FAKTA ROWLAND ATKINSON
Atkinson, the youngest of four brothers, was born in Consett, County Durham, England.[4] His parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer andcompany director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945.[4] His three older brothers were Paul, who died as an infant,Rodney, a Eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the United Kingdom Independence Party leadership election in 2000, and Rupert.[5][6]Atkinson was brought up Anglican,[7] and was educated at Durham Choristers School, St. Bees School, and Newcastle University.[8] In 1975, he continued for the degree of MSc in Electrical Engineering at The Queen's College, Oxford, the same college his father matriculated at in 1935,[9] which made Atkinson an Honorary Fellow in 2006.[10] First achieving notice at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1976,[8] while at Oxford, he also acted and performed early sketches for the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS), the Oxford Revue and theExperimental Theatre Club (ETC), meeting writer Richard Curtis[8] and composer Howard Goodall, with whom he would continue to collaborate during his career.
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INFO ROWLAND ATKINSON
| Birth name | Rowan Sebastian Atkinson | ||||||||
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| Born | 6 January 1955 Consett, County Durham, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Medium | Stand-up, TV shows, comedian, films | ||||||||
| Years active | 1978–present | ||||||||
| Genres | Physical comedy, Satire,Black comedy | ||||||||
| Influences | Peter Sellers, Charlie Chaplin,Jacques Tati[1] | ||||||||
| Influenced | Steve Pemberton, David Walliams, | ||||||||
| Spouse | Sunetra Sastry (m. 1990–present) | ||||||||
| Notable works and roles | Not the Nine O'Clock News Blackadder Mr. Bean The Thin Blue Line Johnny English | ||||||||
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