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Alan Rickman—actor

Birth

Alan Rickman born on February 21, 1946

Alan Rickman was born in Hammersmith, London in 1946. 

Education

Alan Rickman Receiving his BAFTA for his performance as the Sheriff in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Rickman intoned that it was a healthy reminder that there was no such thing as going over the top. Throughout his career, his soothing baritone and commanding presence have added gravitas to the archest of villains, and most romantic of leads. Rickman was brought up in London by his mother after his father died of cancer when he was only eight. He took up acting at school but initially trained and worked as a graphic designer. Abandoning his own business at 26, he eventually graduated from RADA. It was in 1988 that Rickman landed his role as über terrorist Hans Gruber in Die Hard. 1991 saw him in Prince of Thieves and as Juliet Stevenson's ghostly dead lover in Minghella's debut Truly, Madly, Deeply.

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman in Hammersmith, London on the 21st of February 1946. Son of Irish/Welsh parents he attended the Royal College of Art with the plans to become a...

Fame

Also starring are Alan Rickman as terrorist leader Hans Gruber; Bonnie Bedelia as Holly McClane, and Alexander Godunov as Karl, the terrorist with a personal grudge against John McClane.

Alan Rickman, far better known as an actor, and Katharine Viner have edited Rachel Corrie's diaries and emails to produce a monologue which paints a vivid picture of her character and portrays her idealistic and personal reasons for going to Gaza.

Work

He was born Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman, on a council estate in Acton, West London, on the 21st of February, 1946, to a Welsh mother and Irish father.

Alan Rickman plays Metatron, the angel who serves as the Voice of God and has to make a most challenging visit to earth when humanity is threatened. Rickman made an auspicious screen debut in John McTiernan's "Die Hard."

Reuters reported today that Alan Rickman is signing on for Tim Burton's latest project, Sweeney Todd, an adaptation of the morbid Sondheim musical of the same name. Rickman is the latest addition to the already stellar cast, which also includes Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, and Burton's apparently favorite actor ever, Johnny

Alan Rickman (Galaxy Quest, Die Hard) inhabits with wild intensity the character of the hypnotic Grigori Rasputin, for which he won the Golden Globe, the Emmy, and the Screen Actors Guild Award.  

Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson are both very good at providing the more serious moments, and Martine McCutcheon gives a surprisingly non-annoying performance which hints at another break-out British star.

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Rickman is equally famed for his theatre work. Rickman is due to star in Noel Coward's Private Lives at the Albery theatre. harrypotter.warnerbros.com /bios/rickman_full.html (495 words) Alan Rickman Alan Rickman was born to Irish and Welsh parents in Hammersmith, London, England. Rickman began his career on stage, building up a sizable resume before embarking on a film career. Rickman then went on to do television, beginning with the BBC version of Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, in which he played Tybalt.