Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (Consett, County Durham, England, 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and script writer. He is best known for his roles on television in the satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News and sitcoms BlackAdder, Mr. Bean and The Thin Blue Line. He was also successful with the operations of Mr. Bean Bean to the cinema movies and Mr. Bean's Holiday and the films Johnny English and Johnny English Reborn.

Content [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Career Radio 1.2 1.3 2012 Summer Olympics 1.4 personal life Style 2 3 Filmography 4 Theatre 5 external link Biography[Edit]

Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean at the Manneken Pis in Brussels (2007). Atkinson is the youngest of four children of Eric Atkinson (a farmer) and Ella May. He was educated at home Anglistisch.

Atkinson studied electrical engineering at the University of Newcastle and afterwards to Queen's College of the University of Oxford.

Career[Edit] His comedy career began during the Edinburgh Festival. Afterwards he toured the country with a one-man show with Angus Deayton as the declarant. This show was filmed for television and is still popular on video.

His first TV series was Not the Nine O'Clock News. The success of this series made that Atkinson got the lead role in the series BlackAdder. This series got a total of three sequels and a few spin-offs. After BlackAdder Atkinson came with his most famous creation: Mr. Bean.

Atkinson also acts in movies. His film career began with a supporting role in the unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again and a starring role in Dead on Time. In 2007 appeared the film Mr. Bean's Holiday at United International Pictures.

Beginning 2009 Rowan Atkinson went the role of Fagin in the musical Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Cameron Mackintosh, the producer.

Atkinson has said in an interview that he is tired of Mr. Bean. He feels too old to be childish, and so he will not fast or even never Mr. Bean play. His last performance was at the Olympic Games in London[1]

Radio[Edit] Rowan Atkinson played in 1978 in the comedy show "Atkinson People" for the BBC Radio 3. It contains satirical interviews with fictional famous people, which were played by Atkinson itself. The lyrics were written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis, and the producer was Griff Rhys Jones. [2]

2012 Summer Olympics[Edit] At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games of 2012 Atkinson again played the role of Mr. Bean. It was he, to see if Mr. Bean, as a member of the London Symphony Orchestra during their implementation of Chariots of Fire. He has only a minimal role; He only has 1 key on a keyboard to control, and is visibly bored. During the performance he dreams get away, and imagines how he participates with the group runners from the opening scene of the film of the same name.

Personal life[Edit]

Rowan Atkinson in 2007 Atkinson is one of the richest tv personalities from England. He owes his ability to the many royalties. The Mr. Bean series is sold to many countries and is also one of the most-seen short films in aircraft.

Atkinson is a real car fanatic, says Jeremy Clarkson (of the well-known British television program Top Gear) on his blog. [3] unlike his character Mr. Bean, hold Atkinson not of small cars such as the Mini. He owns a McLaren F1. With this car he had in August 2011 a heavy accident. Atkinson hit at this accident not injured and the car later could be repaired. [4] Furthermore, he owns two Aston Martins, a Bentley, Ferrariand Lotus. Atkinson was a guest on Top Gear in the section "Star in a reasonably priced car". He explained with a Kia cee'd the fastest time on the Top Geartrack off until then.

Sunetra Sastry at the end of the 1980s learned Atkinson common. The two were married on 5 February 1990 in the Russian Tea Room in New York. They have two children. For his marriage to Sastry had Atkinson a relationship with actress Leslie Ash. Meanwhile, Atkinson again divorced and is now working with Louise Ford.

Style[Edit] In his role as Mr. Bean is a strictly planned, often physical Atkinsons style comedy. There is virtually no word spoken. He is sometimes described as "the man with the rubber face". His technique is also known as compared to that of Buster Keaton.

In his other roles, however, is more often the emphasis on language and frequently makes jokes.

Filmography[Edit] Filmography as an actor Year	Title	Role	Note 1979	Canned Laughter	Robert Box/Dave Perry/Mr Marshall	television film 1979-1982	Not the Nine O'Clock News	Multiple job titles	television series 1980	Peter Cook & Co.	Various characters	television film 1983	Dead on Time	Bernard Fripp 1983-	Blackadder	The Black adder-Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh	television series 1983	Never Say Never Again	Nigel Small-Fawcett 1986-	Blackadder II	Lord Edmund Blackadder	television series 1987-	Blackadder the Third	Edmund Blackadder, butler of the edge moronic Prince regent	television series 1988	The Appointments of Dennis Jennings	Dr. Schooner 1988	Blackadder's Christmas Carol	Ebenezer Blackadder/Lord Edmund Blackadder/Edmund Blackadder, Esq./Cmdr. Edmund Blackadder	television film 1988	Blackadder: The Cavalier Years	Sir Edmund Blackadder	television film 1989	Hysteria 2! Shakespeare's Manager	television film 1989	The Tall Guy	Ron Anderson 1989-	Blackadder goes Forth	Capt. Edmund Blackadder	television series 1990	The Witches	Mr. Stringer 1990-1995	Mr. Bean	Mr. Bean	television series 1991	Bernard and the Genie	Charles Pinkworth	television film 1992	Comic Relief: (I want to be) Elected	Mr. Bean	video single, 1 video clip and 2 sketches, with Bruce Dickinson 1993	Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes	Mr. Bean	television film 1993	Hot Shots! Part Deux	Dexter Hayman 1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Father Gerald (at 2nd marriage) 1994	The Lion King	Zazu the Hornbill (voice) 1995	Full Throttle	Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin	television film 1995	Comic Relief: Behind the Nose	Mr. Bean	television film 1995-1996	The Thin Blue Line	Insp. Raymond C. Fowler	television series 1997	Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie	Mr. Bean 1999	Blackadder: Back and Forth	Lord Edmund Blackadder/King Edmund III/Blackaddercus 2000	Maybe Baby	Mr. James 2001	Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty	(Popsters segment)	television film 2001	Rat Race	Enrico Pollini 2002	Mr. Bean: The Animated Series	Mr. Bean (voice)	television series 2002	Scooby-Doo	Emile Mondavarious, Director of Spooky Island 2003	Comic Relief	Martin Bashir	television film 2003	Johnny English	Johnny English 2003	Love Actually	Rufus, jewellery seller 2005	Spider-Plant Man	Peter Piper/Spider-Plant Man	television film 2005	Keeping Mum	vicar Walter Goodfellow 2007	Mr. Bean's Holiday	Mr. Bean 2011	Johnny English Reborn	Johnny English Theatre[Edit] Rowan Atkinson appeared in 2009 in the display of the West End Musical Oliver! as Fagin. [5] The Director was Rupert Goold. A year earlier he appeared in a pre-West End run of the show in Oxford, directed by Jez Bond.