Rowan Atkinson Net Worth 2022

Net Worth:	€ 130 million
Age:	65
Born:	06/01/1955
Country of origin:	Great Britain
Source of wealth:	actor
Last updated:	2020

Brief introduction

Rowan Atkinson is a British actor born in England, who is internationally known as his role as “Mr. Bean “became famous. In his homeland he was known since the beginning of his career as a comedian in 1979, mainly because of his participation in the “Blackadder” series from 1982 he became very popular. Since the end of the character “Mr. He also appeared in various films and dramas.

Youth

Rowan Atkinson was born the youngest child of his four children in the city of Consett in England. His parents are farmers and entrepreneurs. Rowan Atkinson was raised by Anglican. After leaving school, he first wanted to become an electric engineer, which he also learned at Oxford. But in 1979 he appeared as part of the comedy ensemble on the BBC. With his role in “Blackadder” he eventually became very famous and popular in England.

Career

“Blackadder” is a four -season comedy series that focuses on various topics in English history and English oddities. Because a very successful word joke that forms many jokes in it is difficult to translate, its popularity for a long time is limited to the world of English.

It was very changed when in 1989 he made a “Mr. Bean “, which also works almost exclusively with slapstick and pantomime. Usually the character speaks “Mr. Kacang” no, which of course makes humor can be understood even without language. Although only 15 episodes produced with Mr. Bean (plus two special), Rowan Atkinson gets international which is very famous for this character. TV series which actually ended in 1995, but further appearance in other media followed, such as two features or advertising films. Only in 2007 Rowan Atkinson announced the character “Mr. Kacang” could no longer be used.

However, the first of two films was not well received by many parts of the audience, because Mr. Bean suddenly spoke a lot about it. Therefore the second film returned to let Mr. Bean talks a little or not at all.

In addition to the two most famous roles-that in Blackadder and as Mr. Bean-Rowan Atkinson was also seen in many other production throughout his career. Of these, the role in Commissioner Maigret, where he played the main role as a French commissioner, prominent. He is also nicknamed cartoon characters and even released several recordings, even with moderate success.

Rowan Atkinson mentioned Monty Python and especially John Cleese as a big influence in the development of his own humor style. He knew the writer and composer with whom he was still working in a drama course at the university in the 1970s.

Career spotlight

The absolute spotlight from an international perspective of course his role as Mr. Bean. Even today, more than 25 years after the series was stopped, most people in Europe are still familiar with this character.

Famous quotes from Rowan Atkinson

“I love walking in the rain so nobody can see how I cry.”
“Criticizing someone for their origins is completely irrational and stupid. But it is everyone’s right to criticize the religion of others. It’s called freedom. ”
“Mr. Bean is actually a child trapped in an adult’s body. And because one identifies with children in the same way all over the world, it is well received everywhere. ”
“People believe that because I can make them laugh from the stage, I can do that as a private person. That is not the case at all. I’m actually a pretty quiet, boring person who just happens to be an actor. ”

Amazing facts

His extraordinary passion for the car is famous. Rowan Atkinson collects cars, especially sports cars. He had an accident in England with McLaren F1, after that he had to stay in the hospital for several days because of a broken shoulder. Since then, several other accidents have followed, Yang Rowan Atkinson survived only with minor injuries.

Rowan Atkinson married a makeup artist from 1990 to 2015 with whom he had two children. With his new partner, he became the father of another child in 2017.

Asteroids discovered in 1999 were named Rowan Atkinson and called Asteroids (19535) Rowanatkinson.

In 2005, he passionately campaigned for freedom of expression and speech in England, which he saw in danger through various decisions to come. Together with famous colleagues like Stephen Fry, he launched an appeal to the British Parliament to reject this decision.

Because Rowan Atkinson has a tendency to stutter, he has been accustomed to excessive articulation of several consonants, which have become a kind of trademark for him. In this way he is able to celebrate great success in his career, even though his stuttering should block his way to become a successful stage character.