayleActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., The Young Ones, Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights, Carry On Columbus, Red Nose of Courage, +2 more
Daniel PeacockActorThe Comic Strip Presents..., Five Go to Rehab, A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques, Gino: Full Story and Pics, Jake's Journey, +2 more
Bob SpiersDirectorThe Comic Strip Presents..., Bottom, Chilly Dogs, A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques, Gino: Full Story and Pics, +2 more
Ben EltonActorThe Young Ones, Saturday Live, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Oh No, Not Them, Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments, +1 more
Ed ByeDirectorThe Young Ones, Bottom, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special, Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
352010s
1 titles · average score 71
71
Man Down (2013)
TV show · as Dad
2000s
8 titles · average score 66
All About George (2005)
TV show · as George Kinsey
72
Shoebox Zoo (2004)
TV show · as Edwin the Eagle (voice)
78
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV show · as Alec Nicholson
Believe Nothing (2002)
TV show · as Professor Adonis Cnut
78
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2001)
TV show · as Lt. Daniel Blaney
P5 (2001)
TV show · as Professor Prune
1990s
8 titles · average score 75
74
Watership Down (1999)
TV show
70
In the Red (1998)
TV show · as Dominic De'Ath
77
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV show · as David Roper
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
TV show · as Rattner
The Knock (1994)
TV show
Rik Mayall Presents (1993)
TV show
81
Bottom (1991)
TV show · as Richard Richard
1980s
17 titles · average score 76
79
Grim Tales (1989)
TV show
76
The New Statesman (1987)
TV show · as Alan B'Stard
68
Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987)
TV show · as Richard Rich
Saturday Live (1986)
TV show
Happy Families (1985)
TV show · as Priest
79
Blackadder (1983)
TV show · as Mad Gerald / Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart
76
The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
TV show · as Richard / Alan Sellars
80
The Young Ones (1982)
TV show · as Rick
Wood and Walters (1982)
TV show
72
Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
TV show
1970s
1 titles
The Cannon & Ball Show (1979)
TV show · as Clerk