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| {{Short description|English actor (1946–2016)}}
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| | name = Alan Rickman
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| | image = Alan Rickman at BAM -17.jpg
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| | caption = Rickman in 2011
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| | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1946|2|21}}
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| | birth_place = London, England<!--Only major city and country name, no districts or boroughs per instructions on Template:Infox person-->
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| | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2016|1|14|1946|2|21}}
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| | death_place = London, England
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| | alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
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| | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director}}
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| | works = [[Alan Rickman on screen and stage|Full list]]
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| | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Alan Rickman|Full list]]
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| | years_active = 1974–2016
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| | spouse = {{marriage|[[Rima Horton]]|2012<!--Year omitted per current instructions on Template:Marriage-->}}
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| '''Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman''' (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his deep, [[Wiktionary:languid#Etymology 1|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 (Hampton play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]'' in 1985, and after the production transferred to the [[West End theatre|West End]] in 1986 and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1987, he was nominated for a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Tony Award]].
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| Rickman's first cinema role came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader [[Hans Gruber (character)|Hans Gruber]] in ''[[Die Hard]]'' (1988). 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]]. 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 (film)|Sense and Sensibility]]'' (1995), and [[Éamon de Valera]] in '' [[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' (1996). He is also known for his comedic roles in ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' (1999), ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' (1999), and ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (2005). He played [[Severus Snape]] in the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' series (2001–2011). During this time he also appeared in ''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003), ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' (2007), and ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010). His final film roles were ''[[Eye in the Sky (2015 film)|Eye in the Sky]]'' (2015), and ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).
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| Rickman made his television acting debut playing [[Tybalt]] in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1978) as part of the [[BBC]]'s [[BBC Television Shakespeare|Shakespeare series]]. His breakthrough role was Obadiah Slope 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). In 2009, ''[[The Guardian]]'' named him one of the best actors never to have received an [[Academy Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web |last=Singer|first=Leigh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|title=Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated|work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=February 19, 2009|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref> Rickman died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 14 January 2016 at age 69.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35313604|title=Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard actor, dies aged 69|work=BBC News|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120064859/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35313604|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=live|date=14 January 2016}}</ref><!-- See ref "BBC". --><ref name="pancreatic_cancer">{{cite news |last1=Saul |first1=Heather |title=Alan Rickman: British actor died from 'pancreatic cancer' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-british-actor-died-from-pancreatic-cancer-a6814686.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115170519/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-british-actor-died-from-pancreatic-cancer-a6814686.html |archive-date=2016-01-15 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=23 November 2018 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=15 January 2016}}</ref>
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| ==Early life and education==
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| Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was born in the [[Acton, London|Acton]] area of [[London]] on 21 February 1946,<ref>{{cite news |title=Alan Rickman, actor - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/03/18/alan-rickman-actor---obituary/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/03/18/alan-rickman-actor---obituary/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2020 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/alan-rickman-20687617 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026120237/http://www.biography.com/people/alan-rickman-20687617 |date=26 October 2015 }}, biography.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016</ref><ref name=Biography>{{cite book|last1=Paton|first1=Maureen|title=Alan Rickman: the unauthorised biography|date=1996|publisher=Virgin|location=London|isbn=978-1852276300}}</ref> the son of housewife Margaret Doreen Rose (née Bartlett)<ref name="Biography" /><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/alan-rickman-helen-mccrory-with-us-its-mostly-about-laughter-and-the-odd-martini-10153057.html "Alan Rickman & Helen McCrory: 'With us it's mostly about laughter and the odd Martini'"]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved 16 January 2020</ref><ref>''England & Wales births 1837–2006''. Vol. 11A. p. 1224. Print.</ref><ref>''England & Wales deaths 1837–2007''. Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers). District no. 6001F. Register. no. F56C. Entry no. 094. Print.</ref><ref name="ref1" /> and factory worker, house painter and decorator, and former [[Second World War]] [[Aeronautics|aircraft fitter]] Bernard William Rickman.<ref name=Biography/><ref name=ref1>{{cite news|last=Solway|first=Diane|title=Profile: Alan Rickman|publisher=European Travel and Life|date=August 1991|url=http://www.alan-rickman.com/articles/profile.html|access-date=3 October 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071006174932/http://www.alan-rickman.com/articles/profile.html|archive-date=6 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>''England & Wales births 1837–2006''. Vol. 1A. p. 515.</ref><ref>''England & Wales deaths 1837–2007''. Vol. 5F. p. 247. Print.</ref><ref>1939 United Kingdom Census. ''1939 Household Register''. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England; family 4, dwelling 45, lines 11–13; 1939. Print.</ref> His mother was Welsh, and his paternal grandmother was Irish. Rickman would later say in April 2015, "I was talking to [[Sharleen Spiteri]] about being a [[Celts (modern)|Celt]], how you smell each other out, because my mother's family is Welsh. There's not a lot of English blood in me."<ref>{{cite web|last=White|first=Hilary A.|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/alan-rickman-a-workingclass-hero-at-the-court-of-versailles-31133352.html|title=Alan Rickman – A working-class hero at the court of Versailles|website=The Irish Independent|date=13 April 2015|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> His father was [[Catholic]] and his mother was a [[Methodist]].<ref name=ref2>{{cite news|last=Mackenzie|first=Suzie|title=Angel with Horns|work=The Guardian |location=UK|date=3 January 1998|url=http://www.alan-rickman.com/articles/angel.html|access-date=3 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006004652/http://www.alan-rickman.com/articles/angel.html| archive-date=6 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> He had two brothers named David and Michael and a sister named Sheila.<ref name=Biography/>
