![]() In 2009, The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. He later starred in television films, playing the title character in Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), which won him a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and Alfred Blalock in Something the Lord Made (2004). His breakthrough role was Obadiah Slope in the BBC television adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles (1982). Rickman made his television acting debut playing Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1978) as part of the BBC's Shakespeare series. His final film roles were Eye in the Sky (2015), and Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016). During this time he also appeared in Love Actually (2003), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). He played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series (2001–2011). ![]() He is also known for his comedic roles in Dogma (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). He earned critical attention for his leading roles in Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991) and An Awfully Big Adventure (1995) before gaining acclaim for his supporting roles as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility (1995), and Éamon de Valera in Michael Collins (1996). He appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), for which he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Rickman's first cinema role came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). He played the Vicomte de Valmont in the RSC stage production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 1985, and after the production transferred to the West End in 1986 and Broadway in 1987, he was nominated for a Tony Award. Known for his deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), performing in modern and classical theatre productions. And many of you do.Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. But all is forgiven if you can get solid laughs. Sure, if you had your way you’d rule the world after blowing half of it up. Sure you murder and destroy lives and property. Unfortunately, our show was short-lived, but Kurtwood went on to play the dad in THAT 70s SHOW. I was thrilled.Īnd he exceeded our wildest expectations. But no one could deny he scored in his reading and he got the part. ![]() He had also played the strict father in DEAD POETS’ SOCIETY by that point. The network was a little hesitant because he primarily was known for drama. Sure enough, six years later we were casting BIG WAVE DAVE’S for CBS and needed an ex-pat who was mysterious, larger-than-life, and funny. He played Clarence and was so deliciously evil I made a vow that someday I wanted to work with him. When I first saw ROBOCOP, which at the time (1987) was a little underground hit, I was entranced by an actor I had never seen before – Kurtwood Smith. He got laughs from straight lines.Ĭhristoph Waltz was both terrifying and hilarious in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. I saw him on Broadway doing PRIVATE LIVES and he killed. The late Alan Rickman was a spectacular villain in DIE HARD.
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