Mr. Atkinson or Mr. Bean...

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on January 6th, 1955 in Newcastle. He studied at the University of Oxford where he graduated in engineering. In 1990, he married to Suneta Sastry, in New York during the filming of «The Blackadder». He is still married and lives in Oxford, along with his two children, Ben and Lily.

In contrast to his characters, he is shy, discreet, serious, very reserved, and hates talking about his private life. Rowan drew critics attention at the festival of Edinburgh in 1977. In 1978, he became a founder member of "Not the Nine O'Clock News Team" of the BBC - it was experience that gave him several awards as LP Platinum and Gold, many books of success, the Silver Rose in Montreau, an International Emmy, the Academy Award for English Actors and became the BBC's Personality of the Year.
In 1981 Rowan became the youngest player to have a show in London's West End - the success of the season at the Globe Theater and won the Society Award from the West End Actor and Comedian of the Year.
After five years and four series, he won three awards from the British Academy, an International Emmy, three times the ACE award and awards for his personal performance. Rowan again was voted the BBC's Person of the Year.
He became internationally known for his charismatic character Mr. Bean that he created and plays. The shows have already been sold in over 200 countries. In 2007, while filming "Mr. Bean's Holiday", Rowan announced "the end" of Mr. Bean.

I regret his decision a lot...

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