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

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on January 6, 1955. His hometown is Consett, which is in England. His father is Eric Atkinson, the 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. Years spent there, he was remembered by numerous performances in which he participated.

As an actor became famous

Rowan Atkinson became famous when he starred in the series "Not nine-hour news", which was broadcast on the BBC channel. And then, in 1983, the actor was approved for the main role in the multi-part historical comedy "Blackadder". By the way, Atkinson himself came up with her script.

In 1990, the television series began to show a series about Mr. Bean, who watched a huge number of spectators. This character Rowan came up with during his studies, he considered him a child, imprisoned in the body of an adult. The series was broadcast in the UK for five years, and it was shown in 245 countries. In addition, on its basis later were shot full-length films. In 1995, there was a pretty good series called "The Thin Blue Line", which soon became popular. Rowan Atkinson, whose filmography was supplemented by another remarkable painting, appeared before the audience in the role of police officer Fowler.

In addition to masterpieces about Mr. Bean, the actor starred in two parody paintings 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 "Real Love", "Rat Race", "Four Weddings and One Funeral", "Scooby-Doo" and others.

In addition to working on television and cinema, Rowan Atkinson played in musicals.

But the real world fame to the actor brought, of course, the role of Mr. Bean, an amusing Englishman with a strange expression and a talent to get involved in ridiculous stories.

But the unfortunate agent named Johnny English and Lord Edmund of the comedy series "Blackadder" (in Russia he did not get popularity) also fell in love with the audience. The actor got so accustomed to these roles that even his fans stopped thinking about the fact that behind the mask is a completely different person - Rowan Atkinson. Some viewers can not immediately remember his real name. Follower Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, in fact, he is completely different from his kinogeroev. 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 his entire filmography. The basis for the creation of this hero was a spy-loser, whom Rowan Atkinson played in advertising credit cards. The actor believes that he should not change the traditions and take off, for example, in drams. He also did not like the roles of other comedians in serious films, and he spoke negatively about them. For example, severe criticism was subjected to Jim Carrey.

Policy

The actor has always touched politics in one way or another, at school his former classmate was former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Also, Atkinson was a guest at two historic events: the wedding of Prince Charles and his lover Camilla and the marriage of Prince William and his lover Kate. At the same time, the actor always expresses his opinion directly, even if someone does 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 at the time. Rowan and other comedians who like to joke about everyone, without focusing on nationality and religion, did not want to be forbidden to do it.

Not only the ridiculous appearance, but also the voice of Mr. Bean became his calling card. Rowan Atkinson, whose biography is of great interest to fans, quite extensively stretches the words, and he learned this long ago, even at school age. Then he stuttered a lot, and the speech therapist advised special exercises, which helped him make his speech very funny.

Incredible success

Atkinson is among the most popular contemporary artists. All of his projects were really successful, and therefore, it turned out well on advertising. As for the paintings, they paid off many times.

Passion for cars

Not so long ago, Atkinson was invited to "Projectorphershilton", where he, smiling, told the audience about how in late summer he had broken his magnificent car "McLaren F1", which cost him a million dollars. However, during the incident, the actor was not at all merry. Rowan Atkinson, whose family was terribly scared that day, was himself shocked.

The actor said that the road was very slippery, he could not cope with the management and as a result "kissed" the post on which the road sign was fixed. The machine, he said, crashed full force, I do not want to try it again. However, the actor only bruised his shoulder and experienced stress. The car, although not new, but completely made of carbon fiber, and therefore differs quite a solid body. After this incident, it was rumored that Rowan Atkinson had died. But this is just speculation, the actor is alive and well.

Machines are Mr. Bean's main hobby. Most of all, Atkinson likes sports speed models: he has several "Lotus", "Aston Martinov" (one "lit up" in the first part of the film about Johnny English), in addition, the actor owns "Bentley", "Mercedes", "Audi" and Some more magnificent cars.

Family life

Rowan once said that he does not really like girls. However, despite this, he created the family back in 1990. His wife was a girl named Sunetra Sastry, whose extraordinary attractiveness (her dad - the Indian) fascinated not only Atkinson. She applied make-up to the actors on the set of the Blackadder comedy, and liked Stephen Fry, but the comic buddies talked peacefully and decided which ones to retreat. As a result, the former rival became best man in the marriage of Rowan and his lover. By the way, the wedding was held in a famous restaurant in New York called "Russian Tea". The couple have two children - Lily's daughter and son Benjamin.

Has the 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 professing 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 was shot:

• 2011, "Agent Johnny English: Reloading."
• 2007, "Mr. Bean on vacation", "So is the magic power of Juju".
• 2006, "What are you laughing at?".
• 2005, "comedies of comedians", "Be silent in a rag".
• 2003, Philharmonic Mickey (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 Unavoidable Death", "The Black Viper back and forth".
• 1997, "The History of Mr. Bean", "Mr. Bean".
• 1995, "The Thin Blue Line".

Let's hope that Rowan Atkinson, whose filmography consists only of quality paintings, will soon please us with new tapes. Most likely, they will be as ridiculous as previous work. Given the undoubted talent of the actor, it can not be otherwise. There is not a single film with his participation, when viewing which the audience would not laugh. And some even revise these pictures, because they never get bored.