Biography

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on the 6th January, 1955, in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, to Ella May and Eric Atkinson. His father owned a farm where he grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees in electrical engineering. During that time, he met screenwriter Richard Curtis, with whom he wrote and performed comedy revues.

Later, he co-wrote and appeared in "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979), which was a huge success and spawned several best-selling books. It won an International Emmy Award and the British Academy Award for "Best Light Entertainment Programme of 1980." He won the "British Academy Award" and was named "BBC Personality of the Year" for his performing on "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979).

Atkinson also appeared in several movies, including Dead on Time (1983), Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976) (TV) (aka "Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe"), Jamais plus jamais (1983), and The Tall Guy (1989). He played "Mr. Bean" in the TV series, "Mr. Bean" (1990) but, apart from that and "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979), he also appeared in several other series like "La vipère noire" (1983) and "Funny Business" (1992), etc.

Atkinson enjoys nothing better than fast cars. He has been married to Sunetra Sastry since 1990 and have two children.







Awards : 

Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden :

_1998 Won TV Prize Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (Bästa utländska man)
_1996 Won TV Prize Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (Bästa utländska man)
_1994 Won TV Prize Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (Bästa utländska man)



BAFTA Awards :

_1994 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance
for: "Mr. Bean" (1990).
_1992 Nominated BAFTA TV Award
Best Comedy (Programme or Series)
for: "Mr. Bean" (1990).
Shared with:
Richard Curtis
Robin Driscoll
John Howard Davies
For episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean".
Best Light Entertainment Performance
for: "Mr. Bean" (1990).
For episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean".
_1991 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance
for: "Mr. Bean" (1990).
For episode "The Curse of Mr. Bean".
_1990 Won BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance
for: "Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989).
_1988 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance
for: "Black Adder the Third" (1987).
_1983 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance
for: "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979).
_1981 Won BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance
for: "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979).



CableACE Awards :

_1995 Nominated CableACE
Performance in a Comedy Special
for: "Mr. Bean" (1990).
(Home Box Office (HBO)).
For episode "Merry Christmas Mr. Bean"

Writing an Entertainment Special
for: "Mr. Bean" (1990).
Shared with:
Robin Driscoll
Richard Curtis
(Home Box Office (HBO)).
For episode "Merry Christmas Mr. Bean"
_1993 Won CableACE Writing an Entertainment Special
for: Rowan Atkinson Live (1992) (TV).
Shared with:
Richard Curtis
Ben Elton
(Home Box Office (HBO)).
_ 1993 CableACE
Comedy Special
for: Rowan Atkinson Live (1992) (TV).
Shared with:
Thomas Schlamme (director)
Peter Bennett-Jones (executive producer)
Richard Curtis (writer)
Andre Ptaszysnki (executive producer)
Jeff Ross (producer)
Ben Elton (writer)
(Home Box Office (HBO), Tiger Television and Broadway Video Entertainment).

Performance in a Comedy Special
for: Rowan Atkinson Live (1992) (TV).



European Film Awards :

_2003 Nominated Audience Award Best Actor
for: Johnny English (2003).




National Television Awards, UK :

_1997 Nominated National Television Award Most Popular Comedy Performer
for: "Mister Fowler, brigadier-chef" (1995).




Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards :

_2004 Nominated PFCS Award Best Ensemble Acting
for: Love Actually (2003).
Shared with:
Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson, Lulu Popplewell, Emma Thompson, Kris Marshall, Heike Makatsch, Martin Freeman, Joanna Page, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Keira Knightley, Nina Sosanya, Martine McCutcheon, Laura Linney, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Alan Rickman, Rodrigo Santoro, Claudia Schiffer, Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Rory MacGregor, Carla Vasconcelos, Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards, Elisha Cuthbert



Telvis Awards :

_2002 Won Telvis Foreign Male TV Performer (Ulkomainen miesesiintyjä)