Nickname:	Row
Known for:	Bean, The Lion King, Johnny English
Birth name:	Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
Birthday:	6 January 1955, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
Height:	6' (1.83 m)
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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Rowan Atkinson was more nervous about doing a speech at a wedding than performing at the Olympics opening ceremony.

The actor was watched by an estimated 900 million people around the world when he performed as his alter-ego Mr. Bean at the start of London 2012 but he admits it wasn't the scariest experience of his life.
MR. BEAN is set to pick a pocket or two as the star of a new stage adaptation of CHARLES DICKENS’ beloved OLIVER TWIST.British funnyman Rowan Atkinson will take on the role of thief mentor Fagin in the latest version of the 170-year-old story of London life.Atkinson will hit the stage in a Christmas (08)
Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports ator Howie Long (1960), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953),


Funnyman Rowan Atkinson escaped without citation after reversing his rented SUV into a parked car during a Christmas trip to Aspen, Colorado last week.


Funnyman ROWAN ATKINSON escaped without citation after reversing his rented SUV into a parked car during a Christmas trip to Aspen, Colorado last week (20Dec07).The Mr. Bean star was trying to park himself when his vehicle struck a Volkswagen Jetta.Police reveal the accident did result in damage to the Jetta, but no citations were issued.Reports
AP - British comedian Rowan Atkinson, known for playing the bumbling television and movie character Mr. Bean, made a mistake of his own when he backed an SUV into an Aspen woman's car.
British funnyman Rowan Atkinson warns the U.K. government's plans to outlaw homophobic bullying will destroy comedy. The Mr. Bean comedian fears the proposed law, intended to make homophobic slurs a criminal offense, will lead to comedians being penalized for cracking gay jokes.


British comedian ROWAN ATKINSON insists he’s unlikely to star in another MR.BEAN movie, because he want to return to the franchise any more often than once per decade.The 52-year-old recently starred in sequel Mr. Bean’s Holiday, which arrived 10 years after 1997’s Bean, and admits he’ll probably be too old by the time he feels
Mr. Bean -- the stick-legged goofball man-child created by Rowan Atkinson on television in the early '90s, and in the 1997 feature Bean -- undertakes his second cinematic adventure in the comic romp Mr. Bean's Holiday. Growing thoroughly sick of the wet, cold, and clammy London weather, Mr. Bean (Atkinson) finds just the right tonic when he wins a ... Continue Summary

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One of the greatest comic minds of his generation, Rowan Atkinson is best known for his unforgettable characters and inventive physical humor. Now, the star of "Blackadder," Mr. Bean, and other television and film gems, performs his world-famous sketches and rare standup comedy routines in front of a live audience in "Rowan Atkinson Live!"


Funnyman Rowan Atkinson is to re-team with his Johnny English director Peter Howitt to revamp Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. The movie pals have secured a $30 million budget for the project, which is set to start shooting in 2008.


English actor ROWAN ATKINSON wants to revive his favourite character BLACKADDER, but is skeptical his co-writers BEN ELTON and RICHARD CURTIS will not be interested.Atkinson played EDMUND BLACKADDER, an English royal and government employee who appears in various time periods in history, in the TV series, which ran in the 1980s. Several one-off episodes were
British pop singer GARETH GATES insists he could be a movie star like his idols BRUCE WILLIS and ROWAN ATKINSON because they both overcame speech impediments to carve successful film careers.The ANYONE OF US (STUPID MISTAKE) singer, who found fame on TV talent show POP IDOL, has almost lost his stammer after undergoing therapy and
MR BEAN’S HOLIDAY went straight to the top of the UK box office over the weekend (31MAR-01APR07), taking £4.5 million ($8.7 million) over the beginning of the Easter holidays.The comedy, starring ROWAN ATKINSON as the clumsy loner, knocked last week’s (24-25MAR07) number one, war epic 300 down to number two.Other new entries were horror sequel
British comedian ROWAN ATKINSON claims to laugh out loud an average of once every five years.The MR BEAN star also admits he feels no enjoyment from hearing an audience laugh at his jokes.He says, "Some actors get an incredible high from hearing laughter, but I don’t. Sadly, I never feel any great adrenaline rush. I
English funnyman ROWAN ATKINSON is saying goodbye to his MR BEAN character forever.Atkinson, 52, first introduced the bumbling, clumsy loner in the 1990 TV series, Mr Bean, and brought his character to the big screen in 1997 movie BEAN.However, after Mr Bean’s latest outing in new film MR BEAN’S HOLIDAY, Atkinson insists he is "hanging
British comedian ROWAN ATKINSON injured his shoulder after over-practicing a Nazi salute for his latest movie MR. BEAN’S HOLIDAY.The actor suffered pain for months as a result.He says, "I did it with such enthusiasm in the rehearsal room that I ripped my shoulder and gave myself a nasty frozen shoulder for many months."It’s only really
Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson hates making movies, because the experience makes him anxious and insecure.


MR BEAN star ROWAN ATKINSON hates making movies, because the experience makes him anxious and insecure.The comedy actor claims the process of filmmaking brings out the worst in him and leaves him stressed and unsatisfied.Atkinson - whose new movie MR BEAN’S HOLIDAY hits cinemas this month (MAR07) - says, "I find all filmmaking difficult, quite
British funnyman Rowan Atkinson is planning to star in a comedy sketch about the world's most-wanted man, Osama Bin Laden. The Mr. Bean star finds the idea of the highly educated terrorist living in caves while on the run, hilarious.