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Rowan Atkinson

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1955)

  • Fame73.3
  • Momentum1.7
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    113 languages
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  • Age
    71
    Born 1955
  • Known for
    The Lion King
    1994
Summary
Updated 2026-08-29

He made physical comedy intellectual and intellectual comedy physical—a nearly wordless rubber-faced disaster in Mr. Bean, then the sharpest cynic in Blackadder. The range is the point.

Biography

About

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born 6 January 1955 and broke through on the sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News between 1979 and 1982. He then anchored two defining sitcoms: Blackadder ran from 1983 to 1989, and Mr. Bean from 1990 to 1995, the latter spawning two feature films—Bean in 1997 and Mr. Bean's Holiday in 2007—plus an animated series that began in 2002 and continues. He launched the Johnny English spy-comedy franchise in 2003, played Zazu in The Lion King in 1994, Fagin in the 2009 West End Oliver!, and Inspector Fowler in The Thin Blue Line. His film work spans Never Say Never Again…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson
said
[O]ne must know that pride is one of the seven deadly sins, so one shouldn't exhibit pride in anything...I don't know...what do I get pride and satisfaction from?
— As quoted in an interview with The Shortlisted Magazine (2022)
Rowan Atkinson
said
It does seem to me that the job of comedy is to offend, or have the potential to offend, and it cannot be drained of that potential. Every joke has a victim.
— As quoted in an interview with The Irish Times (2022)
Rowan Atkinson
said
The problem we have online is that an algorithm decides what we want to see, which ends up creating a simplistic, binary view of society.
— As quoted in an interview with Radio Times (2021)
Rowan Atkinson
said
The victimisation of individuals or corporations or groups of people is a very dangerous and difficult development.
— As quoted in an interview with entertainment.ie (2018)
Rowan Atkinson
said
It’s the age-old dilemma of being known for doing a certain thing in a certain way.
— As quoted in an interview with The New York Times (2018)
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Filmography

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TV credits

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Awards

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  • British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
  • British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance
  • Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance
  • Laurence Olivier Awards
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Order of the British Empire
  • British Academy Television Awards
  • Diamond Play Button
By the numbers

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The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
73.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum1.7
Historical35.8
Now attention18.7
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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