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| Rickman was born with a tight jaw, contributing to the deep tone of voice and [[Wiktionary:languid#Etymology 1|languid]] delivery for which he would become famous.<ref name="Beguiling"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Alan Rickman: Cinema's voice of honey-smooth villainy |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/alan-rickman-cinemas-voice-of-honeysmooth-villainy-20160115-gm6gob.html |access-date=8 March 2020 |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> Rickman himself said that a vocal coach told him he had a "spastic soft palate".<ref name="Borkman">{{cite news |title=Alan Rickman Is a Corrupt Banker (in John Gabriel Borkman) |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/01/05/alan-rickman-is-a-corrupt-banker-in-john-gabriel-borkman/ |access-date=11 July 2022 |work=Village Voice}}</ref> When he was eight years old, his father died of cancer, leaving his mother to raise him and his three siblings mostly alone. According to biographer Maureen Paton, the family was "rehoused by the council and moved to an Acton estate to the west of [[Wormwood Scrubs Prison]], where his mother struggled to bring up four children on her own by working for the [[General Post Office|Post Office]]".<ref name=Biography/><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35313578 "Obituary: Alan Rickman."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717123147/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35313578 |date=17 July 2018 }} BBC News. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 5 June. 2016.</ref> Margaret Rickman married again in 1960, but divorced Rickman's stepfather after three years.<ref name=Biography/><ref name=ref2/><ref>''England & Wales marriages 1837–2008''. Vol. 5E. p. 307. Print.</ref>
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| Before Rickman met his longtime partner [[Rima Horton]] at age 16, he stated that his first crush was at 10 years old on a girl named Amanda at his school's sports day.<ref>[http://www3.nd.edu/~tchapman/news2003.html "Untitled Love Actually Interview."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918014024/http://www3.nd.edu/~tchapman/news2003.html |date=18 September 2016 }} ''Alan Archives''. 10 November 2003. Retrieved 7 August 2016.</ref> As a child, he excelled at [[calligraphy]] and [[watercolour]] painting. Rickman attended West Acton First School<ref>{{Cite book|last=Paton|first=Maureen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1592I3Rk8VQC&q=alan+rickman+%22west+acton+first+school%22&pg=PT49|title=Alan Rickman: The Unauthorised Biography|date=31 May 2012|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4481-3264-5|language=en}}</ref> followed by Derwentwater Primary School in Acton, and then [[Latymer Upper School]] in London through the [[Direct grant grammar school|Direct Grant system]], where he became involved in drama. Rickman went on to attend [[Chelsea College of Art and Design]] from 1965 to 1968.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Alan Rickman: The Unauthorised Biography|last=Paton|first=Maureen|publisher=Virgin Books; 2Rev Ed edition|year=2003|isbn=978-0753507544|pages=53}}</ref> He then attended the [[Royal College of Art]] from 1968 to 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rcasociety.net/content/alan-rickman-1946-2016|title=Alan Rickman (1946 - 2016)|last=Royal College of Art Society|date=12 March 2019}}</ref> His training allowed him to work as a graphic designer for the Royal College of Art's in-house magazine, ''ARK'', and the ''Notting Hill Herald'', which he considered a more stable occupation than acting; he later said that drama school "wasn't considered the sensible thing to do at 18".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~sc.i/devil_in.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010422224203/http://www.btinternet.com/~sc.i/devil_in.htm|title=THE DEVIL IN MR RICKMAN|archive-date=22 April 2001|publisher=btinternet.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-rca-journal-the-alan-rickman-issues The RCA Journal: The Alan Rickman Issues.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805173558/http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-rca-journal-the-alan-rickman-issues |date=5 August 2016 }} ''It's Nice That''. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.</ref><ref>[http://flashbak.com/childs-play-alan-rickmans-1970-account-of-murderous-children-in-an-inner-london-play-park-52058/ Child's Play: Alan Rickman's 1970 Account of Murderous Children In An Inner-London Play Park.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811093137/http://flashbak.com/childs-play-alan-rickmans-1970-account-of-murderous-children-in-an-inner-london-play-park-52058/ |date=11 August 2016 }} ''Flashbak''. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.</ref>
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| Following graduation, Rickman and several friends opened a graphic design studio called Graphiti, but after three years of successful business, he decided that he was going to pursue acting professionally. He wrote to request an audition with the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alan-rickman.com/articles/evil_elegance.html|title=Interview: Evil Elegance|publisher=Alan-rickman.com|access-date=9 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707103303/http://www.alan-rickman.com/articles/evil_elegance.html|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> which he attended from 1972 until 1974.<ref name=RADA14Jan2016/> While there, he supported himself by working as a [[Dresser (theatre)|dresser]] for Sir [[Nigel Hawthorne]] and Sir [[Ralph Richardson]].<ref>[http://abouthp.free.fr/interviewsar1.htm Interview Alan Rickman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720215944/http://abouthp.free.fr/interviewsar1.htm |date=20 July 2011 }}, abouthp.free.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2007.</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| {{see also|Alan Rickman on screen and stage|List of awards and nominations received by Alan Rickman}}
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| ===1980s===
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| After graduating from RADA, Rickman worked extensively with British repertory and experimental theatre groups in productions including [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'' and [[Snoo Wilson]]'s ''The Grass Widow'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], and appeared three times at the [[Edinburgh International Festival]]. In 1978, he performed with the Court Drama Group, gaining roles in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' and ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', among other plays. While working with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] (RSC), he was cast in ''[[As You Like It]]''. His breakthrough role was in ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]'' (1982), the BBC's adaptation of [[Anthony Trollope|Trollope]]'s first two Barchester novels, as the Reverend Obadiah Slope.<ref name="Beguiling">{{cite news |title=Alan Rickman: Beguiling monster who made Cherie weak at the knees |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/alan-rickman-beguiling-monster-who-made-cherie-weak-at-the-knees-9234250.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307220852/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/alan-rickman-beguiling-monster-who-made-cherie-weak-at-the-knees-9234250.html |archive-date=2017-03-07 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2020 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref name=RTE14Jan2016>{{cite journal|title=British actor Alan Rickman dies aged 69|journal=RTÉ.ie|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2016/0114/760145-british-actor-alan-rickman-has-dies-aged-69|author=Staff|date=14 January 2016|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115074654/http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2016/0114/760145-british-actor-alan-rickman-has-dies-aged-69/|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Guardian14Jan2016/>
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| | width = 30%|It shouldn't be a surprise that Alan Rickman is the only actor to make it onto this Greatest Villains list twice—he does bad deeds with such gusto. Legend has it he kept refusing the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham until it was agreed he could do whatever he liked with it—which, to Kevin Costner's rumoured chagrin, included stealing the whole damn show. Every sneer, every eye-roll, every flourish of splenetic exasperation is a joy to behold. Whether he's cancelling Christmas or cutting your heart out with a spoon, Rickman's crowd-pleasing pantomime villainy is downright heroic.
