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Rowan Atkinson Biography

in full Rowan Sebastian Atkinson

(1955–)

Related Works

Television
1979–82 Not the Nine O'Clock News
1983–9 Blackadder

1995–6 The Thin Blue Line
1990–4 Mr Bean
Films
1989 The Tall Guy
1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994 The Lion King (voiceover)
1997 Bean: the Ultimate Disaster Movie
2003 Johnny English
2003 Love Actually
2005 Keeping Mum

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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).