Mr. Bean Main article: Mr. Bean (character) Rowan Atkinson portraying Mr. Bean in August 1997. The title character and main protagonist, played by Rowan Atkinson , is a childish buffoon who brings various unusual schemes and contrivances to everyday tasks. He lives alone at the address of Flat 2, 12 Arbour Road, Highbury and is almost always seen in his trademark tweed jacket and a skinny red tie. He also usually wears a digital calculator watch . Mr. Bean rarely speaks, and when he does, it is generally only a few mumbled words which are in a comically low-pitched voice. His first name (he names himself "Bean" to others) and profession, if any, are never mentioned. In the first film adaptation , "Mr." appears on his passport in the "first name" field and he is shown employed as a guard at London's National Gallery . [13] Mr. Bean often seems unaware of basic aspects of the way the world works, and the programme usually featur