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| | source = —''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' on Rickman, ranking his portrayals of the [[Sheriff of Nottingham]] (number 14) and [[Hans Gruber (character)|Hans Gruber]] (number 4) on their list of the greatest villains.<ref>[https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movie-villains/ "Greatest Villains of All Time"]. ''Empire''. Retrieved 24 February 2019</ref>
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| Rickman was given the male lead, the Vicomte de Valmont, in the 1985 Royal Shakespeare Company production of [[Christopher Hampton]]'s adaptation of ''[[Les liaisons dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]'', directed by [[Howard Davies (director)|Howard Davies]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B0DE7DE1130F932A35756C0A961948260|title=Stage: Carnal abandon in ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses''|work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Rich|first=Frank|date=1 May 1987|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> After the RSC production transferred to the West End in 1986 and Broadway in 1987, Rickman received both a [[Tony Award]] nomination and a [[Drama Desk Award]] nomination for his performance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Katherine|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/alan-rickman-theater-actor_5697dc10e4b0778f46f872fa|title=Alan Rickman Was A Great Film Actor, But He Was A Master of Theater First|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=14 January 2016|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125902/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alan-rickman-theater-actor_5697dc10e4b0778f46f872fa|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| In 1988, Rickman played the antagonist [[Hans Gruber (character)|Hans Gruber]] in the action thriller ''[[Die Hard]]'' in what was his first feature film. Starring opposite [[Bruce Willis]], Rickman's portrayal earned him critical acclaim and a spot on the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]] list as the 46th best villain in film history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/handv.aspx |publisher=AFI.com |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains |access-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070507035737/http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/handv.aspx |archive-date=7 May 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rickman later revealed he almost did not take the role as he did not think ''Die Hard'' was the kind of film he wanted to make.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guru.bafta.org/alan-rickman-a-life-in-pictures-highlights|title=Alan Rickman: A Life in Pictures Highlights|website=BAFTA Guru|access-date=13 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226023636/http://guru.bafta.org/alan-rickman-a-life-in-pictures-highlights|archive-date=26 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ===1990s===
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| In 1990, he played the Australian Elliot Marston opposite Tom Selleck in ''[[Quigley Down Under]]'' (1990). The following year, Rickman was cast as the [[Sheriff of Nottingham]] in [[Kevin Reynolds (director)|Kevin Reynolds]]'s film adaptation of ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' (1991). In the film, Rickman acted opposite [[Kevin Costner]] and [[Morgan Freeman]]. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' proclaimed that while ''Robin Hood'' "left critics and movie goers underwhelmed, Rickman’s gleefully wicked villain became the summer’s most talked-about performance".<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/1991/08/09/alan-rickman-villain/|title= Alan Rickman: Villain|magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|accessdate= August 6, 2022}}</ref> For his performance he received the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]. Upon winning the award Rickman stated, "This will be a healthy reminder to me that subtlety isn't everything".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICdPZKc9bVY|title= Alan Rickman Wins Supporting Actor for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1992|website= Youtube|accessdate= August 6, 2022}}</ref> Despite gaining acclaim within the media for his ability to portray villainous roles in films<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/25/top10.britishvillains/ The Screening Room's Top 10 British Villains] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224183735/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/25/top10.britishvillains/ |date=24 February 2008 }}, CNN. Retrieved 14 January 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=McFerran |first1=Ann |title=Alan Rickman: Villain |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/08/09/alan-rickman-villain/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=21 October 2019 |date=9 August 1991}}</ref> Rickman took issue with being [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]] as a villain. During this decade he would portray a range of characters that would defy media perceptions.<ref name=ObitSMH>{{cite news|title=Alan Rickman, Obituary|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/alan-rickman-obituary-from-a-council-estate-childhood-to-hollywood-fame-20160115-gm6bea.html|access-date=15 January 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 January 2016}}</ref>
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| Rickman soon started to play leading roles such as the romantic lead of Jamie in the independent romance film ''[[Truly, Madly, Deeply]]'' (1991). The film directed by [[Anthony Minghella]] and starring Rickman and [[Juliet Stevenson]] proved to be a critical success. Rickman was nominated for another [[BAFTA Award]], and received the [[Evening Standard British Film Awards|Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor]] and the [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actor of the Year]]. Rickman was able to break out of the mold of the movie villain with critic [[Roger Ebert]] noting, "The man is Rickman, who you will look at on the screen, and know you have seen somewhere, and rattle your memory all during the movie without making the connection that he was the villain in "Die Hard."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/truly-madly-deeply-1991|title= Reviews: Truly Madly Deeply|website= Roger Ebert.com|accessdate= August 6, 2022}}</ref>
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| A few years later he was cast as [[Colonel Brandon]] in [[Ang Lee]]'s adaptation of [[Jane Austen]]'s [[Sense and Sensibility|novel]] ''[[Sense and Sensibility (film)|Sense and Sensibility]]'' (1995). The film also starred [[Emma Thompson]], [[Hugh Grant]], and [[Kate Winslet]]. Thompson noted that Rickman could express the "extraordinary sweetness [of] his nature," as he had played "Machiavellian types so effectively" in other films.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Emma |title=The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay & Diaries: Bringing Jane Austen's Novel to Film |date=1995 |publisher=Newmarket Press |isbn=978-1-55704-260-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOwmAQAAIAAJ |language=en |page=269}}</ref> For his performance, Rickman earned his third [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] nomination, and his first [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] nomination. The following year he portrayed [[Éamon de Valera]] in the [[Neil Jordan]] period drama, ''[[Michael Collins (film)|Michael Collins]]'' starring [[Liam Neeson]], [[Julia Roberts]], and [[Stephen Rea]]. Rickman earned his fourth [[BAFTA Award]] nomination. In 1996, Rickman starred as the "mad monk" [[Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin]] in the HBO television biopic ''[[Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny]]''. A role for which he won a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]], a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]], and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/alan-rickman|title=Alan Rickman|work=Television Academy|access-date=26 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017182543/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/alan-rickman|archive-date=17 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Rickman directed ''[[The Winter Guest]]'' at London's [[Almeida Theatre]] in 1995 and the film version of the same play, released in 1997, starring Emma Thompson and her real-life mother [[Phyllida Law]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Film: Em and Phyllida keep it in the family|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/film-em-and-phyllida-keep-it-in-the-family-1137560.html|work=The Independent|date=15 January 2015|access-date=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042053/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/film-em-and-phyllida-keep-it-in-the-family-1137560.html|archive-date=5 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Rickman's stage performances in the 1990s include ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' in 1998 as [[Mark Antony]], with <!-- Not a DBE/Dame until 2003. -->[[Helen Mirren]] as [[Cleopatra]], in the [[Royal National Theatre]]'s production at the [[Royal National Theatre#Olivier Theatre|Olivier Theatre]] in London, which ran from October to December 1998. Rickman appeared in ''[[Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings]]'' (2000), a [[BBC One]] Christmas special with [[Victoria Wood]], playing an aged colonel in the battle of Waterloo who is forced to break off his engagement to [[Honeysuckle Weeks]]' character.<ref>
