| − | '''Rowan Atkinson''', born January 6, 1955 (age {{age|1955|1|6}}), is an [[England|English]] comedian and actor. He is best known for his roles in [[Great Britain|British]] television comedies [[Mr. Bean]] and [[Blackadder]], in which he played a group of characters sharing the name Edmund Blackadder who, during the course of four series, played a role in different historical periods. | + | '''Rowan Atkinson''', born January 6, 1955 (age {{age|1955|1|6}}), is an [[England|English]] comedian and actor. He is best known for his titular roles in the [[Great Britain|British]] television comedies [[Mr. Bean]], and [[Blackadder]], the later in which he played a group of characters sharing the name Edmund Blackadder who, during the course of four series, played a role in different historical periods. |
| | + | Rowan Atkinson attended Newcastle University and then later pursued an [[MSc]] in electronic engineering at The Queen's College, [[University of Oxford]] where he met Richard Curtis whom he would collaborate with throughout his career. He was raised [[Anglican]], but has since become a [[Humanist]].<ref>http://www.suffolkhands.org.uk/node/1269</ref> |