CELEBRITY PLANET: Profile of Rowan Sebastian Atkinson

About Rowan Atkinson

His name is not Mr. Bean. His name is "Rowan Atkinson". Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes. Rowan Atkinson had stared as the title character at that comedy series.

Atkinson appeared in several movies, including Dead on Time (1983), Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976) (TV) (aka "Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe"), Never Say Never Again (1983), and The Tall Guy (1989). He played "Mr. Bean" in the TV series, "Mr. Bean" (1990) but, apart from that and "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979), he also appeared in several other series like "The Black Adder" (1983) and "Funny Business" (1992), etc.

Bio of Rowan Sebastian Atkinson

Birth name
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson

Nickname
Row

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

Born
6 January 1955 (1955-01-06) Consett, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

Father
Eric Atkinson (A farmer and a company Director)

Mother
Ella May

Brothers
Rodney(Eurosceptic economist) and Rupert(Both are elder)

Schools
Durham Choristers School,Bede Grammar School for Boys, Sunderland Tyne and Wear, England

Study
electrical engineering at Newcastle University, England

Education
M.Sc. at The Queen's College, Oxford,England

Profession
English comedian, actor and writer

Spouse
Sunetra Sastry (1990–present,Make-up artist)

Children
Benjamin and Lily.

Notable works
and roles
Not the Nine O'Clock News, Blackadder, Mr. Bean The Thin Blue L ine

Award

"British Academy Award" and was named "BBC Personality of the Year(1979)" and "International Emmy Award", "British Academy Award" for "Best Light Entertainment Programme of 1980."

Why American audiences like him ?

Best known to American audiences as the Black Adder and Mr. Bean, black-haired, bug-eyed, and weak-chinned comedian Rowan Atkinson is one of the most popular funnymen in England whose keen, often black humor and knack for physical comedy has earned him a huge international following.

Why is he famous ?

He starred in Mr. Bean, and in a successful films including Black Adder Goes Forth (1989), The Witches (1990), Bean (1997), Rat Race (2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), Johnny English (2003), Love Actually (2003), Keeping Mum (2005), Mr. Bean’s Vacation (2007), and Johnny English 2 (2011).