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Although often cited as being a master of playing villains, Rickman actually played a wide variety of characters, such as the romantic cello-playing ghost Jamie in Anthony Minghella's Truly Madly Deeply (1990) and the noble Colonel Brandon of Розум і почуття (1995). His take on the urbane villain set the standard for screen villains for decades to come. Denied the role in the film version of the show, Rickman instead made his first film appearance opposite Bruce Willis in Міцний горішок (1988) as the villainous Hans Gruber. In 1987, he first came to the attention of American audiences as the Vicomte de Valmont in "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" on Broadway (he was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in the role). At the relatively late age of 26, Rickman received a scholarship to RADA, which started a professional acting career that has lasted nearly 40 years, a career which has spanned stage, screen and television, and overlapped into directing, as well.

He opened a successful graphic design business, Graphiti, with friends and managed it for several years before his love of theatre led him to seek an audition with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). After three years at Chelsea College, Rickman did graduate studies at the Royal College of Art. He studied Graphic Design at Chelsea College of Art and Design, where he met Rima Horton, who would later become his longtime partner. He attended Latymer Upper School on a scholarship.

When Alan was 8 years old, his father died. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). 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.