Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on January 6, 1955. His hometown is Consett, which is located in England. His father is Eric Atkinson, director of a large enterprise.
After school, Rowan went to Newcastle to go to university. He chose the specialty of an electrical engineer. Soon Atkinson moved to Oxford. The years spent there were remembered by him for numerous productions in which he participated.
How the actor became famous
Rowan Atkinson became famous when he starred in the TV series "Not Nine-Hour News", which was broadcast on the BBC.
And then, in 1983, the actor was approved for the main role in the Blackadder series of the historical comedy. By the way, Atkinson himself came up with her script.
In 1990, a television series about Mr. Bean began to be shown on television, which was watched by a huge number of viewers. Rowan came up with this character while studying, he considered him a child, enclosed in the body of an adult. The series was broadcast in the UK for five whole years, and it began to show in 245 countries. In addition, full-length films were later filmed at its base. In 1995, a pretty good series was released called Thin Blue Line, which soon became popular. Rowan Atkinson, whose filmography was replenished with another wonderful picture, appeared before the audience as a police Fowler.
In addition to masterpieces about Mr. Bean, the artist starred in two parody paintings about an agent named Johnny English. These tapes have been shown in movie theaters around the world. In addition, the actor starred in such famous films as “Real Love”, “Rat Race”, “Four Weddings and One Funeral”, “Scooby-Doo” and others.
In addition to working on television and in films, Rowan Atkinson played in musicals.
But the real world fame for the actor brought, of course, the role of Mr. Bean, a funny Englishman with a strange expression on his face and a talent to get involved in ridiculous stories.
But an unsuccessful agent named Johnny English and Lord Edmund from the comedy series Blackadder (in Russia he did not gain popularity) were also loved by the audience. The actor became so accustomed to these roles that even his fans stopped thinking that a completely different person was hiding behind the mask - Rowan Atkinson. Some viewers may not immediately remember his real name. A follower of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, in reality he is completely different from his movie heroes. Consider the most interesting facts from the biography of the actor.
Best role
Atkinson believes that the role of Johnny English is the most successful of all his filmography. The basis for the creation of this hero was the spy loser, whom Rowan Atkinson played in advertising credit cards. The actor believes that he should not change traditions and star, for example, in dramas. He also did not like the roles of other comedians in serious films, and he spoke negatively about them. For example, Jim Carrey was severely criticized .
Politics
The actor has always been in one way or another in touch with politics; at school, his classmate was former Prime Minister of England Tony Blair.
Atkinson was also a guest at two historical events: the wedding of Prince Charles and his chosen one Camilla and the marriage of
Prince William and his beloved Kate. At the same time, the actor always expresses his opinion directly, even if someone may not like it.
For example, in 2005, he became the head of a group of artists who were dissatisfied with the law on responsibility for inciting ethnic hatred , which was under consideration at that time . Rowan and other comedians who like to joke around everyone, not focusing on nationality and religion, did not want to be forbidden to do so.
Not only a ridiculous appearance, but also Mr. Bean's voice became his hallmark. Rowan Atkinson, whose biography is of great interest to fans, quite interestingly stretches the words, and he learned this a long time ago, back in school age. Then he stuttered a lot, and the speech therapist advised special exercises that helped him make his speech very funny.
Incredible success
Atkinson is one of the most sought after contemporary artists.
All of his projects were really successful, which means that he managed to make good money from advertising. As for the paintings, they paid off many times.
Passion for cars
Not so long ago, Atkinson was invited to the ProjectorParisHilton, where he, smiling, told the audience about how he broke his magnificent McLaren F1 car at the end of the summer, which cost him a million dollars. However, during the incident itself, the actor was not at all cheerful. Rowan Atkinson, whose family was terribly scared that day, was shocked himself.
The actor said that the road was very slippery, he could not cope with the management and as a result he “kissed” the post on which the road sign was fixed. The car, according to him, crashed with all its might, he would not want to experience this again. However, the actor only bruised his shoulder and experienced stress. The car, although not new, is completely made of carbon fiber, which means it has a rather solid body. After this incident, there was a rumor that Rowan Atkinson had died. But this is just speculation, the actor is alive and well.
Cars are Mr. Bean's main hobby. Atkinson likes sports high-speed models most of all: he has several Lotus, Aston Martin (one was lit up in the first part of the Johnny English film), in addition, the actor owns Bentley, Mercedes, Audi and some more great cars.
Family life
Rowan once said that girls do not really like him. However, despite this, he started a family back in 1990. His wife was a girl named Sunetra Sastri, whose extraordinary attractiveness (her dad is an Indian) charmed not only Atkinson. She applied make-up to the actors on the set of the Blackadder comedy and really liked Stephen Fry, but the comedian friends talked peacefully and decided which one to retreat from. As a result, the former rival became the best man at the marriage of Rowan and his lover. By the way, the wedding took place in a famous restaurant in New York called "Russian Tea Room". The couple has two children - a daughter Lily and a son Benjamin.
Actor converted to Islam?
Yes, this is not a joke. English comedian Rowan Atkinson converted to Islam.
It should be noted that the actor has a friend who professes this religion - Rashid Gannushi, the leader of the Tunisian party called Al-Nahda. Most likely, it was he who beat Atkinson to such an unexpected act.
Rowan Atkinson: filmography
Let's recall the pictures in which this magnificent comedian starred:
- 2011, "Agent Johnny English: Reboot."
- 2007, “Mr. Bean on Vacation,” “And the Magic Power of Juju.”
- 2006, “What are you laughing at?”
- 2005, "Comedies of comedians", "Be quiet in a rag."
- 2003, “Mickey Philharmonic” (voice acting), “Real Love”, “Agent Johnny English”.
- 2002, Mr. Bean, Scooby-Doo.
- 2001, "Rat Race", "I Love Christmas."
- 2000, “Everything is possible, baby!”.
- 1999, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Inevitable Death," "The Black Viper back and forth."
- 1997, “The Story of Mr. Bean,” “Mr. Bean.”
- 1995, Thin Blue Line.
Let's hope that Rowan Atkinson, whose filmography consists only of high-quality paintings, will soon please us with new ribbons. Most likely, they will be as funny as previous works. Given the undoubted talent of the actor, it cannot be otherwise. There is not a single film with his participation, when watching which the audience would not laugh. And some even review these pictures because they never bother.