Rowan Atkinson

Born on the 6th of January (Consett, Country Durham, England) 1955 and was given Rowan Sebastian Atkinson as a name. Atkinson is the youngest of four brothers. Son of Eric Atkinson and Ella May, who were married on June 29, 1945. His three big brothers are Paul, Rodney, and Rupert. Atkinson was raised in Anglican, and was educated at Durham Choristers School, St. Bees School, and Newcastle University. He then continued his studies in Electrical Engineering at The Queen's College, Oxford, the same college that his father went.

Rowan Atkinson is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known 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. The Observer have listed Atkinson as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedians ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. Atkinson had a cinematic success with his performance in the Mr. Bean movie adaptations Bean and Mr. Bean's Holiday and in Jhonny English and its sequel Johnny English Reborn.

Atkinson is best known for his use of physical comedy in his trademark character of Mr. Bean. His other characters rely more heavily on language. Atkinson often plays authority figures speaking absurd lines with a completely straight-faced delivery. One of Atkinson's trademark that is well known is the over-articulation of the "B" sound, the pronunciation would be very bold.