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| During his career, Rickman played comedic roles, including as Sir Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus in the cult classic sci-fi parody ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' (1999) with [[Tim Allen]], [[Sigourney Weaver]], [[Sam Rockwell]], and [[Tony Shalhoub]]. Rockwell said that Rickman "was very instrumental in making sure the script hit the dramatic notes, and everything had a strong logic and reason behind it".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dreamworks-screwed-up-why-galaxy-quest-wasnt-a-bigger-hit-1264866| title = DreamWorks "Screwed Up": Why Cult Classic 'Galaxy Quest' Wasn't a Bigger Hit | first = Byron | last =Burton | date = December 24, 2019 | access-date = December 30, 2019 | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref> He also played the angel [[Metatron]], the voice of God, in [[Kevin Smith]]'s ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' (also 1999).<ref>{{cite news|title=''In the Beginning... The Story of Dogma''|author=Kevin Smith|date=October 25, 2000}}</ref>
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| ===2000s ===
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| In 2001, he first appeared as [[Severus Snape]], the potions master, in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''. His portrayal of the role throughout the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' series (2001–2011) was dark, but the character's motivations were not clear early on.<ref>{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Craig|url=http://www.today.com/id/19718440/ns/today-today_books/t/potters-foe-severus-snape-good-or-evil/|title=Is Potter's foe, Severus Snape, good or evil?|work=[[Today (U.S. TV program)|TODAY]]|date=16 July 2007|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128033414/http://www.today.com/id/19718440/ns/today-today_books/t/potters-foe-severus-snape-good-or-evil/|archive-date=28 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| In 2002, Rickman performed onstage in [[Noël Coward]]'s [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Private Lives]]''. After its successful run at the [[Albery Theatre]] in the West End it transferred to Broadway and ended in September 2002; he reunited with his ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' co-star [[Lindsay Duncan]] and director [[Howard Davies (director)|Howard Davies]] in the [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier]] and [[Tony Award]]-winning production.<ref>Brantley, Ben. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/theater/theater-review-take-hate-add-love-and-shake-tenderly-for-a-coward-cocktail.html "Theater Review; Take Hate, Add Love and Shake Tenderly for a Coward Cocktail"]. ''The New York Times'', 29 April 2002</ref>
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| With [[Katharine Viner]], Rickman compiled the play ''[[My Name Is Rachel Corrie]]'' and directed the premiere production at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] in London, which opened in April 2005. He won the Theatre Goers' Choice Awards for Best Director. Rickman befriended the Corrie family and earned their trust, and the show was warmly received.<ref name="Greenhouse2">{{cite news |last1=Greenhouse |first1=Abraham |title=Rachel Corrie's family pays tribute to Alan Rickman |url=https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/abraham-greenhouse/rachel-corries-family-pays-tribute-alan-rickman |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=The Electronic Intifada |date=18 January 2016}}</ref> But the next year, its original New York production was "postponed" over the possibility of boycotts and protests from those who saw it as "anti-Israeli [[Agitprop|agit-prop]]". Rickman denounced "censorship born out of fear". [[Tony Kushner]], [[Harold Pinter]] and [[Vanessa Redgrave]], among others, criticised the decision to indefinitely delay the show. The one-woman play was put on later that year at another theatre to mixed reviews, and has since been staged at venues around the world.<ref name=WPost>{{cite news|title=Alan Rickman, actor who brought dynamic menace to ''Die Hard'' and ''Harry Potter'', dies at 69|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/alan-rickman-actor-who-brought-dynamic-menace-to-die-hard-and-harry-potter-dies-at-69/2016/01/14/f94d1c8e-bac1-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=14 January 2016|access-date=14 January 2016|issn=0190-8286|language=en-US|first=Adam|last=Bernstein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114174322/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/alan-rickman-actor-who-brought-dynamic-menace-to-die-hard-and-harry-potter-dies-at-69/2016/01/14/f94d1c8e-bac1-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html|archive-date=14 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the adverse reaction from pro-Israel groups, overall, the film was very popular, especially in London. "I never imagined that the play would create such acute controversy," Rickman said. He added, "Many Jews supported it. The New York producer was Jewish and we held a discussion after every performance. Both Israelis and Palestinians participated in the discussions and there was no shouting in the theater. People simply listened to each other."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Michael |title=Alan Rickman, Renowned British Actor, Dies at 69 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/alan-rickman-dies-at-69-1.5390712 |newspaper=Haaretz |publisher=Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Norton">{{cite news |last1=Norton |first1=Ben |title=Remembering Alan Rickman's pro-Palestinian play about Rachel Corrie, American activist crushed by Israeli bulldozer |url=https://www.salon.com/2016/01/14/remembering_alan_rickmans_pro_palestinian_play_about_rachel_corrie_american_activist_crushed_by_israeli_bulldozer/ |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=Salon.com |date=14 January 2016}}</ref>
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| [[File:Alan Rickman by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Rickman at the 2007 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]]]
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| In 2003, Rickman starred in the ensemble Christmas-themed romantic comedy ''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003) as [[Emma Thompson]]'s character's foolish husband Harry. The film, written and directed by [[Richard Curtis]], has been called "a modern classic" by ''The Independent''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Love Actually: We now (finally) know what happened with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson's Harry and Karen |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/love-actually-we-finally-know-what-happened-alan-rickman-and-emma-thompson-s-harry-and-karen-a6771436.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013152606/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/love-actually-we-finally-know-what-happened-alan-rickman-and-emma-thompson-s-harry-and-karen-a6771436.html |archive-date=2020-10-13 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=8 October 2020 |newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> In 2005, he lent his voice to [[Marvin the Paranoid Android]] in science fiction comedy ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (2005) starring [[Martin Freeman]], [[Sam Rockwell]], and [[Zooey Deschanel]]. In 2007 he played the egotistical, Nobel Prize-winning father in the black comedy ''[[Nobel Son]]'' (2007).
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| In early 2005, ''[[My Name is Rachel Corrie]]'', a play composed from Corrie's journals and emails from Gaza and compiled by Rickman and journalist [[Katharine Viner]], in a production directed by Rickman, was presented in London and later revived in October 2005. The play was to be transferred to the [[New York Theatre Workshop]], but when it was postponed indefinitely, the British producers denounced the decision as censorship and withdrew the show. It finally opened [[Off-Broadway]] on 15 October 2006 for an initial run of 48 performances.
