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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is well known for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Thin Blue Line. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedians ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. He has had cinematic success with his performances in the Mr. Bean movie adaptations Bean and Mr. Bean's Holiday and in Johnny English and its sequel Johnny English Reborn. He also starred in the film Never Say Never Again in 1983.

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Source: The Courier Mail

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What Happens When You Jump Out Of An Airborne Helicopter With No Parachute?

Source: Aero-News.net

An English stuntman made history on Wednesday by making the first airborne landing without a parachute. Gary Connery jumped from a helicopter 2,400ft above Henley-on-Thames in southern England and glided down to a soft landing on a "runway" comp ...
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WATCH: World’s First Skydive Without a Parachute

Source: Time Magazine

British stuntman Gary Connery has worked on James Bond, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter and Batman films and stood in for the likes of Gary Oldman, Rowan Atkinson and John Hurt. But on Wednesday the spotlight turned on Connery himself, as the 42-y ...
Full article at: Time Magazine  More like this  3 days ago, 11:20am CDT

Gary Connery: stuntman in amazing 2400ft skydive without parachute

Source: The Telegraph

He has completed 900 skydives, 450 base jumps and starred as a stunt double in films including Indiana Jones, Batman and Harry Potter. But on Wednesday Gary Connery, 42, completed his most audacious feat yet when he became the first perso ...
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Skydiver lands without parachute

Source: The Daily Telegraph

A STUNTMAN made aviation history overnight by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land without using a parachute. Gary Connery, 42, from Oxfordshire, leapt from a helicopter above Henley-on-Thames in sout ...
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Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's a skydiver who jumped 2,400ft WITHOUT a parachute

Source: Daily Express

Film stuntman Gary Connery wore a special wingsuit to slow his fall, but still hurtled into a small landing strip of 18,800 cardboard boxes at 80mph. Moments later, to a triumphant round of applause, he emerged wi ...
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Two Roses For Richard III

Source: Morning Star Online

In a year when the Shakespeare industry is featuring so many foreign productions, one expects the best of these not only to introduce the stylistic character of their national theatres but to provide a fresh take on the Bard's work. As part of the World ...
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Skydiver bid to land without parachute after heli jump

Source: The Sun

Stuntman Gary Connery, 42, aims to glide through the skies over Oxfordshire and fly in to land on 18,000 cardboard boxes using a "wingsuit". The bid over his home town of Henley will be an aviation first if successful ...
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