Trivia

Birth name: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson 

Date of birth: 6 January 1955 

Place of birth: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK 

Height: 6' (1.83 m) 

Spouse: Sunetra Sastry (1990 - present) 2 children 

Has two children, Lily and Benjamin

Rides go-karts round his tennis courts and according to Stephen Fry (his best man) "hasn't got an ounce of show-biz in him".

Has an HGV license.

Owns various fast cars (Aston Martin Vantages, etc.).

Writes articles for CAR (a British car magazine).

Education: Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK (electrical engineering); Oxford University, Oxford, UK (engineering)

Races (and also crashes) his Aston Martins in the Aston Martins Owners club series.

His wife is a make-up artist.

Attended Cathedral Chorister School, Durham with Tony Blair.

He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1982 for the 1981 season.

Once crashed his MacLaren F1, a supercar valued at more than $1,000,000, into the back of a stationary Mini Metro, valued at around $600. The damage was not severe.

He was one of the guests at Prince Charles's and Camilla Parker-Bowles' wedding