ABOUT ROWAN ATKINSON
Comedian, actor, and screenwriter who was listed as one of the fifty funniest actors in British comedy by The Observer. His Mr. Bean character gained him a large following in England and the United States. In 1983, he appeared in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again .
His childhood influences included Charlie Chaplin and Peter Sellers . He earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Oxford .
He voiced the character Zazu in the 1994 Disney classic The Lion King .
He was married to makeup artist Sunetra Sastry from 1990 to 2015. Actor Stephen Fry was the best man at his wedding. He has a son named Benjamin and two daughters named Lily and Isla .
He starred in the 2001 comedy film Rat Race with Whoopi Goldberg .
