Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (lahir 6 Januari 1955; umur 61 tahun) adalah seorang pelawak, pemeran, dan penulis Inggris terkenal karena film seri televisi Blackadder dan Mr. Bean. Menurut The Observer, ia adalah salah satu dari 50 orang terlucu di Inggris. Ia dilahirkan di Consett, County Durham pada 1955[3] dari keluarga Eric Atkinson, seorang petani dan direktur perusahaan, dan istrinya Ella May (née Bambridge). Kakaknya adalah politikus Rodney Atkinson. Ia bersekolah di Durham Choristers School, kemudian St Bees School, dan mempelajari teknik elektro di Newcastle University. Ketika di sekolah, ia sekelas dengan mantan perdana menteri Tony Blair. Ia kemudian meraih gelar M.Sc. dari Queens College, Oxford.Ia mulai muncul di televisi pada acara Not the Nine O'Clock News, diikuti dengan The Black Adder, dan kemudian Mr. Bean. Atkinson telah membintangi iklan untuk Hitachi, Fujifilm, donor darah, dan Barclaycard. Selain itu ia muncul dalam film-film Never Say Never Again, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Lion King, Rat Race, Love Actually, dan memainkan peran utama dalam Bean, Mr. Bean's Holiday, dan Johnny English. Atkinson menikah dengan Sastry pada 1990, dikaruniai 2 anak, Lily dan Benjamin, dan tinggal di desa Oxfordshire. Ia memiliki koleksi mobil dan menulis untuk majalah Car dan Evo. Koleksi mobilnya kebanyakan terdiri dari Aston Martin, termasuk DB7 yang digunakan dalam Johnny English. Mobil Aston Martin V8 Zagato miliknya memiliki plat nomor "COM1C", dan dikendarainya dalam film The Tall Guy. Pada 15 Juni 2013, ia mendapat penghargaan medali Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) dan Order of the British Empire (OBE) dari Ratu Elizabeth II.
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson first came to prominence in the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–82), and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball from 1979. His other work includes the sitcom The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996). He was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. He has also had cinematic success with his performances in the Mr. Bean movie adaptations Bean and Mr. Bean's Holiday, and also in Johnny English (2003) and its sequel Johnny English Reborn (2011).Atkinson, the youngest of four brothers, was born in Consett, County Durham, England on 6 January 1955. His parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May (née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945. His three older brothers are Paul, who died as an infant; Rodney, a Eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the United Kingdom Independence Party leadership election in 2000; and Rupert. Atkinson was brought up Anglican, and was educated at Durham Choristers School a preparatory school, St. Bees School, and Newcastle University, where he received a degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1975, he continued for the degree of MSc in Electrical Engineering at The Queen's College, Oxford, the same college where his father matriculated in 1935, and which made Atkinson an Honorary Fellow in 2006.
First winning national attention in the Oxford Revue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 1976, he had already written and performed early sketches for shows in Oxford by the Etceteras – the revue group of the Experimental Theatre Club (ETC), and for the Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS), meeting writer Richard Curtis, and composer Howard Goodall, with whom he would continue to collaborate during his career. Atkinson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity. Atkinson is known for criticising religious views and opposing the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 law.
