These Celebrities Have Surprising College Degrees

Hold onto your seats because Rowan Atkinson, the comic virtuoso we know and love, is hiding a shocker – he’s got a degree in electrical engineering. Yep, you read that right! Back in the wild days of the 70s at Newcastle University, whilst he was thinking up the now-known idea of Mr. Bean, Atkinson was also learning about engineering.

From slapstick to circuits, he was nailing punchlines and resistors like a pro. Who would’ve guessed that the man behind Mr. Bean was also a master of volts and amps? We wonder if he always wanted to be an actor or would have preferred to stay in the electrical business…