History Creator / RikMayall

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: He was nowhere as horrible and nasty as Rick or Richie. Creator/SimonPegg explained in his book ''Nerd Do Well'' after working with him and Ade on ''Film/GuestHouseParadiso'' that "They were everything I thought of them to be, with no bad attitudes or super powers". He loved playing horrible people so he could make fun of them and have them put in their place, basically. Virtually all his characters were snobby, mean, conservative, homophobic and sexist, while Rik was quite affable, critical of conservative politicians, identified as a feminist, and was very much in favour of gay rights.

* TheDanza: His characters Rick in ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', Richie in ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' and Richie Rich in ''Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap''.

* OneOfUs: If you pay attention while watching Bottom you'll find posters and memorabilia of comic book superheroes, such as the figure of Spider-Man that Richie plays chess with. Rik also did a large number of ads for Nintendo games and voices every role in HogsOfWar, and in one of the Bottom Live shows Richie and Eddie reveal they play playstation and have crushes on Lara Croft from ''Franchise/TombRaider''.

* SelfDeprecation: It's noticeable that whilst most of the characters other people created for him (Lord Flasheart, Alan B'stard, Gideon Pryke from JonathanCreek) were generally successful dashing rogues, the characters he wrote for himself (Rik from TheYoungOnes, Richie from Bottom, Kevin Turvey) all tended to be miserable unpopular losers.

Self-proclaimed 'pan-global phenomenon and sex god' '''Dr. The Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall''' (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was a British comedian, writer and actor who made a killing out of portraying [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist complete and utter bastards.]] Mayall grew up with two drama teachers for parents, and subsequently starred in some of their productions when he was a child. He later studied Drama at Manchester University, which is where he met his HeterosexualLifePartner Adrian "Ade" Edmondson (the actor who played Vyvyan on ''TheYoungOnes'').

* ''{{Series/Jackanory}}'' (as well as its' grown-up counterpart ''Crackanory'')

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: He was nowhere as horrible and nasty as Rick or Richie. Creator/SimonPegg explained in his book ''Nerd Do Well'' after working with him and Ade on ''Film/GuestHouseParadiso'' that "They were everything I thought of them to be, with no bad attitudes or super powers".
** He loved playing horrible people so he could make fun of them and have them put in their place, basically. Virtually all his characters were snobby, mean, conservative, homophobic and sexist, while Rik was quite affable, critical of conservative politicians, identified as a feminist, and was very much in favour of gay rights.

* OneOfUs: If you pay attention while watching Bottom you'll find posters and memorabilia of comic book superheroes, such as the figure of Spider-Man that Richie plays chess with. Rik also did a large number of ads for Nintendo games and voices every role in HogsOfWar, and in one of the Bottom Live shows Richie and Eddie reveal they play playstation and have crushes on Lara Croft from TombRaider.

* OneOfUs: If you pay attention while watching Bottom you'll find posters and memorabilia of comic book superheroes, such as the figure of Spider-Man that Richie plays chess with. Rik also did a large number of ads for Nintendo games and voices every role in HogsOfWar. and in one of the Bottom Live shows Richie and Eddie reveal they play playstation and have crushes on Lara Croft.

Self-proclaimed 'pan-global phenomenon and sex god' '''Dr. The Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall''' (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was a British comedian, writer and actor who made a killing out of portraying [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist complete and utter bastards.]] Mayall grew up with two drama teachers for parents, and subsequently starred in some of their productions when he was a child. He later studied Drama at Manchester University, which is where he met his HeterosexualLifePartner Adrian "Ade" Edmondson.

* ''{{Series/Jackanory}}''

Self-proclaimed 'pan-global phenomenon and sex god' '''Dr. Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall''' (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was a British comedian, writer and actor who made a killing out of portraying [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist complete and utter bastards.]] Mayall grew up with two drama teachers for parents, and subsequently starred in some of their productions when he was a child. He later studied Drama at Manchester University, which is where he met his HeterosexualLifePartner Adrian "Ade" Edmondson.

Self-proclaimed 'pan-global phenomenon' '''Dr. Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall''' (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was a British comedian, writer and actor who made a killing out of portraying [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist complete and utter bastards.]] Mayall grew up with two drama teachers for parents, and subsequently starred in some of their productions when he was a child. He later studied Drama at Manchester University, which is where he met his HeterosexualLifePartner Adrian "Ade" Edmondson.

'''Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall''' (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was a British comedian, writer and actor who made a killing out of portraying [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist complete and utter bastards.]] Mayall grew up with two drama teachers for parents, and subsequently starred in some of their productions when he was a child. He later studied Drama at Manchester University, which is where he met his HeterosexualLifePartner Adrian "Ade" Edmondson.

