Alan Rickman

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 Februari 1946 – 14 Januari 2016) adalah seorang aktor dan sutradara Inggris. Dikenal karena suaranya yang dalam dan lesu, ia berlatih di Royal Academy of Dramatic Art di London dan menjadi anggota Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), tampil dalam produksi teater modern dan klasik. Dia memainkan Vicomte de Valmont dalam produksi panggung RSC Les Liaisons Dangereuses pada tahun 1985, dan setelah produksi dipindahkan ke West End pada tahun 1986 dan Broadway pada tahun 1987, dia dinominasikan untuk Tony Award. Peran sinema pertama Rickman datang ketika ia berperan sebagai pemimpin teroris Jerman Hans Gruber di Die Hard (1988). Dia juga muncul sebagai Sheriff Nottingham di Robin Hood: Pangeran Pencuri (1991), di mana dia menerima Penghargaan BAFTA untuk Aktor Terbaik dalam Peran Pendukung; Elliott Marston di Quigley Down Under (1990); Jamie dalam Sungguh, Gila, Sangat (1991); Kolonel Brandon dalam Sense and Sensibility (1995); Eamon DeValera dalam Michael Collins (1997); Alexander Dane di Pencarian Galaksi (1999); Metatron dalam Dogma (1999); Severus Snape dalam serial Harry Potter (2001–2011); Harry Jatuh Cinta Sebenarnya (2003); Marvin si Android Paranoid dalam The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005); dan Hakim Turpin di Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Rickman membuat debut akting televisinya dengan memerankan Tybalt di Romeo dan Juliet (1978) sebagai bagian dari serial Shakespeare BBC. Peran terobosannya adalah dalam adaptasi televisi BBC The Barchester Chronicles (1982). Dia kemudian membintangi film televisi, memainkan karakter utama dalam Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), yang membuatnya memenangkan Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award dan Screen Actors Guild Award, dan Alfred Blalock dalam Something the Lord Made (2004). Rickman meninggal karena kanker pankreas pada 14 Januari 2016 pada usia 69 tahun. Peran film terakhirnya adalah sebagai Letnan Jenderal Frank Benson dalam film thriller Eye in the Sky (2015), dan mengulangi perannya sebagai pengisi suara ulat dari Alice in Wonderland (2010) dalam Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (February 21, 1946 – January 14, 2016) was an English actor and director. 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. 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. Rickman's first cinema role came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). He also 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; Elliott Marston in Quigley Down Under (1990); Jamie in Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991); Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility (1995); Eamon DeValera in Michael Collins (1997); Alexander Dane in Galaxy Quest (1999); Metatron in Dogma (1999); Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series (2001–2011); Harry in Love Actually (2003); Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005); and Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Rickman made his television acting debut playing Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1978) as part of the BBC's Shakespeare series. His breakthrough role was in the BBC television adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles (1982). 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). Rickman died of pancreatic cancer on 14 January 2016 at age 69. His final film roles were as Lieutenant General Frank Benson in the thriller Eye in the Sky (2015), and reprising his role as the voice of the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland (2010) in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).