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| Rickman was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for his work as Dr. [[Alfred Blalock]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Something the Lord Made]]'' (2004). He also starred in the independent film ''[[Snow Cake]]'' (2006) with [[Sigourney Weaver]] and [[Carrie-Anne Moss]], and ''[[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)|Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]'' (also 2006), directed by [[Tom Tykwer]]. He appeared as [[Judge Turpin]] in the critically acclaimed [[Tim Burton]] film ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' (2007) alongside [[Johnny Depp]], and his ''Harry Potter'' co-stars [[Helena Bonham Carter]] and [[Timothy Spall]].<ref>{{cite news| last = Ebert| first = Roger| author-link = Roger Ebert| title = Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street| publisher = rogerebert.suntimes.com| date = 21 December 2007| url = http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071220/REVIEWS/712200305| access-date = 24 November 2020| archive-date = 3 October 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121003120512/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071220%2FREVIEWS%2F712200305| url-status = dead}}</ref>
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| In 2009, Rickman was awarded the [[James Joyce Award]] by [[University College Dublin]]'s [[Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)|Literary and Historical Society]].<ref name=RTE14Jan2016/> In October and November 2010, Rickman starred in the eponymous role in [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[John Gabriel Borkman]]'' at the [[Abbey Theatre]], Dublin alongside [[Lindsay Duncan]] and [[Fiona Shaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/1299|title=Abbey Theatre – Amharclann na Mainistreach|publisher=Abbeytheatre.ie|access-date=9 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112232/http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/1299|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[Irish Independent]]'' called Rickman's performance breathtaking.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/stars-set-stage-alight-in-ibsens-dark-tale-2383120.html|title=Stars set stage alight in Ibsen's dark tale|work=The Irish Independent|access-date=9 July 2011|date=17 October 2010}}</ref>
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| ===2010s===
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| [[File:Alan Rickman after Seminar (1).jpg|thumb|upright|Rickman at the [[John Golden Theatre]] in 2011]]
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| In 2010, he starred in the [[BBC]] television production ''[[The Song of Lunch]]'' alongside [[Emma Thompson]]. That same year he provided the voice of [[Caterpillar (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Absolem the Caterpillar]] in Tim Burton's film ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010).<ref name=GuardianObit>{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|title=Alan Rickman obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-obituary|date=14 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, UK|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114172132/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-obituary|archive-date=14 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Rickman again appeared as [[Severus Snape]] in the final instalment in the ''Harry Potter'' series, ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' (2011). Throughout the series, his portrayal of Snape garnered widespread critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Anita|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/8622336/Daniel-Radcliffe-Alan-Rickman-deserves-Oscar-nomination-for-Severus-Snape.html|title=Daniel Radcliffe: Alan Rickman deserves Oscar nomination for Severus Snape|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=7 July 2011|access-date=10 October 2013|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402073207/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/8622336/Daniel-Radcliffe-Alan-Rickman-deserves-Oscar-nomination-for-Severus-Snape.html|archive-date=2 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the <!-- No definite article. -->''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said Rickman "as always, makes the most lasting impression",<ref name="DH2-LATimes">{{cite news|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-harry-potter-20110714,0,4612921.story|title=Movie review: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2'|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|author-link=Kenneth Turan|date=13 July 2011|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812112617/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-harry-potter-20110714,0,4612921.story|archive-date=12 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> while [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine called Rickman "sublime at giving us a glimpse at last into the secret nurturing heart that{{nbsp}}... Snape masks with a sneer."<ref name="DH2-RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-20110713|title=Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2|last=Travers|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Travers|date=13 July 2011|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914075846/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-20110713|archive-date=14 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Media coverage characterised Rickman's performance as worthy of nomination for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name=Oscar>{{cite news|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/11/09/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-for-your-consideration-oscars-ad-launched/|title='Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' For Your Consideration Oscars Ad Launched|last=Schwartz|first=Terri|date=9 November 2011|publisher=[[MTV]]|access-date=10 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111095507/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/11/09/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-for-your-consideration-oscars-ad-launched/|archive-date=11 November 2011|url-status=live}}{{indent|3}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/harry-potter-alan-rickman-destined-oscar-nomination-645823|title=Harry Potter: Alan Rickman Destined for Oscar Nomination?|last=Lukac|first=Michael|date=15 July 2011|newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|access-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009162417/http://www.ibtimes.com/harry-potter-alan-rickman-destined-oscar-nomination-645823|archive-date=9 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> His last appearance as Snape saw him receive award nominations in 2011, including at the [[38th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]] and the [[2011 Scream Awards|Scream Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=7 September 2011 |title='Harry Potter,' 'X-Men: First Class' lead Scream Awards |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/09/07/harry-potter-x-men-first-class-lead-scream-awards/#/0 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=7 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013115504/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2011/09/07/harry-potter-x-men-first-class-lead-scream-awards/#/0 |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[File:Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman 2014 TIFF.png|thumb|left|Rickman and [[Kate Winslet]] at the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
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| In November 2011, Rickman opened in ''[[Seminar (play)|Seminar]]'', a new play by [[Theresa Rebeck]], at the [[John Golden Theatre]] on Broadway.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/theater/reviews/seminar-by-theresa-rebeck-with-alan-rickman-review.html|title=Shredding Egos, One Semicolon at a Time – 'Seminar' by Theresa Rebeck, a review|first=Ben|last=Brantley|work=The New York Times|date=20 November 2011|access-date=23 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124025354/http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/theater/reviews/seminar-by-theresa-rebeck-with-alan-rickman-review.html|archive-date=24 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Rickman, who left the production in April, won the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a Play<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/161907/alan-rickmans-broadwaycom-audience-choice-award-win-brings-back-memories-of-a-very-good-time-in-seminar|title=Alan Rickman's Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Win Brings Back Memories of a 'Very Good Time' in Seminar|first=Ben|last=Brantley|publisher=Broadway.com|date=15 May 2012|access-date=24 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618060228/http://www.broadway.com/buzz/161907/alan-rickmans-broadwaycom-audience-choice-award-win-brings-back-memories-of-a-very-good-time-in-seminar/|archive-date=18 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and was nominated for a [[Drama League Award]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/2012-Drama-League-Nominations-Announced-20120424|title=2012 Drama League Award Nominations Announced!