biography
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Atkinson, Rowan (Sebastian)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1955– )
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| biography:
| British comic actor and writer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE England, UK. He studied electrical engineering at the universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and Oxford, first appeared in Oxford University revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and in 1981 became the youngest performer to have had a one-man show in the West End. Subsequent appearances include The Nerd (1984), The New Revue (1986), and The Sneeze (1988). Television roles include Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–82), Blackadder (1983–9), The Thin Blue Line (1995–6), and Mr Bean (from 1990–4, 1996 in the USA). Film credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), The Lion King (voiceover, 1994), Bean: the Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997), and Johnny English (2003). |
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