Sharp-tongued comic performer known for playing sardonic characters on English TV. Atkinson began his career writing with Richard Curtis (who went on to script much of Atkinson's subsequent work) and performing in comedy revues throughout England. This led to a stint on the celebrated comedy series, "Not the Nine O'Clock News", for which he wrote and acted. Atkinson became famous starring in "The Blackadder", a BBC "situation tragedy" co-written with Curtis. The show spawned three sequel series--"Blackadder II", "Blackadder the Third" and "Blackadder Goes Forth"--which chronicled the life of the initially aristocratic Edmond Blackadder and his gradual descent down the English social ladder. Miranda Richardson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry co-starred with Atkinson in the show's various incarnations.

Atkinson's film career has been less exalted, consisting of small comic supporting roles in the Curtis-scripted "The Tall Guy" (1989), Nicolas Roeg's "The Witches" (1990), "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993) and a scene-stealing turn as a cleric prone to malapropisms in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994). Back on English TV, he and Curtis wrote and Atkinson starred in "Mr. Bean" (1990-92), a near-silent comedy series that showcased the performer's considerable physical comic abilities. Atkinson took this accident-prone character to the big screen in the mildly enjoyable "Bean" (1997). Additionally, he returned to the series format as a by-the-book police commander in "The Thin Blue Line" (BBC, 1996-98).

In 1999 Atkinson reprised the role of Edmond Blackadder for the first time in a decade for "Blackadder: Back and Forth," a three-minute short in which he co-starred with the entire original cast, and he assumed the role of the latest incarnation of the British sci-fi cult hero Dr. Who for the satirical "Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death." He also hilariously cameoed in the uneven romance "Maybe Baby" (2000) alongside a host of famous name talents from the UK British for writer-director Ben Elton, a frequent Atkinson colleague. Joining another huge ensemble of comedic talents, Atkinson's next major American outing was director Jerry Zucker's manic but lackluster caper film "Rat Race" (2001), a nod to the big comedies with outsized casts of the 1960s. He vocally reprised Mr. Bean for an British animated series in 2002, and that same year also helped bring a classic animated series to life on the big screen as Spooky Island Owner Emile Mondavarious in "Scooby Doo."

In 2003 Atkinson returned to the big screen again as accident-prone secret agent "Johnny English," a character he first created for a series of English credit card commericals from 1992 to 1998/ Reteaming with his frequent producing collaborator Tim Bevan of Working Title Films, Atkinson developed the movie's story and gags over several months with screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade--who previously penned the honest-to-goodness 007 films "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day"--and director Peter Howitt. The spy comedy proved to be an international sensation, grossing over $100 million in its first 39 days of release even before it was opened in the United States. He then made another scene-stealing cameo appearance as a jewelry salesman in Curtis' self-penned directorial debut "Love Actually" (2003).

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  Bean 2 (2006) (announced) .... Mr. Bean

Keeping Mum (2005) .... Reverend Walter Goodfellow
Spider-Plant Man (2005) (TV) .... Peter Piper/Spider-Plant Man
Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005) (TV) .... Peter Piper/Spider-Plant Man
Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003) (voice) (uncredited) .... Zazu
Love Actually (2003) .... Rufus, jewellery salesman
Johnny English (2003) .... Johnny English
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (2003) (TV) .... Martin Bashir
Scooby-Doo (2002) .... Emile Mondavarious, Spooky Island Owner
"Mr. Bean: The Animated Series" (2002) TV Series (voice) .... Mr. Bean
Rat Race (2001) .... Enrico Pollini
... aka Course folle (Canada: French title)
Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty (2001) (TV) .... (Popsters segment)
Maybe Baby (2000) .... Mr. James

Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) .... Lord Edmund Blackadder/King Edmund III/Blackaddercus
Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999) (V) .... The 9th Doctor
... aka Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (UK: video box title)
Bean (1997) .... Mr. Bean
... aka Bean: The Movie (USA: video box title)
... aka Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (Hong Kong: English title)
"The Thin Blue Line" (1995) TV Series .... Insp. Raymond C. Fowler
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1995) (TV) .... Mr. Bean
Full Throttle (1995/I) (TV) .... Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin
... aka Heroes and Villains: Full Throttle (UK: series title)
Unseen Bean (1995) (V) .... Mr. Bean
The Lion King (1994) (voice) .... Zazu the Hornbill
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) .... Father Gerald (Wedding one)
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) .... Dexter Hayman
... aka Hot Shots! 2 (Australia)
Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (1993) (TV) .... Mr. Bean
Bernard and the Genie (1991) (TV) .... Charles Pinkworth
The Witches (1990) .... Mr. Stringer
"Mr. Bean" (1990) TV Series .... Mr. Bean

"Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) TV Series .... Capt. Edmund Blackadder
The Tall Guy (1989) .... Ron Anderson
Hysteria 2! (1989) (TV) .... Shakespeare's Manager
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) (TV) .... Sir Edmund Blackadder
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988) .... Dr. Schooner
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV) .... Ebenezer Blackadder/Lord Edmund Blackadder/Edmund Blackadder, Esq./Cmdr. Edmund Blackadder
"Blackadder the Third" (1987) TV Series .... Edmund Blackadder, Esq, Butler to the Prince
... aka Blackadder 3 (UK)
... aka Blackadder III (USA: video title)
"Blackadder II" (1986) TV Series .... Lord Edmund Blackadder
... aka Black-Adder II
Never Say Never Again (1983) .... Nigel Small-Fawcett
... aka James Bond 007 - Sag niemals nie (West Germany)
"The Black Adder" (1983) TV Series .... The Blackadder - Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh
... aka Blackadder
Dead On Time (1983) .... Bernard Fripp
Peter Cook & Co. (1980) (TV) .... Various Characters

"Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979) TV Series .... Various roles (1979-1982)
Canned Laughter (1979) (TV) .... Robert Box/Dave Perry/Mr Marshall
... aka Rowan Atkinson Presents... Canned Laughter (UK: complete title)