|first=Ben|last=Brantley|publisher=Broadwayworld.com|date=24 April 2012|access-date=24 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426212948/http://broadwayworld.com/article/2012-Drama-League-Nominations-Announced-20120424|archive-date=26 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Rickman starred with [[Colin Firth]] and [[Cameron Diaz]] in ''[[Gambit (2012 film)|Gambit]]'' (2012) by [[Michael Hoffman (director)|Michael Hoffman]], a remake of the [[Gambit (1966 film)|1966 film]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/movies/gambit-stars-colin-firth-and-cameron-diaz.html|title=A Caper by the Coens, With a Fake Monet|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211200502/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/movies/gambit-stars-colin-firth-and-cameron-diaz.html|archive-date=11 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, he played [[Hilly Kristal]], the founder of the East Village punk-rock club [[CBGB]], in the [[CBGB (film)|''CBGB'' film]] with [[Rupert Grint]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/alan-rickman-to-play-cbgb-founder-in-biopic|editor=The New York Times|title=Alan Rickman to Play CBGB Founder in Biopic|date=12 September 2012|first=Borys|last=Kit|access-date=12 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831083120/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/alan-rickman-to-play-cbgb-founder-in-biopic/|archive-date=31 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| In 2014, he directed and starred in the costume drama film, ''[[A Little Chaos]]'' starring [[Kate Winslet]], [[Jennifer Ehle]], and [[Stanley Tucci]]. The film premiered at the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]]. The film received mixed reviews with its critics consensus reading, "Stylish and well-acted without ever living up to its dramatic potential, ''A Little Chaos'' is shouldered by the impressive efforts of a talented cast."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_little_chaos|title= A Little Chaos (2015)|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=November 21, 2020}}</ref> The following year he starred in [[Gavin Hood]]'s ''[[Eye in the Sky (2015 film)|Eye in the Sky]]'' (2015) starring [[Helen Mirren]], [[Aaron Paul]], and [[Barkhad Abdi]]. This would be Rickman's final onscreen performance. The film debuted at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]] to great acclaim, receiving a [[Rotten Tomatoes]] score of 95%, based on 175 critics, with the consensus being, "As taut as it is timely, ''Eye in the Sky'' offers a powerfully acted – and unusually cerebral – spin on the modern wartime political thriller."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye_in_the_sky|title= Eye in the Sky (2015)|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date= 21 November 2020}}</ref>
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| ==Reception and public image==
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| [[File:Alan Rickman BAM 2011-01-11 n1.jpg|thumb|Rickman posing for a fan after a performance of ''[[John Gabriel Borkman]]'' in 2011]]
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| Rickman was chosen by ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (No. 34) in 1995 and ranked No. 59 in ''Empire''{{'s}} "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in October 1997. In 2009 and 2010, he was ranked once again as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars by ''Empire'', both times placing No. 8 out of the 50 actors chosen. He was elected to the council of the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) in 1993; he was subsequently RADA's vice-chairman and a member of its artistic advisory and training committees and development board.<ref name=RADA14Jan2016>{{cite web|title=Alan Rickman, 1946–2016|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/news-and-press/1819|author=Staff|date=14 January 2016|website=[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213129/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/news-and-press/1819|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Rickman was voted No. 19 in ''Empire'' magazine's Greatest Living Movie Stars over the age of 50 and was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Play); in 1987 for ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' and in 2002 for a revival of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''Private Lives''. ''[[The Guardian]]'' named Rickman as an "honourable mention" in a list of the best actors never to have received an [[Academy Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|title=Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 February 2009|location=London, UK|first=Leigh|last=Singer|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927230950/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Two researchers, a linguist and a sound engineer, found "the perfect [male] voice" to be a combination of Rickman's and [[Jeremy Irons]]' voices based on a sample of 50 voices.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426923.stm|title=Formula 'secret of perfect voice'|work=BBC News|date=30 May 2008|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731143134/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426923.stm|archive-date=31 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The BBC states that Rickman's "[[Wiktionary:sonorous#Adjective|sonorous]], languid voice was his calling card—making even throwaway lines of dialogue sound thought-out and authoritative."<ref>{{cite news |title=A Tribute to Alan Rickman, beloved actor and director |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/ames247/a-tribute-to-alan-rickman-beloved-actor-and-director/article_6c4cf3b8-bb20-11e5-b485-a7babf2f229d.html |access-date=10 March 2020 |work=Iowa State Daily}}</ref> In their vocal range exercises in studying for a [[GCSE]] in drama, he was singled out by the BBC for his "excellent diction and articulation".<ref>{{cite news |title=Using your voice |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3c2yrd/revision/3 |access-date=10 March 2020 |agency=BBC}}</ref>
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| Rickman is featured in several musical works, including a song composed by [[Adam Leonard (singer-songwriter)|Adam Leonard]] entitled "Not Alan Rickman".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themessagetapes.wordpress.com/how-music-soundss/albums/leonardism-2007|title=Leonardism (2007)|publisher=Themessagetapes.com (Adam Leonard's website)|access-date=12 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211181009/http://themessagetapes.wordpress.com/how-music-soundss/albums/leonardism-2007/|archive-date=11 February 2011|url-status=live|date=12 October 2010}}</ref> Credited as 'A Strolling Player' in the sleeve notes, the actor played a "Master of Ceremonies" part, announcing the various instruments at the end of the first part of [[Mike Oldfield]]'s ''[[Tubular Bells II]]'' (1992) on the track "The Bell".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tubular.net/discography/TubularBellsII.shtml|title=''Tubular Bells II''|publisher=Tubular.net|access-date=12 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511210147/http://tubular.net/discography/TubularBellsII.shtml|archive-date=11 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rickman was one of the many artists who recited Shakespearian [[sonnet]]s on the album ''[[When Love Speaks]]'' (2002), and also featured prominently in a music video by Scottish rock band [[Texas (band)|Texas]] entitled "[[In Demand (Texas song)|In Demand]]", which premiered on MTV Europe in August 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/alan-rickman/biography/2?page=7|title=Biography of Alan Rickman|publisher=Dominic Wills/Talktalk.co.uk|access-date=12 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011050408/http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/alan-rickman/biography/2?page=7|archive-date=11 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ==Personal life==
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| [[File:AlanRickmanDec2009.jpg|thumb|upright|Rickman at a Hudson Union Society event in 2009]]
