
Robin Driscoll
Actor
Born: June 28, 1951 (74 years old)
Biography
Robin Driscoll is a British actor and writer, best known as a writer of Mr. Bean. After leaving Worthing Art College, Robin Driscoll, with friends, formed a touring theatre company named ‘Cliffhanger' in the early 1970s. The shows were always comedies and contrived through improvisation. After writing for several TV shows, Robin became a contributor to Alas Smith and Jones then later, the main writer for Mr Bean: the TV series, movies and animations. He and Rowan Atkinson are close friends; he appeared with Rowan Atkinson in Laughing Matters (1992) - Visual Comedy, a documentary on the mechanics of visual humour. As an actor, he has appeared in episodes of TV shows such as Only Fools and Horses ("The Jolly Boys' Outing"), Murder Most Horrid, Dear John, Alas Smith & Jones, Wilderness Road and The Fast Show. In recent years he has written his own mystery thriller novels.
Filmography (16)
- Mr. Bean Goes to a Première (1991, ★ 7.3)
- Happy Birthday Mr Bean (2021, ★ 7.8)
- Mr. Bean (1990, ★ 8)
- Mr. Bean: The Bus Stop (1991, ★ 6.8)
- Waiting for God (1990, ★ 7.3)
- Dear John (1986, ★ 7.4)
- The Steal (1995, ★ 5.5)
- The Tall Guy (1989, ★ 5.7)
- Laughing Matters (1992, ★ 6.3)
- Titanic (1996, ★ 5.9)
- Chelmsford 123 (1988, ★ 6.6)
- Murder Most Horrid (1991, ★ 6.8)
- Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007, ★ 6.4)
- Bean (1997, ★ 6.5)
- The Exciting Escapades of Mr. Bean (1991, ★ 6.2)
- Morons from Outer Space (1985, ★ 4.8)