Mayall was also known for providing voice overs, mostly for children's films and shows, including a television series of ''Literature/WatershipDown'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' and the voice of the puppy in a series of Andrex commercials. Mayall also loaned his voice for a few video games, and he provided ''all'' of the voices for ''VideoGame/HogsOfWar''.

'''Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall''' (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was a British comedian, writer and actor who made a killing out of portraying [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist complete and utter bastards.]] Mayall grew up with two drama teachers for parents, and subsequently starred in some of their productions when he was a child. He later studied Drama at Manchester Univeristy, which is where he met his HeterosexualLifePartner Adrian "Ade" Edmondson.

After performing various stand up routines, Mayall's first major role was in the British television series ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', a [[BritCom British Comedy]] about four students and their increasingly wild and whacky antics. Mayall co-wrote the sitcom with Ben Elton and Lise Mayer, and played one of the students, [[TheDanza Rick]], a character based on one of his stand up personas.

* LargeHam: Oh, so very much. He's like Britain's answer to JimCarrey.

After performing various stand up routines, Mayall's first major role was in the British television series ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', a [[BritCom British Comedy]] about four students and their increasingly wild and whacky antics. Mayall co-wrote the sitcom with Lise Mayer, and played one of the students, [[TheDanza Rick]], a character based on one of his stand up personas.

* ''{{Main/Jackanory}}''

* TypeCasting: He was always playing self centered, badly behaved and over the top characters. Even on the Region 2 ''DropDeadFred'' DVD cover it says "Rik Mayall gives a ''Bottom'' style performance."

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: He is nowhere as horrible and nasty as Rick or Richie. Creator/SimonPegg explained in his book ''Nerd Do Well'' after working with him and Ade on ''Film/GuestHouseParadiso'' that "They were everything I thought of them to be, with no bad attitudes or super powers".

* TypeCasting: He's always playing self centered, badly behaved and over the top characters. Even on the Region 2 ''DropDeadFred'' DVD cover it says "Rik Mayall gives a ''Bottom'' style performance."

After performing various stand up routines, Mayall's first major role was in British television series Series/TheYoungOnes, a [[BritCom British Comedy]] about four students and their increasingly wild and whacky antics. Mayall co-wrote the sitcom with Lise Mayer, and played one of the students, [[TheDanza Rick]], a character based on one of his stand up personas.

From there on, Mayall became a British household name. He would go on to star in Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap, {{Series/Blackadder}} and Series/TheNewStatesman. He and Ade Edmondson then co-wrote and produced {{Series/Bottom}}, which later led on to them doing five live stage shows based on the sitcom, called 'Bottom Live'. Mayall then went on to play roles in various British television shows, including Series/MidsomerMurders and Series/JonathanCreek, and also did a handful of films including Film/DropDeadFred, which made him a known name in America.

Mayall was also known for providing voice overs, mostly for childrens films and shows, including a television series of Literature/WatershipDown, WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants and the voice of the puppy in a series of Andrex commercials. Mayall also loaned his voice for a few video games, and he provided ''all'' of the voices for VideoGame/HogsOfWar.

* Series/TheYoungOnes
* Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap
* Series/TheNewStatesman
* {{Series/Bottom}}
* {{Series/Blackadder}}
* Film/DropDeadFred
* Film/GuestHouseParadiso
* Series/JonathanCreek
* Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon
* Series/TheComicStripPresents
* {{Main/Jackanory}}
* WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants
* VideoGame/HogsOfWar
* Series/MidsomerMurders

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: He is nowhere as horrible and nasty as Rick or Richie. Creator/SimonPegg explained in his book ''Nerd Do Well'' after working with him and Ade on ''Film/GuestHouseParadiso'' that "They were everything I thought of them to be, with no bad attitudes or super powers".

* PrettyBoy: When he wasn't pulling faces, Rik was [[http://i.imgur.com/Cn1NKiO.jpg ''extremely'' pretty]] as a young man. Even in his older years a lot of people still found him very attractive.

From there on, Mayall became a British household name. He would go on to star in Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap, {{Series/Blackadder}} and Series/TheNewStatesman. He and Ade Edmondson then co-wrote and produced {{Series/Bottom}}, which later led on to them doing five live stage shows based on the sitcom, called 'Bottom Live'. Mayall also did a handful of films including Film/DropDeadFred, which made him a known name in America.

Mayall was also known for providing voice overs, mostly for childrens films and shows, including a television series of Literature/WatershipDown, WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants and the voice of the puppy in a series of Andrex commercials.

* TheDanza: His characters Rick in ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' and Richie in ''Series/{{Bottom}}''.