He born in January 1995, Is a English actor, comedian and screen writer best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr.Bean.
Atkinson starred in a series of comedy shows for BBC Radio 3 in 1978 called The Atkinson People. It consisted of a series of satirical interviews with fictional great men, who were played by Atkinson himself.
Atkinson first came to prominence is the BBC's Sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1979-82. receiving the 1981 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and in 1983 James Bond film Nerver Say Never Again, playing a bumbling vicar in Four Weddings and a Funeral at 1994, voicing the red-billed hornbill Azzu in The Lion King at 1994, and featuring in the BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line at 1995-96. His work in theatre includes the 2009 West End revival of the musical Oliver.
Atkinson was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy and amongst the top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. In addition to his 1981 BAFTA, he received an Olivier Award for his 1981 west End theater performance in Rowan Atkinson in Revue. He has also had cinematic success with his performance in the Mr.Bean movie adaptions Bean and Mr.Bean's Holiday, and also in Jhonny English at 2003 and its sequel Johnny English Reborn in 2011.
Retirement of Mr. Bean
In November 2012, it emerged that Rowan Atkinson intented to retire Mr.Bean.
Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their 50s being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful. He has also said that the role typecast him to a degree.
In January 2014, however, ITV announced a new animated series featuring Mr. Bean with Rowan Atkinson returning to the role. It was expected to be released online as a web-series later in 2014, as a television broadcast followed shortly after. In October 2014, Atkinson also appeared as Mr. Bean in a TV advert for Snickers. In 2015, he starred alongside Ben Miller and Rebecca Front in a sketch for BBC Red Nose Day in which Mr. Bean attends a funeral.
