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Comic actor and writer, born on January 6, 1955 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE England, UK. Atkinson is most famous for his roles in classic sitcoms such as Blackadder and Mr. Bean.
Rowan Atkinson studied electrical engineering at the universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and Oxford, first appeared in Oxford University revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and in 1981 became the youngest performer to have had a one-man show in the West End.
Subsequent appearances include The Nerd (1984), The New Revue (1986), and The Sneeze (1988). Television work includes Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–82), Blackadder (1983–9), The Thin Blue Line (1995–6), and Mr Bean (from 1990–4, 1996 in the USA). Among his film credits are Bean: the Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997), Johnny English (2003), and Keeping Mum (2005).
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