Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson is an English actor and comedian who created and portrayed Mr. Bean and starred as Edmund Blackadder in the television series Blackadder.

Richard Curtis: Richard Curtis is an English screenwriter and director known for romantic comedies and British television comedy. He co-created Blackadder with Atkinson and helped develop Mr. Bean.
Mr. Bean: Mr. Bean is a largely wordless comic character created and performed by Rowan Atkinson. The character centers Atkinson's physical comedy and became his most internationally recognized role.
Physical comedy: Physical comedy produces humor through bodily movement, gesture, facial expression, or interaction with objects. Atkinson's visual performances make bodily action carry jokes that dialogue might otherwise deliver.
Oxford Revue: The Oxford Revue is a student comedy and performance group at the University of Oxford. Atkinson performed in the Revue while studying at Oxford, developing his stage comedy.
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series: Mr. Bean: The Animated Series is an animated television adaptation of the Mr. Bean comedy character. It extended Atkinson's best-known character into animation, with Atkinson voicing Bean.
Ben Elton: Ben Elton is an English comedian, novelist, and screenwriter known for political satire and television comedy. He joined Atkinson and Curtis as a writer on later Blackadder series.
Blackadder: Blackadder is a British television sitcom whose changing title character is played by Rowan Atkinson. The series pairs Atkinson's sharp-tongued performance with recurring historical settings.
Mime: Mime is a performance practice that communicates action or character through gesture without spoken dialogue. Mr. Bean draws on mime to make situations legible across language barriers.
Oxford University: The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. Atkinson studied electrical engineering there before pursuing comedy and acting.
Mr. Bean's Holiday: Mr. Bean's Holiday is a 2007 comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean. The film brought the character's largely visual humor to a new feature-length story.

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