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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson first came to prominence in the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–82), and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Balls from 1979. His other work includes the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996).
He 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. He has also had cinematic success with his performances in the Mr. Bean movie adaptations Bean and Mr. Bean's Holiday, and also in Johnny English (2003) and its sequel Johnny English Reborn (2011).
Atkinson, the youngest of four brothers, was born in Consett, County Durham, England on 6 January 1955. 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 United Kingdom Independence Party leadership election in 2000; and Rupert. Atkinson was brought up Anglican, and was educated at Durham Choristers School a preparatory school, St. Bees School, and Newcastle University, where he received a degree in Electrical Engineering.
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Mr. Bean is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, and starring Atkinson in the title role. Atkinson co-wrote all fifteen episodes with either Curtis, Robin Driscoll, or both, with Ben Elton co-writing the pilot. Thirteen of the episodes were broadcast on ITV, from the pilot on 1 January 1990, until "Goodnight Mr. Bean" on 31 October 1995. A clip show, "The Best Bits of Mr. Bean", was broadcast on 15 December 1995, and one episode, "Hair by Mr. Bean of London", was not broadcast until 2006 on Nickelodeon.
Based on a character originally developed by Atkinson while he was studying for his master's degree at Oxford University, the series follows the exploits of Mr. Bean, described by Atkinson as "a child in a grown man's body", in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causing disruption in the process. Bean rarely speaks, and the largely physical humour of the series is derived from his interactions with other people and his unusual solutions to situations. The series was influenced by physical performers such as Jacques Tati and comic actors from silent films.
Love Actually is a 2003 British Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. It features an ensemble cast, many of whom had worked with Curtis in previous film and television projects. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress. Set primarily in London, the story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later.
The film was released on 14 November 2003 in the US and 21 November 2003 in the UK. It debuted to very positive reviews in the United Kingdom but received more mixed-to-positive reviews in the US. The film was a box-office success, grossing almost $247 million worldwide on a budget of $45 million.
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people:
Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born 8 November 1956) is an English screenwriter, producer and film director, who was born in New Zealand to Australian parents. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, and Love Actually, as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley. He is also the founder of the British charity Comic Relief along with Lenny Henry.
In 2007, Curtis received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest award the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker. Curtis received the BAFTA Humanitarian Award at the 2008 Britannia Awards, for co-creating Comic Relief and contributions to other charitable causes.
Curtis was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Australian parents Glyness S. and Anthony J. Curtis, who was an executive at Unilever. His father was a Czechoslovakian refugee who moved to Australia when aged thirteen. Curtis and his family lived in several different countries during his childhood, including Sweden and the Philippines, before moving to England when he was 11.
Rowan Atkinson in 'We are most amused'
Rowan Atkinson Live - Dirty Names
Official Rowan Atkinson Live - Full length standup
Rowan Atkinson's [MR BEAN] Luxury Car Collection.
Doctor Rowan Atkinson
Rowan atkinson learning kung fu
Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Rowan Atkinson - Top Gear - BBC Two
Rowan Atkinson Live - Drunks in an Indian Restaurant
Rowan Atkinson Live - Fatal beatings - Mr.Bean actor's hilarious schoolmaster
Top 10 Rowan Atkinson Moments
Actors: Ernesto Cortázar (composer), Willy Ortlieb (actor), Willy Ortlieb (actor), Kathleen Reed (actress), Dan Glenn (actor), Hari Mahesh (producer), Hari Mahesh (actor), Hari Mahesh (editor), Hari Mahesh (director), Lisa Sanchez (actress), Jim Tuck (actor), Lee Chapa (actor), Jack Gittings (editor), Joshua Paul Miller (actor), Fernanda Espíndola (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: David Haynes (writer), David Haynes (director), David Haynes (editor), David Haynes (producer), David Haynes (composer), Frank Cortese (actor), Bill Cross (actor),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Deborah Abbott (actress), Kirk Hunter (actor), Ray Prewitt (actor), Tom LeGros (producer), Tom LeGros (director), Tom LeGros (writer), Scott Perry (producer), Bonnie Brantley (actress), Tyler Bryce (actor), Kerry Awn (actor), Andy Cobb (actor), Summer Wilson (actress), Beka Kratuchvil (actress), Cole Spainhour (actor), Thomas Pedley (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi,Actors: Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor), Graham Chapman (actor),
Plot: Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred'. In the growing and learning part of life, catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age a couple orders 'philosophy' at a restaurant, after which the film continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song 'Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?' by an entertainer, sees the arrival of an extremely fat man. He can eat a lot, but also throw up quite copiously. The Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life, death, a visit to a mansion, where the people are rather interested in him. But life doesn't stop at death. It's onto heaven, where it's always Christmas.
