ROWAN   ATKINSON

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on the 6th of January 1955 in Newcastle –Upon-Tyne, to his mother Ella May and his father Eric Atkinson .
    He grew up on his father´s farm together with his two older brothers Rupert and Rodney. He graduated from Oxford university as an electronic engineer. In 1983 he met a screenwriter Richard Curtis. They wrote a lot of successful comedies together. He is most known in the role of Mr. Bean and Black Adder in comedies. He´s also famous by the show Not The Nine O´Clock, for which he got the »British Academy Award« . He was also the BBC personality of the year.
    He has appeared in several movies as Dead On Time, Never Say Never Again and The Tall Guy. In 1989 he also acted in the comedy »Mr. Bean«.

    Since 1990 he has been married to Sunetra Sastry. They have got two children, Benjamin and Lilly. His wife is a make-up artist.
    He adores quick and expensive cars. He has various fast cars like Aston Martin Vantages…etc. Once he crashed his MacLaren f1, a car that cost more than $1,000,000. He also writes articles for Car, British car magazine.
    He was  one of the guests at the wedding of prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.


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