Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is a famous English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known as two characters which are Blackadder and Mr. Bean. He was first noticed when he came in the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News. In 1981 he also received BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance. Rowan Atkinson was the inspiration for millions of people because he tells people that they can be the best actor without having the best and perfect looks.
He worked in the film Never Say Never Again (1983). He is the voice actor behind the red-billed hornbill Zazu in the animated movie The Lion King (1994). In 2013 Rowen Atkinson has appointed a CBE Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.
He was born into a middle-class family. He was born on January 6, 1955, in Durham, England. Rowen was the youngest among four boys. His father was Eric Atkinson and his mother was Ella May. His father was a farmer and company director. Atkinson was educated from Durham Choristers and then at St. Bees School. He had a terrible childhood. Due to his looks and his stutter in speech, he can’t speak properly and the student made fun of him about his looks and called him alien. He was often bullied at school. When he was young he was a shy kid and he didn’t have many friends.
In meantime, he start liking science and due to this one of the teachers said: “There was nothing outstanding about him and I didn’t expect him to become a fanatics scientist” after getting good grades and due to his hard work In 1975 Atkinson continue his studies to obtain a Master's of Science in electrical engineering from The Queen's College, Oxford. Later he got admission to Oxford University. When he was attending oxford he got interested in acting and comedy. He completed his master’s degree in electrical engineering.
After getting a degree he started hard work to pursue his dreams but things didn’t go well. Later he got enrolled in the comedy club but luck didn’t work for him due to his speaking disorder he couldn’t perform well. He got rejected by lots of TV shows but he didn’t stop believing in himself. After this, he focused on his comedy sketch and he soon realized he can speak fluently when he played some characters.

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