Rowan Atkinson
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Born January 6, 1955 (71 years old)·Consett, County Durham, UK·Male
Biography
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE, is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Thin Blue Line. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy actors ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians.
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Atkinson was born in Consett, County Durham, England. The youngest of four brothers, his parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945. His three older brothers are Paul, who died as an infant; Rodney, a Eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the UK Independence Party leadership election in 2000 and Rupert.
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Filmography
144 credits across 121 titlesActing
88 creditsCreator
5 creditsWriting
15 creditsProduction
2 creditsCrew
1 creditAs self
32 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
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1 creditProjects with no date and no confirmation, some of which will never be made.