Keywords: 1870s, 1910s, 1980s, 19th-century, 20th-century, absurd-humor, absurdism, acting-like-a-fish, actor-playing-multiple-roles, africaActors: David Hemmings (actor), David Warner (actor), Prudence Emery (miscellaneous crew), David Hemmings (producer), Virginia McKenna (actress), John Hurt (actor), Milena Canonero (costume designer), Christopher Plummer (actor), Peter Bowles (actor), Donald Sutherland (actor), James Mitchell (producer), Patricia Hodge (actress), Eric Boyd-Perkins (editor), Monique Champagne (miscellaneous crew), Stuart Cooper (director),
Plot: Contract hit man Jay Mallory works for an unknown organization. He returns home to his downtown Montréal apartment one winter day to find that his wife, Celandine, is gone. Mallory initially thinks that Celandine has left on her own volition since theirs was a sometimes stormy, albeit passionate, relationship. However, words from Mallory's main point of contact at the organization, Burbank, indicate that Celandine's disappearance may be associated with Mallory's last hit. Shortly after their discussion, Burbank himself disappears. The organization assigns Mallory another job in Suffolk, England. Mallory has a feeling that there is something unusual about this job - he is given little initial information including not knowing who the target is - and that it too is associated with Celandine's disappearance. Despite feeling that he may be being set up, Mallory decides to take the job anyway to see how it plays out and if it leads him back to Celandine.
Keywords: based-on-novel, bathtub, betrayal, canadian-noir, contract-killing, cornflakes, death-of-protagonist, disappearance, female-nudity, flashbackActors: Michael Palin (writer), Mark Shivas (producer), Julian Holloway (actor), Sarah Douglas (actress), Terry Jones (writer), Warren Mitchell (actor), Brian Wilde (actor), George Innes (actor), Gretchen Franklin (actress), David Collings (actor), Hilda Barry (actress), Clifford Rose (actor), Hugh Walters (actor), Brian Coburn (actor), George Tovey (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: John Moore (actor), William Burleigh (actor), Johnny Downes (producer), Robert Bartlett (actor), Anthony Buckeridge (writer), Ian Gardiner (actor), Iain Burton (actor), David Schulten (actor), Edward McMurray (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Charles Hawtrey (actor), John Gilling (writer), James Needs (editor), Renée Glynne (miscellaneous crew), Valentine Dyall (actor), Anthony Hinds (producer), Stuart Saunders (actor), Laurence Naismith (actor), Jimmy Hanley (actor), Aubrey Dexter (actor), Merle Tottenham (actress), Godfrey Grayson (writer), Godfrey Grayson (director), Constance Smith (actress), Anthony La Penna (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: George A. Cooper (director), Jeff Barlow (actor), John East (actor), Will Scott (writer), Chris Walker (actor), May Price (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Mauritz Stiller (director), Richard Lund (actor), Stina Berg (actress), Mauritz Stiller (writer), John Ekman (actor), Greta Almroth (actress), Ester Julin (writer), Oscar Winge (actor), Greta Pfeil (actress),
Genres: Short,Rowan Atkinson tells the Gospel of John in 'We are most amused', broadcast on ITV on November 15th marking Prince Charles's 60th birthday.
A classic bit by comedian, Rowan Atkinson. A teacher does roll call with a class register full of hilarious dirty names. Whether mesmerising us with the sheer visual mastery of Mr. Bean, beguiling us with the acerbic wit of Edmund Blackadder, or simply entertaining us as the suave, but rather hapless British Secret Agent Johnny English, you surely won't have escaped the comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson. In Rowan Atkinson Live, co-written with Richard Curtis (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually) and Ben Elton, Atkinson runs the whole gamut of his remarkably versatile 30 year career, with sketches, mimes and monologue's that are guaranteed to have you shedding tears of laughter. Performing live on stage alongside 'straight man' Angus Deayton, the show features a number o...
The full length and official Rowan Atkinson Live DVD is now available on Youtube! Whether mesmerising us with the sheer visual mastery of Mr. Bean, beguiling us with the acerbic wit of Edmund Blackadder, or simply entertaining us as the suave, but rather hapless British Secret Agent Johnny English, you surely won't have escaped the comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson. In Rowan Atkinson Live, co-written with Richard Curtis (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually) and Ben Elton, Atkinson runs the whole gamut of his remarkably versatile 30 year career, with sketches, mimes and monologue's that are guaranteed to have you shedding tears of laughter. Performing live on stage alongside "straight man" Angus Deayton, the show features a number of original and familiar routines, incl...
Mr Bean aka Rowan Atkonson's Car collection. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Music: Clouds by Joakim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YrvBTBmqVPE • Contact the artist: music@joakimkarud.com https://twitter.com/joakimkarud https://play.spotify.com/artist/0iAOXvEDIMaAWPP5Ur0fYF https://itunes.apple.com/artist/joakim-karud/id429649160 https://www.patreon.com/joakimkarud https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBUm9ccjHy0utvlChyrPHA?sub_confirmation=1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/ Car enthusiast and star of Blackadder, Rowan Atkinson, gets into the driving seat.