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| In 1962 at age 16, Rickman met 15 year-old [[Rima Horton]], who became his partner in the early 1970s and would later be a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] councillor on [[Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council]] (1986–2006) and an economics lecturer at [[Kingston University]].<ref>Madly, Deeply : the Alan Rickman Diaries, introduction</ref><ref name="guardian-death"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://living.scotsman.com/features/A-man-for-all-seasons.2796621.jp|title=A man for all seasons|work=[[The Scotsman]]|location=Edinburgh|first=Jackie|last=McGlone|date=31 July 2006|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309151551/http://living.scotsman.com/features/A-man-for-all-seasons.2796621.jp|archive-date=9 March 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Rickman confirmed that they had married in a private ceremony in New York City in 2012. They lived together from 1977 until Rickman's death. The two had no children.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chiu|first=Melody|url=http://www.people.com/article/alan-rickman-married-rima-horton|title=Alan Rickman and Longtime Love Rima Horton Secretly Wed 3 Years Ago|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=23 April 2015|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114133827/http://www.people.com/article/alan-rickman-married-rima-horton|archive-date=14 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Rickman was the godfather of fellow actor [[Tom Burke (actor)|Tom Burke]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Amer|first=Matthew |url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/backstage-pass/article/item149086/my-place-tom-burke/|title=My place: Tom Burke|website=Official London Theatre|date=26 July 2012|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223061037/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/backstage-pass/article/item149086/my-place-tom-burke/|archive-date=23 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Rickman's brother Michael is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] district councillor in Leicestershire.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cmis.harborough.gov.uk/cmis5/Councillors/tabid/62/ctl/ViewCMIS_Person/mid/480/id/2152/ScreenMode/Ward/Default.aspx |title=Councillor Michael Rickman |publisher=[[Harborough District Council]]}}</ref>
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| Rickman was an active patron of the research foundation Saving Faces<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://www.savingfaces.co.uk/news-media/latest-news/590-alan-rickman-14-jan|title=Farewell to our wonderful patron, Alan Rickman|website=Saving Faces|date=14 January 2016|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124091509/http://www.savingfaces.co.uk/news-media/latest-news/590-alan-rickman-14-jan|archive-date=24 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and honorary president of the International Performers' Aid Trust, a charity that works to fight poverty amongst performing artists all over the world.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rickman|first=Alan|url=http://ipat.org.uk/trustees/a-message-from-the-president/|title=A message from the President|website=IPAT|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226092138/http://ipat.org.uk/trustees/a-message-from-the-president/|archive-date=26 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| When discussing politics, Rickman said he "was born a card-carrying member of the Labour Party."<ref name=Guardian14Jan2016>{{cite news|last=Shoard|first=Catherine|title=Alan Rickman, giant of British screen and stage, dies at 70|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-giant-of-british-film-and-theatre-dies-at-70| date=14 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> His last recorded work prior to his death was for a short video to help [[Oxford University]] students raise funds and awareness of the [[refugee crisis]] for [[Save the Children]] and [[Refugee Council]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saul |first1=Heather |title=Alan Rickman was helping students raise money for refugees just weeks before his death |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-was-helping-students-raise-money-for-refugees-just-weeks-before-his-death-a6812821.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115044651/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-was-helping-students-raise-money-for-refugees-just-weeks-before-his-death-a6812821.html |archive-date=2016-01-15 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |website=Independent |date=14 January 2016 |publisher=Independent |access-date=6 August 2020}}</ref> According to his diaries, Rickman declined a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 2008.<ref name="Alan Rickman’s secret showbiz diaries">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/24/alan-rickmans-secret-showbiz-diaries-harry-potter |title=Alan Rickman's secret showbiz diaries: the late actor on Harry Potter, politics and what he really thought of his co-stars |website=The Guardian |publisher=the Guardian Media Group |access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref>
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| Rickman was political until his last days. His last onscreen performance was with [[Helen Mirren]] in the drama ''[[Eye in the Sky (2015 film)|Eye in the Sky]]'', which he had described as "a film about the moral responsibilities governments face regarding the use of drones." In 2003, after reading published emails by [[Rachel Corrie]], a US [[activism|activist]] who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], he was motivated to produce ''My Name Is Rachel Corrie'' which was well received and popular in London.<ref name="Norton" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Jeff |title=Alan Rickman on Harry Potter, Louis XIV and Alice in Wonderland |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2015/06/alan_rickman_on_harry_potter_l.html |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=The Oregonian |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=26 Jun 2015}}</ref>
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| ==Illness and death==
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| In August 2015, Rickman had a [[Transient ischemic attack|minor stroke]], which led to the diagnosis of [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref name="pancreatic_cancer"/> He revealed that he had [[terminal cancer]] to only his closest confidants.<!-- Note: Friedman uses unnamed "sources." His reputation seems strong. --> On 14 January 2016, he died in London at the age of 69.<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|last2=Rogers|first2=Katie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/obituaries/alan-rickman-dies-at-69.html|title=Alan Rickman, Watchable Villain in ''Harry Potter'' and ''Die Hard'', Dies at 69|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 January 2016|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214034738/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/obituaries/alan-rickman-dies-at-69.html|archive-date=14 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> His remains were cremated on 3 February 2016 in the West London Crematorium in [[Kensal Green]]. His ashes were given to his wife [[Rima Horton]]. His final two films, ''[[Eye in the Sky (2015 film)|Eye in the Sky]]'' and ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'', were dedicated to his memory, as was ''[[The Limehouse Golem]]'', which would have been his next project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/limehouse-golem-tiff-2016-stephen-926918/|title=Toronto: Producer Stephen Woolley Talks Dedicating 'Limehouse Golem' to Alan Rickman|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Alex|last=Ritman|date=9 September 2016|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
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| ==Legacy==
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| Soon after his death, his fans created a memorial underneath the "[[Platform 9¾]]" sign at [[London King's Cross railway station]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gettell|first=Oliver|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/01/14/alan-rickman-dies-harry-potter-tribute-platform-9-34|title=Harry Potter fans honor Alan Rickman at Platform 9¾|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=14 January 2016|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115081416/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/14/alan-rickman-dies-harry-potter-tribute-platform-9-34|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> His death has been compared to [[Death of David Bowie|that of David Bowie]], a fellow British cultural figure who died at the same age as Rickman four days earlier; like Rickman, Bowie died of cancer and kept his cancer diagnosis from the public.<ref>{{cite news|last=Forrester|first=Katy|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/alan-rickman-died-same-age-7179574|title=Alan Rickman died at the same age as Bowie at 69 also after battle with cancer|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=14 January 2016|access-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227062802/http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/alan-rickman-died-same-age-7179574|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/15/david-bowie-and-alan-rickman-shared-this-one-profoundly-simple-gift/|title=David Bowie and Alan Rickman shared this one profoundly simple gift|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=15 January 2016|access-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817171133/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/01/15/david-bowie-and-alan-rickman-shared-this-one-profoundly-simple-gift/|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Tributes from Rickman's co-stars and contemporaries appeared on social media following the announcement. Since his cancer was not publicly known, some—like [[Ralph Fiennes]], who "cannot believe he is gone", and [[Jason Isaacs]], who was "sidestepped by the awful news"—expressed their surprise.