Who is Rowan Atkinson?

Rowan Atkinson is a British actor and writer, who is best-known for his role as ‘Mr. Bean’ in the hit television series and two feature films of the same name.  Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on January 6, 1955, in County Durham, England.   He started his acting career by appearing in a series of comedy shows for BBC Radio 3 called ‘The Atkinson People’, in 1978. The next year, he did a one-of-a-kind pilot for a sitcom called, ‘Canned Laughter’. In 1979, he starred in a television comedy sketch show titled, ‘Not the Nine O’ Clock News’ along with Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Chris Langham. His role as ‘Mr. Bean’ in the ‘Mr. Bean’ series that began in 1995, is considered one of his magnum opus’ because it is believed that he created this character when he was in college and he always wanted to portray such a character.  The 1983 hit series, ‘The Black Adder’ was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson and also featured Atkinson. Voted as the ‘second-best British sitcom of all time’, this show was also ranked as the ‘20th best TV show of all time’.  He was honored with the title of ‘Commander of the Order of the British Empire’, in 2013.

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