Passage Four
While studying for his master’s degree at Queens College, Oxford, he developed the character of Mr.Bean, whom Atkinson described as “a child in a grown man’s body.” Often wearing his trademark tweed jacket, a red tie, and a digital calculator watch, the title character Mr.Bean, played by Rowan Atkinson, rarely talks, but everything he does is absurd and funny.When he does speak, he usually utters only a few mumbled words in a comically low-pitched voice.This visually based style sets actor Rowan apart from most modem comedians who mainly rely on dialog or monolog.Because of his natural gift for silent comedy or physical comedy, Rowan is called “the man with the rubber face.”
Rowan also played a verbally bumbling priest, called Father Gerald, in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994), and in the Disney’s movie The Lion King, he featured the voice of Zazu, the red-billed hornbill, and sang the song “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King”.He is also famous for his detective roles in the James Bond parody Johnny English (2003) and its sequel Johnny English Reborn(2011).