Alan Rickman

English actor (1946–2016)

Born: 21 February 1946, Acton
Died: 14 January 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Known as: screenwriter, actor, writer, graphic designer, musician, character actor
Acted in: 4 on Hadath
Average Hadath score: 7.9 across 4 titles

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RolePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieGolden GlobesScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Biography

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was an English actor. He was renowned for his stage and screen roles and for his distinctive deep and languid voice. He received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and an Actor Award, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2009, The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Rickman died of pancreatic cancer on 14 January 2016, at the age of 69.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).