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English Actor known for playing 'Hans Gruber' (Die Hard), the 'Sheriff of Nottingham' (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), 'Doctor Lazarus' (Galaxy Quest), and 'Severus Snape' in the Harry Potter series of movies
Actor Alan Sydney Patrick Rickman was born on February 21, 1946, in West London, England. [1] He was the second of four children born to Bernard Rickman, an Irish Catholic factory worker, and Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett) Rickman, a Welsh Methodist housewife. Rickman later recalled his early years as impoverished but very happy, until his father died of lung cancer when young Alan was just 8 years old.
Alan Rickman was an English actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in both modern and classical theater productions. Many consider his breakthrough performance to be his 1985 role as the Vicomte de Valmont in the play Les Liaisons Dangereuses, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. Rickman is well known for his film performances as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series.
Some of his other notable film roles include Jamie in Truly, Madly, Deeply, Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, Harry in Love Actually, and P. L. O'Hara in An Awfully Big Adventure. More recently, he played Judge Turpin in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In 1995, he was awarded the Golden Globe, Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Rasputin in Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny.
Alan is the recipient of a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
He died January 14, 2016 in London, England after a battle with cancer. [2]
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