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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is

an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter who

is best known for his work on the sitcoms Mr. Bean
and Blackadder. Atkinson first came to prominence
in the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock
News (197982), and via his participation in The
Secret Policeman's Balls from 1979. His other work
includes the sitcom The Thin Blue Line
He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50
funniest actors in British comedy and amongst the
top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow
comedians.He has also had cinematic success with
his performances in the Mr. Bean movie adaptations
Bean and Mr. Bean's Holiday and in Johnny English
and its sequel Johnny English Reborn.

EARLY LIFE &

EDUCATION
Atkinson , the youngest of four brothers,

was born in Conset t, County Durham,

England .
His parents were Eric Atkinson , a
farmer and company director, and Ella
May , who married on 29 June 1945.His
three older brothers were Paul, who died
as an infant, Rodney, a Euro sceptic
economist who narrowly lost the United
Kingdom Independence Party leadership
election in 2000, and Rupert .Atkinson
was brought up Anglican, and was
educated at Durham Choristers School,
St. Bees School, and Newcastle
University.

First winning national attention in the

Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival

Fringe in August 1976.

BEAN IN TELEVISION

Rowan Atkinson in 1997, promoting

Bean After university, Atkinson
toured with Angus Deayton as his
straight man in an act that was
eventually filmed for a television
show.
Atkinson then went on to do Not
the Nine O'Clock News for the BBC,
produced by his friend John Lloyd.

The success of Not the Nine O'Clock

News led to him taking the lead role
in the medieval sitcom
Atkinson's other creation, the
hapless Mr. Bean, first appeared on
New Years Day in 1990 in a half-hour
special for Thames Television.

BEAN IN FILM
o Atkinsons film career
began with a supporting
part in the 'unofficial' James
Bond movie Never Say
Never Again (1983) and a
leading role in Dead on
Time (also 1983) with Nigel
Hawthorne.
o His television character Mr.
Bean debuted on the big
screen with Bean (1997) to
international success. A
sequel, Mr. Bean's Holiday
(2007) also became an
international success.

BEAN AS A COMEDIAN
Comedic style Best known for his use of physical
comedy in his Mr. Bean persona, Atkinson's other
characters rely more heavily on language.
One of his better-known comic devices is overarticulation of the "B" sound, such as his
pronunciation of "Bob" in the Black adder II
episode "Bells".
Atkinson's often visually based style, which has
been compared to that of Buster Keaton, sets
him apart from most modern television and film
comedies, which rely heavily on dialogue, as well
as stand-up comedy which is mostly based on
monologues.