Rowan then went to Oxford, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Diligent study to find interesting specialty he combined with the game in the university theater. In the first trial shy and slightly awkward young man, besides stuttering, no impression of the future movie star. Nevertheless, he was entrusted with the role with which he coped brilliantly - because there were scenes in which he could show the talent mime.
Engaging in a "battle", Atkinson actively involved in theater productions as part of the university troupe and throws it exercises after Oxford. He drew attention to future colleagues and critics at the theater festival in Edinburgh (1977), where, together with two friends and came up with the prototype of the famous Mr Bean.
Already in 1978, a young comedian has become more popular than - he acted as writer and presenter on the show The Atkinson people on the radio. Then he worked in the TV show Not the nine o'clock news on the BBC. Through his work, the project has received numerous awards, and the BBC itself Atkinson called man of the year.
In the 80 Atkinson works on the radio, on television, in the theater, and all his work is assessed at its true worth - he gets professional awards and honors. Already in the status of star Rowan launches "Mr. Bean". The series becomes popular, it acquired a huge number of countries, and the glory of becoming truly global Atkinson. Comedian himself explains the popularity of Bina that his hero - a hero of time, asocial, selfish, funny and childish.
Shooting "Mr. Bean" lasted only five years, but the show still continue to buy TV, about two hundred countries for the time it purchased the rights to the show. Based on the series were filmed two feature films - "Bean" and "Mr. Bean's Holiday." However, the actor starred in numerous projects after a triumphant Bean. Among other things, this movie "Never Say Never", "Witch," "Four Weddings, Funeral," "Rat Race," "Johnny Inglish".
Despite this time, the actor finds time for hobbies. He is interested in collecting cars - obviously, given his Oxford career. Rowan Atkinson's wife sometimes jokes that he loves cars more than her. However, this is just a joke, because the experience of family life and Sanetry Rowan says the opposite: they have been married for over 20 years.