Rowan Atkinson
22 FOLLOWERS • 55 CREDITS • JAN 6, 1955 • 70
Biography
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE, is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and 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 comedy actors ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians.
Atkinson was born in Consett, County Durham, England. The youngest of four brothers, his parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945. His three older brothers are Paul, who died as an infant; Rodney, a Eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the UK Independence Party leadership election in 2000 and Rupert.
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Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Graham Norton Show
Parkinson
Top Gear
Wogan
The Daily Show
Comic Relief
Parasite
Love Actually
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Never Say Never Again
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Wonka
The Lion King
One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder
Scooby-Doo
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Making Rat Race
The Witches
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright
Bernard and the Genie
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
Mr. Bean Takes an Exam
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Mr. Bean
Man Vs Bee
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
Bean
Blackadder
Mr. Bean Goes to a Première
Man Vs Baby
Johnny English Reborn
Spider-Plant Man
Lying To Michael Jackson
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News Volume Two
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Rat Race
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Johnny English
The Thin Blue Line
Maigret
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
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