Alan Rickman. Actor: Die Hard. Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older br
After showing an early predilection for art, Rickman won a scholarship to Latymer Upper School in London, where he appeared in several school plays, and then studied graphic design at Chelsea College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art. After graduating, he started a graphic design...
Bernard Rickman, was an Irish Catholic factory worker, and his mother, Margaret Doreen Rose (née Bartlett), was a Methodist Welsh homemaker. His father died when Rickman was eight, leaving his mother (whom he has always held in the highest respect) to raise their four children mostly alone....
Trivia He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Family Life He met Rima Elizabeth Horton in 1965 and married her in 2012. Associated With He played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise opposite Daniel Radcliffe. Video Alan Rickman Highlights Popularity...
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was born in London on February 21, 1946. He studied graphic design and acting and is most famously known for his role as Hans Gruber in the 1988 action film “Die Hard.” He also played Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” film series. Rickman died in 2016...
Rickman started out as a graphic designer; he studied at the Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art. Afterwards, he opened up his own graphics design operation, running it for a couple of years, before deciding to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was 26 ...
After graduation, Rickman and several friends opened a graphic design studio called Graphiti, but after three years of successful business, he decided that if he was going to pursue acting professionally, it was now or never. He wrote to request an audition with the Royal Academy of Dramatic ...
Alan Rickman was an English actor who had a net worth of $16 million. Thanks largely to the Harry Potter Franchise, Alan Rickman is the 20th highest grossing actor in movie history. To date, his films have grossed over $3.4 billion. Unfortunately, Alan R
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Harry (Rickman) was in the building giving a design pitch to Nakatomi president Joseph Takagi, but couldn’t get out again to catch his flight back to London because someone got stuck in the elevator. Now, John and Harry will have to put their differences aside and team up to foil the ...