英語名人堂：羅溫·艾金森

羅溫·艾金森(Rowan Atkinson)，1955年1月6日出生于英國泰恩河紐卡斯爾，英國影視演員。

1990年，羅溫·艾金森因出演《憨豆先生》而走紅。1997年，艾金森推出了電影《憨豆先生的大災難》。在2002年的《史酷比》 中，羅溫·艾金森客串了反派角色埃米爾。2003年，他主演了《憨豆特工》。2007年，他主演的《憨豆先生的假期》在戛納上演。2011年，他主演的《憨豆特工2》上映。2012年7月，羅溫·艾金森出演了倫敦奧運會開幕式。2013年，獲英女王頒授CBE勛章[1] 。

Rowan Atkinson is an English comedian, actor and writer. He is famous around the world for his character Mr. Bean. He was listed in the top 50 funniest people ever by a group of comedians. Atkinson shot to fame in Britain in the late 1970s. Throughout the 1980s he starred in one of Britain’s most successful comedies, Black Adder. Mr. Bean brought him worldwide fame andacclaim.

Atkinson was born in the north of England in 1955. He went to very good schools and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. While studying for a Master’s degree atOxford University he fell in love with acting and comedy and joined an amateur theatre company. He took his comedy sketches to the Edinburgh Festival in 1976 and performed on the street.

After university, Atkinson got a lucky break and made a one-off comedy show for a British TV company. He quickly went on to appear in the hit comedy show ‘Not the Nine O'Clock News’. This made him one of Britain’s most popular comedians. From 1993, he starred in the incredibly successful Black Adder series, which he also co-wrote.

Mr. Bean came along on New Years Day, 1990. It was originally just a one-off show. The character was a hit and Atkinson made more episodes throughout the 1990s. It was eventually made into a movie which made Atkinson an international star. His visual comedy style has earned him the nickname "the man with the rubber face".