Rowan Atkinson: biography, filmography, personal life. What is he like in life - the comical Mr. Bean?

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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on January 6, 1955. His hometown is Consett, which is in England. His father is Eric Atkinson, director of a large enterprise.

After high school, Rowan went to Newcastle to attend university. He chose the speci alty of an electrical engineer. Soon Atkinson moved to Oxford. The years spent there are remembered by him for the numerous productions in which he participated.

How the actor became famous

Rowan Atkinson became famous when he starred in the BBC series Not the 9 o'clock News.

And then, in 1983, the actor was approved for the lead role in the serial historical comedy Blackadder. By the way, Atkinson himself came up with her script.

In 1990, a 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 during his studies, he considered him a child, enclosed in the body of an adult. The series was broadcast in the UK for five whole years, it was alsoshow in 245 countries. In addition, full-length films were later shot on its basis. In 1995, a rather good series called The Thin Blue Line came out, which soon became popular. Rowan Atkinson, whose filmography was replenished with another wonderful picture, appeared before the audience in the role of police officer Fowler.

In addition to masterpieces about Mr. Bean, the artist starred in two parodies about an agent named Johnny English. These tapes were shown in cinemas around the world. In addition, the actor starred in such famous films as "Love Actually", "Rat Race", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Scooby-Doo" and others.

In addition to his TV and film work, Rowan Atkinson has also acted in musicals.

But the real world fame for the actor was, of course, the role of Mr. Bean, a funny Englishman with a strange expression and a talent for getting involved in ridiculous stories.

But the unfortunate agent named Johnny English and Lord Edmund from the comedy series Blackadder (he did not gain popularity in Russia) also fell in love with the audience. The actor got used to these roles so much that even his fans stopped thinking that a completely different person was hiding behind the mask - Rowan Atkinson. Some viewers cannot 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 thinks the role of Johnny English isthe most successful of all his filmography. The basis for the creation of this character was the spy-loser, whom Rowan Atkinson played in credit card advertising. The actor believes that he should not change traditions and act in dramas, for example. He also did not like the roles of other comedians in serious films, and he spoke negatively about them. For example, Jim Carrey was heavily criticized.

Politics

The actor has always come into contact with politics in one way or another, at school his classmate was former Prime Minister of England Tony Blair.

Also, Atkinson was a guest at two historic events: the wedding of Prince Charles and his beloved Camilla and the marriage of Prince William and his beloved Kate. At the same time, the actor always directly expresses his opinion, even if someone may not like it.

For example, in 2005, he led a group of artists who were dissatisfied with the law on liability for inciting ethnic hatred, which was being considered at that time. Rowan and other comedians who enjoy playing pranks on everyone regardless of nationality or creed didn't want to be banned from doing so.

Not only the ridiculous appearance, but also the voice of Mr. Bean became his hallmark. Rowan Atkinson, whose biography is of great interest to fans, draws out words quite interestingly, and he learned this a long time ago, even at 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 in-demand artists of today.

All his projects were really successful, which means that it was good to make money on advertising. As for the paintings, they paid off many times over.

Passion for cars

Not so long ago, Atkinson was invited to the ProjectorParisHilton, where he, smiling, told the audience about how at the end of the summer he crashed his magnificent McLaren F1 car, which cost him a million dollars. However, during the incident itself, the actor was not at all cheerful. Rowan Atkinson, whose family was terrified that day, was shocked himself.

The actor said that the road was very slippery, he could not cope with the control and as a result "kissed" with a pole on which a road sign was fixed. The car, according to him, crashed with all its might, he would not like to experience this again. However, the actor only hurt his shoulder and experienced stress. The car, although not new, is completely made of carbon fiber, which means it has a fairly durable 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. Most of all, Atkinson likes sports high-speed models: he owns several Lotuses, Aston Martins (one “lit up” in the first part of the film about Johnny English), in addition, the actor owns a Bentley, Mercedes, Audi and moresome great cars.

Family life

Rowan once said that girls don't like him very much. However, despite this, he started a family back in 1990. His wife was a girl named Sunetra Sastri, whose extraordinary attractiveness (her father is an Indian) fascinated not only Atkinson. She applied make-up to the actors on the set of the comedy Blackadder and Stephen Fry liked her very much, but her fellow comedians talked peacefully and decided which of them should back off. 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 have two children - daughter Lily and 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, Rachid Ghannouchi, the leader of a Tunisian party called Al-Nahda. Most likely, it was he who prompted Atkinson to such an unexpected act.

Rowan Atkinson Filmography

Let's take a look at the pictures this great comedian starred in:

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  2011 Agent Johnny English Reboot.

• 2007, "Mr. Bean on Vacation", "So is the magic power of Juju"
• 2006, "What are you laughing at?".
• 2005, "Comedies of comedians", "Be quiet in a rag".
• 2003, Mickey's Philharmia (voice), Love Actually, Agent Johnny English.
• 2002 "Mr. Bean"Scooby-Doo.
• 2001, Rat Race, I Love Christmas.
• 2000, "Anything is possible, baby!".
• 1999, Doctor Who and the Curse of Inevitable Death, Black Adder Back and forth.
• 1997, Mr. Bean's Story, Mr. Bean.
• 1995, The Thin Blue Line.

Let's hope that Rowan Atkinson, whose filmography consists only of high-quality pictures, will soon please us with new tapes. Most likely, they will be as funny as the 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 rewatch these pictures because they never get bored.