Rowan Atkinson plays a restaurant owner trying to deal with drunk customers. Another must see classic sketch. Whether mesmerising us with the sheer visual mastery of Mr. Bean, beguiling us with the acerbic wit of Edmund Blackadder, or simply entertaining us as the suave, but rather hapless British Secret Agent Johnny English, you surely won't have escaped the comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson. In Rowan Atkinson Live, co-written with Richard Curtis (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually) and Ben Elton, Atkinson runs the whole gamut of his remarkably versatile 30 year career, with sketches, mimes and monologue's that are guaranteed to have you shedding tears of laughter. Performing live on stage alongside 'straight man' Angus Deayton, the show features a number of original...
One of the most loved clips from Rowan's vast back catalogue, a hilarious sketch where the angry teacher played by Rowan invites a father in to talk about the trouble with son... Whether mesmerising us with the sheer visual mastery of Mr. Bean, beguiling us with the acerbic wit of Edmund Blackadder, or simply entertaining us as the suave, but rather hapless British Secret Agent Johnny English, you surely won't have escaped the comic genius that is Rowan Atkinson. In Rowan Atkinson Live, co-written with Richard Curtis (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually) and Ben Elton, Atkinson runs the whole gamut of his remarkably versatile 30 year career, with sketches, mimes and monologue's that are guaranteed to have you shedding tears of laughter. Performing live on...
Get out your favorite teddy bear and get ready for some clumsy comedy. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 Rowan Atkinson moments. Check us out at http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo, http://instagram.com/watchmojo and http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo Special thanks to our users Sam Fraser, danijelsmigic, Racso Wigley, Andrew A. Dennison and Justdenzell for submitting the idea on our Suggestions Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest If you want to suggest an idea for a WatchMojo video, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest :) We have T-Shirts! Be sure to check out http://www.WatchMojo.com/store for more info. WatchMojo is a leading producer of reference online video content, covering the People, Places and Trends you ...
Gleich von Anfang an erwies sich Comedy-Star Rowan Atkinson als der wohl eloquenteste Interviewpartner, der je bei 20 Minuten Online zu Besuch war. Dabei drehte sich das Gespräch um Schweizer, Agenten, Autos und einen Fluch oder Segen Namens Mr. Bean. Zur Story: http://www.20min.ch/life/kino/story/-Die-Schweizer-sind-nicht-allzu-genau-definiert--29680400
Rowan Atkinson interviews Elton John at Hysteria 3 (1991)
A rare chance to see comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson in the hot seat talking to Parkinson about filming that famous last scene in Blackadder and being the international face of Mr Bean. Free video clip from the popular british talk show 'Parkinson'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/ Car enthusiast and star of Blackadder, Rowan Atkinson, gets into the driving seat.
Documentary about Mr Bean and all Rowan atkinson's career as a comedian.
This exclusive behind the scenes clip shows Rowan Atkinson recording the voice for the Mr Bean Animated Series at Fitzrovia Post House. Stay tuned, click here: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToMrBean Welcome to the Official Mr Bean channel. The first episode of the original Mr Bean series starring Rowan Atkinson was first broadcast on 1st January 1990. Since then Mr Bean has become known all over the world. Created by Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis and Robin Driscoll, there were only 14 episode of the live action series ever made. To find out more about Mr Bean visit: http://www.mrbean.co.uk Mr Bean on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/mrbean Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/mrbean
His statement about why he is retired to play role as Mr.Bean. Because he was to old and no longer as good as the old days he used to be. And now he more focus to his new sequel: Johnny English. Well, we apprreciated Goodbye Mr. Bean!
StuTV sprak Rowan Atkinson over zijn comeback als de sukkelige MI7-agent Johnny English in Johnny English Reborn. Labels: StuTV, Johnny English Reborn, Rowan Atkinson, Mr. Bean, Bean, Mr Bean, Blackadder, Johnny English, Eye of the Tiger, Can't Go Back, Clip, Trailer, Interview, Amsterdam, Nederland, Netherlands
Ethan Hewson is a young and talented you filmmaker from Geraldine, NZ. He has been making short films and stop-motion videos for 5 years now. In this video he shares his story, some of his work, and tip & advice for new filmmakers. Ethan Hewson - Filmmaker Ethan relaxed himself into the padded blue chair awaiting his first question. “What is your name, and what do you do?” I asked the 17 year old who was aware I knew the both answers perfectly well. “My name is Ethan Hewson, and I’m a film maker” he replied in a stylised, Rowan Atkinson voice. His believable yet almost sarcastic impersonation amused me, causing me to join him laughing. Over the past 5 years this local Geraldine teen has been making films. He has acquired, practiced, and grasped valuable understandings that couldn’t ha...
Quick interview on LearningPlanet with Rowan Atkinson
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