| Vital Stats: |
| Alan Rickman |
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Nickname:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Siblings:
- Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
Nickname:
- Alan
Date of Birth:
- 21 February 1946
Place of Birth:
- Hammersmith, London, England
Siblings:
- 3, 2 younger – 1 older
Rickman has been honored with many awards and nominations
throughout his long and illustrious career portraying such iconic
characters as Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet BBC TV), Hans Gruber (Die
Hard), the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves),
Eamon de Valera (Michael Collins), Dr. Alfred Blalock (Something
the Lord Made), and Severus Snape (Harry Potter).
Though his career granted him great success, Rickman had humble
beginnings. He is the second son in a family of four, born into a
working-class family. His mother, Margaret, a Methodist Welsh
housewife, struggled as a single-mother to raise Alan and his two
brothers and sister after their father, Bernard, an Irish Catholic
factory worker, passed away.
He originally set out to study Graphic Design at Chelsea College
of Art and Design. Despite his love and obvious skill for acting,
he thought Graphic Design was a more secure career path. He later
won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, which he
attended for four years studying Shakespeare’s works.
After he left school, his first role in a feature film was the
classic villain, voted one of the American Film Institute’s 100
Best Heroes/Villains list, Hans Gruber. From that role, Rickman
catapulted himself into a great film career.
Perhaps best known for his dramatic performances, Rickman has
played various characters including a few comic roles. His fans
scope many age groups because of his long career; his youngest
admirers can be attributed to his fantastic portrayal of Potter’s
Severus Snape. A performance about which Entertainment Weekly
magazine has said that despite the small amount of screen time,
Rickman “owns every minute” he is given; Rickman can turn “a
simple retort into a mini-symphony of contempt.”
It is hard to believe, but Rickman only landed the role of Snape
after Tim Roth turned it down. Any fan of the Potter films would
find it almost impossible to imagine anyone else in the role.
Indeed, Rickman was Rowling’s choice to play Snape.
It would seem Ms. Rowling has good taste in her actors and, much
to the thrill of Potter fans worldwide, Rickman channels Snape
brilliantly in all seven Potter films.
throughout his long and illustrious career portraying such iconic
characters as Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet BBC TV), Hans Gruber (Die
Hard), the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves),
Eamon de Valera (Michael Collins), Dr. Alfred Blalock (Something
the Lord Made), and Severus Snape (Harry Potter).
Though his career granted him great success, Rickman had humble
beginnings. He is the second son in a family of four, born into a
working-class family. His mother, Margaret, a Methodist Welsh
housewife, struggled as a single-mother to raise Alan and his two
brothers and sister after their father, Bernard, an Irish Catholic
factory worker, passed away.
He originally set out to study Graphic Design at Chelsea College
of Art and Design. Despite his love and obvious skill for acting,
he thought Graphic Design was a more secure career path. He later
won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, which he
attended for four years studying Shakespeare’s works.
After he left school, his first role in a feature film was the
classic villain, voted one of the American Film Institute’s 100
Best Heroes/Villains list, Hans Gruber. From that role, Rickman
catapulted himself into a great film career.
Perhaps best known for his dramatic performances, Rickman has
played various characters including a few comic roles. His fans
scope many age groups because of his long career; his youngest
admirers can be attributed to his fantastic portrayal of Potter’s
Severus Snape. A performance about which Entertainment Weekly
magazine has said that despite the small amount of screen time,
Rickman “owns every minute” he is given; Rickman can turn “a
simple retort into a mini-symphony of contempt.”
It is hard to believe, but Rickman only landed the role of Snape
after Tim Roth turned it down. Any fan of the Potter films would
find it almost impossible to imagine anyone else in the role.
Indeed, Rickman was Rowling’s choice to play Snape.
It would seem Ms. Rowling has good taste in her actors and, much
to the thrill of Potter fans worldwide, Rickman channels Snape
brilliantly in all seven Potter films.
| Biography: |
- 1986 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- 1991 Golden Space Needle Award win for Best Actor
- Close My Eyes
- 1992 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor
- Truly Madly Deeply
- 1992 BAFTA Award win for Best Supporting Actor
- Robin Hood
- 1992 Evening Standard British Film Award win for Best Actor
- Robin Hood
- 1992 London Critics Circle Award win for Actor of the Year
- Close My Eyes
- 1992 MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Villain
- Robin Hood
- 1992 Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- Robin Hood
- 1994 Montreal World Film Festival Award win for Best Actor
- Mesmer
- 1996 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- Sense and Sensibility
- 1996 Chlotrudis Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- Sense and Sensibility
- 1996 Emmy Award win for Outstanding Lead Actor
- Rasputin
- 1997 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- Michael Collins
- 1997 Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Award win
- The Winter Guest
- 1997 Golden Globe Award win for Best Actor
- Rasputin
- 1997 Golden Satellite Award win for Best Actor
- Rasputin
- 1997 Screen Actors Guild Award win for Best Actor
- Rasputin
- 1997 Venice Film Festival Award win
- The Winter Guest
- 1998 Brussels International Film Festival Audience Award win
- The Winter Guest
- 1998 Chlotrudis Award nomination for Best Director
- The Winter Guest
- 1999 Czech Lion Award nomination Best Foreign Language Film
- The Winter Guest
- 2000 Golden Satellite Award nomination Best Supporting Actor
- Dogma
- 2000 Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- Galaxy Quest
- 2003 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination
- Best Ensemble
- Chamber of Secrets
- 2004 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor
- Something the Lord Made
- 2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination
- Best Ensemble
- Love Actually
- 2005 Golden Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor
- Something the Lord Made
- 2005 Theatre Goers’ Choice Award win for Best Director
- My Name is Rachel
- 2008 Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- Sweeney Todd
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