Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson is a comedian who is best known for his roles in Mr Bean and also the popular sitcom Blackadder. Rowan Atkinson has been voted as one of the top 50 funniest acts in British Comedy by the Observer.

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Rowan Atkinson's style of comedy has been described as visual rather than dialogue that most sitcoms heavily rely upon. Atkinson has also been noted to stress certain words and over exaggerate letters. This can be seen in Blackadder where he over-exagerates the "B" in "Bob" and Mr Bean which is more visual than dialogue. It is for this reason that Rowan Atkinson has been a big success in Sitcom history.

You can expect Atkinson's performances, because of his comic style, to be visual rather than dialogue based. This style of comedy gives Atkinson an edge over other Comedians due to their form of comedy being mostly dialogue based (possibly due to the influence of the Radio).