<ref name="guardian-death"/> Sir [[Michael Gambon]] told [[BBC Radio 4]] he was a "great friend" and "a real man of the theatre and the stage".<ref>{{cite news|title=Alan Rickman dead: Emma Thompson, Sir Michael Gambon and Stephen Fry lead tributes to actor|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-dead-stephen-fry-jeremy-corbyn-and-eddie-izzard-lead-tributes-actor-who-died-aged-69-a6812081.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108115311/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/alan-rickman-dead-stephen-fry-jeremy-corbyn-and-eddie-izzard-lead-tributes-actor-who-died-aged-69-a6812081.html |archive-date=2020-11-08 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=19 November 2020|work=The Independent}}</ref> At a [[West End theatre|West End]] performance of the play that made him a star (''Les Liaisons Dangereuses''), he was remembered as "a great man of the British theatre".<ref>{{cite news|title=West End stars pay tribute to 'great' Alan Rickman at play that forged his movie career|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/west-end-stars-pay-tribute-to-great-alan-rickman-at-play-that-forged-his-movie-career-a3157541.html |access-date=8 March 2020|work=London Evening Standard}}</ref>
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| ''Harry Potter'' creator [[J. K. Rowling]] called Rickman "a magnificent actor and a wonderful man." [[Emma Watson]] wrote, "I feel so lucky to have worked and spent time with such a special man and actor. I'll really miss our conversations." [[Daniel Radcliffe]] appreciated his loyalty and support: "I'm pretty sure he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in Britain and America. He didn't have to do that."<ref name=CBS>{{cite news|last=Park|first=Andrea|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stars-mourn-alan-rickman-on-social-media/|title=Stars mourn Alan Rickman on social media|work=[[CBS News]]|date=14 January 2016|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117072351/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stars-mourn-alan-rickman-on-social-media/|archive-date=17 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Evanna Lynch]] said it was scary to bump into Rickman in character as Snape, but "he was so kind and generous in the moments he wasn't Snaping about."<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Lynch, Evanna|user=Evy_Lynch|number=687688221493362688|date=14 January 2016|title=I'll also never forget how scary it was to accidentally bump into him as Snape ...|access-date=14 January 2016}}{{indent|3}}{{cite tweet|author=Lynch, Evanna|user=Evy_Lynch|number=687687504447709184|date=14 January 2016|title=Am not prepared for a world without Alan Rickman ...|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><!-- Lynch's confirmed account; non-controversial. --> [[Rupert Grint]] said, "even though he has gone I will always hear his voice."<ref name="guardian-death">{{cite news|last1=Shoard|first1=Catherine|last2=Spencer|first2=Liese|last3=Wiegand|first3=Chris|last4=Groves|first4=Nancy|last5=Beaumont-Thomas|first5=Ben|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-death-movies-actor-harry-potter-snape|title='We are all so devastated': acting world pays tribute to Alan Rickman|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date=14 January 2016|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114194326/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-death-movies-actor-harry-potter-snape|archive-date=14 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Johnny Depp]], who co-starred with Rickman in [[List of frequent Tim Burton collaborators|two Tim Burton films]], commented, "That voice, that persona. There's hardly anyone unique anymore. He was unique."<ref>{{cite news |title=Depp Pays Tribute To 'Unique Talent' Rickman |url=https://news.sky.com/story/depp-pays-tribute-to-unique-talent-rickman-10277293 |access-date=18 March 2020 |agency=MSN}}</ref>
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| [[Kate Winslet]], who gave a tearful tribute at the [[London Film Critics' Circle Awards]], remembered Rickman as warm and generous,<ref>{{cite news|last=Shahrestani|first=Vin|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12105861/Kate-Winslet-tearfully-remembers-Alan-Rickman-at-awards.html|title=Kate Winslet tearfully remembers Alan Rickman at awards|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=18 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121210418/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12105861/Kate-Winslet-tearfully-remembers-Alan-Rickman-at-awards.html|archive-date=21 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> adding, "And that voice! Oh, that voice." Dame [[Helen Mirren]] said his voice "could suggest honey or a hidden stiletto blade".<ref name="guardian-death"/><!-- Cites previous 2 sentences. --> [[Emma Thompson]] remembered "the intransigence which made him the great artist he was—his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me{{nbsp}}... I learned a lot from him."<ref name=CBS/> [[Colin Firth]] told ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' that, as an actor, Rickman had been a mentor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Westbrook|first=Caroline|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/20/colin-firth-pays-touching-tribute-to-alan-rickman-saying-he-was-in-awe-of-the-actor-5634428/|title=Colin Firth pays touching tribute to Alan Rickman, saying he was 'in awe' of the actor|website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=20 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122230756/http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/20/colin-firth-pays-touching-tribute-to-alan-rickman-saying-he-was-in-awe-of-the-actor-5634428/|archive-date=22 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[John McTiernan]], director of ''[[Die Hard]]'', said Rickman was the antithesis of the villainous roles for which he was most famous on screen.<ref>{{cite news|last=McTiernan|first=John|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/die-hard-director-john-mctiernan-857256|title=''Die Hard'' Director John McTiernan on Alan Rickman: 'He Had a Gift for Playing Terrifying People'|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=19 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123061426/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/die-hard-director-john-mctiernan-857256|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Sir [[Ian McKellen]] wrote, "behind [Rickman's] mournful face, which was just as beautiful when wracked with mirth, there was a super-active spirit, questing and achieving, a super-hero, unassuming but deadly effective."<ref name=CBS/> Writer/director [[Kevin Smith]] told a tearful 10-minute story about Rickman on his ''Hollywood Babble On'' podcast. Rickman's family offered their thanks "for the messages of condolence".<ref name=family>{{cite web|last=Innes|first=Sheila|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thanks-tributes-sheila-innes|title=Thanks for the tributes|website=[[LinkedIn]] (Sheila Innes)|date=5 January 2016|access-date=28 July 2016}}{{indent|3}}{{cite news|last=Owen|first=David W.|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Brother-left-broken-actor-Alan-Rickman-s-death/story-28534977-detail/story.html|title=Brother is left 'broken' by Alan Rickman's death|work=[[Leicester Mercury]]|date=15 January 2016|access-date=5 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319213721/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Brother-left-broken-actor-Alan-Rickman-s-death/story-28534977-detail/story.html|archive-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>
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| An edited collection of Rickman's diaries from 1993 to 2015 were published in 2022 under the title ''Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries''.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/madly-deeply-the-alan-rickman-diaries-edited-by-alan-taylor-review-mc6v09t26|title = Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries review — witty, withering and sardonic|last = Maxwell|first = Dominic|newspaper = [[The Times]]|date = 8 October 2022|accessdate = 8 October 2022|url-access = subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/alan-rickman-diaries-snape-harry-potter-1235382970/|title=Alan Rickman’s Journals Reveal Why the ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Decided to Continue Playing Snape: ‘See It Through. It’s Your Story.’|website=Variety|last=Bell|first=BreAnna|access-date=25 September 2022|date=25 September 2022}}</ref>
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