Birthday: January 6, 1955
Birthplace: Consett, England
You may not recognize Rowan Atkinson's name, but you'll undoubtedly recognize turkey)!
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Little Rowan was born in Consett, planted the seeds that would eventually grow the Bean we all know and love.
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While studying at Oxford, Rowan ed the Oxford University Dramatic Society and the Experimental Theatre Club, where he the UK, but his next role would make him a worldwide star.
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Rowan appeared in a half-hour TV special called Mr. Bean in 1988. The show caught on at home Johnny English, but the call of the Bean was hard to ignore: Rowan will star in Mr. Bean's Holiday, due out August 24, 2007!
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- Rowan Atkinson was a guest at Prince Charles's 2005 wedding to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
- Rowan and his wife Sunetra Sastry have two children - Lily and Benjamin. Lily makes an appearance in Mr. Bean's Holiday.
- Rowan was the voice of Zazu in The Lion King.
- Bean gets his head stuck inside a raw turkey in a Mr. Bean Christmas special. The gag was spoofed on an episode of Friends.
- Rowan Atkinson appeared in Scooby Doo.
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"People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer."
