Born to Irish and Welsh parents in London on Feb. 21, 1946, Alan Rickman aspired to a career in graphic design and attended the Royal College of Art before winning an acting scholarship at age 26 to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.After years of stage work, Rickman made his American film debut in 1988 as the villainous Hans Gruber opposite Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Adept at playing "the heavy" in movies, Rickman has gone on to etch memorable roles in Quigley Down Under, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and the Harry Potter films.
The classically trained actor can also play comedy -- most memorably as Kevin Kline's eccentric painter friend in The January Man.
AddSense and SensibilityJane Austen's classic tale of 19th-century etiquette and ethics chronicles the troubles and triumphs of the marriage-minded Dashwood sisters -- sensible oldest sibling Elinor (Emma Thompson) and her romantic younger sister, Marianne (Kate Winslet). While Marianne deftly charms two suitors (Alan... Read More
AddSnow CakeAlex (Alan Rickman), a British man stranded in Ontario and haunted by a fatal accident that took place there, is forced to confront his past when he meets the autistic Linda (Sigourney Weaver) in this heartfelt drama. Linda is the mother of the teenage girl who died in the accident, and though she's... Read More
AddNobel SonOn the verge of receiving the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Prof. Eli Michaelson (Alan Rickman) learns that kidnappers have snatched his son Barkley (Bryan Greenberg), a promising graduate student. But when the captors want a ransom of $2 million -- the exact amount of the Nobel Prize money -- the... Read More
AddBlow DryIt's The Full Monty with hair curlers! Alan Rickman stars as Phil, a once-great hairstylist reduced to running a barbershop in the desolate English burg of Keighley. But when the national hairdressing championships come to town, Phil decides to give the big time another shot -- especially because it... Read More
AddAn Awfully Big AdventureSet in post-World War II England, Mike Newell's bittersweet coming-of-age tale follows inexperienced lass Stella (Georgina Cates), who joins a theatre troupe led by cruel director Meredith Potter (Hugh Grant) and starring arrogant actor P.L. O'Hara (Alan Rickman). Stella falls for Potter, but he... Read More
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