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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born January 6, 1955 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a British comedian and actor.
He toured with a one-man show, with Angus Deayton as the straight man. The one-man show was filmed for television, and is still popular on video. It characterises Atkinson's comedy style, which is tightly planned and scripted, often physically-based comedy - comedy as performance, rather than comedy as observation or discussion, observant of life as many of the routines were. Atkinson's talent for physical comedy has seen him described as "the man with the rubber face".
In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
Atkinson studied electrical engineering at Newcastle University then at Oxford (Queen's College), starting his comedy career at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
He is married with two children.
His major hobby is apparently fast cars, having written for the British magazine Car and owning and racing Aston Martin vehicles. He holds a UK HGV licence.
In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
He has starred in several TV comedy series, among them:
He also played in several movies:
He has also appeared in television advertising campaigns for Hitachi electrical goods, the Give Blood campaign and, most famously, as an espionage agent for Barclaycard.
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