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b i o g r a p h y
Overview:
Name: Alan Rickman
Full Name: Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
Birthdate: February 21, 1946
Birthplace: Acton, UK
Parents: Irish/Welsh
Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister
Educated at: Latymer Upper, Hammersmith (scholarship); Chelsea College of Art; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: (changes)
Height: -
Weight: -
Partner: Rima Horton
Film Debut: BBC Television Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet (1978)
Stage Debut: -
Trivia: As a child, Rickman was very artistic- capable of excellent calligraphy and watercolour painting. This talent won him a scholarship to Latymer Upper (which also produced graduates Mel Smith and Hugh Grant), and eventually made him pursue a career in graphics design instead of acting. But an audition at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art was bound to change that.
Awards/Nominations: Click here for the list of awards and nominations received by Alan Rickman
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Portobello.co.uk Biography
Alan lives with economics lecturer Rima Horton in Notting Hill Gate. Alan has worked extensively with various British repertory and experimental theater groups including The Seagull, Snoo Wilson's The Grass Widow at the Royal Court and has appeared three times at the Edinburgh International Festival. During this period, he did occasional television work, in roles from Shakespearean drama to LeCarré's international intrigue.While working with the Royal Shakespeare Company he starred in, among other things, As You Like It. His casting in The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses as Le Vicomte de Valmont won him critical and popular acclaim as the elegant and heartless seducer. When the show travelled across the Atlantic in 86, Alan went with it to Broadway and there earned a Tony nomination for his performance.
During his stint on Broadway he was approached by Joel Silver and offered the role of Hans Gruber in the first Die Hard film. Since then, Alan has appeared in a great number of films including The January Man (89); Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (91) as the Sherrif of Nottingham; Closet Land (91); Close My Eyes (91); Quigley Down Under (91); Truly Madly Deeply with Juliet Stevenson (92); Bob Roberts (92); Mesmer (94); An Awfully Big Adventure (95); Sense and Sensibility (95) as Colonel Brandon; and in Michael Collins as Eamon De Valera alongside Liam Neeson (96). Alan made his directorial debut in 97 in a screen adaptation of a play he has previously directed, The Winter Guest, by Sharman McDonald.Since then, he has appeared in Judas Kiss Alan has also been busy on stage, in Yukio Ninagawa's Tango at the End of Winter in London's West End, the Riverside Studio production of Hamlet, directed by Robert Sturua and even directing The Winter Guest at London's Almeida Theatre.In 93, he did the voice-over on Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, Part II... the voice that introduces the individual instruments that eventually come together so magnificently.His many television appearances include Romeo and Juliet (78); Smiley's People (82); The Barchester Chronicles (84); Spirit of Man (89); Revolutionary Witness (89); Fallen Angels (93); and Rasputin (96). He has also made guest appearances in Girls on Top in 85.In October 98 Alan played Antony to Helen Mirren's Cleopatra in Trevor Nunn's Antony & Cleopatra at the National Theatre.
Portobello.co.uk:Alan Rickman
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