Biography of Alan Rickman

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. The parents of the future famous actor also possessed talents-the father, although he worked at the factory, was a good artist, the housewife sang perfectly. The family was rather poor. In addition to Alan, three more children were growing up at the couple of Ricmans: the senior David G. Alan Rickman in his school years adhered to strict principles of education, where, as Alan claimed, "children should be visible, but not audible." And certainly, none of the closest relatives in particular encouraged his interest in the theater.

Alan subsequently assured that his talent is “just an accident”. However, the actor always emphasized that his parents were wonderful people, and he received their care and support in full. In the year, the father of Alan died of cancer. At that time, the boy was only eight years old, and the rest of the children - nine, seven and five. The death of the only breadwinner was a great shock for the whole family.

Young Alan Ricman Alan was shocked by the loss of her beloved father, but the extreme affection for his mother did not allow him to plunge into long despondency. The boy tried his best to remove the cargo of worries from her shoulders, helping around the house and without delivering excessive trouble to her. Alan also diligently settled for textbooks, trying to be the best student in the classroom.

Soon, perseverance was fruit: he received a scholarship in the elite London school "Latimer". There, the boy first became interested in the drama and appeared on the stage in the school production. Then followed countless similar school performances. In the year, after one of these amateur performances, the summer Rickman played a role in the Caucasian Circle of Mela, his creative mentor Tirner Glin said: "Alan, your voice is a guide to further life." Even then, the whole environment of Rikman was sure that he was an actor from God.

What was the surprise of relatives when, after school, Alan with the words “dramatic art does not seem to me a practical choice” entered the college of arts and design in Chelsea. After graduating from college, Rikman, along with his friends, founded a design bureau in Soho. This could not be called a successful enterprise: although Alan assured that he “spent the time of time”, the business did not bring any special money to his creators.

Alan Rickman finished the college of arts and design Rikman more and more drawn to that first children's dream - a professional scene. As a result, in the year, summer Alan decided to go to study again. This time to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He was accepted the first time. Moreover, Alan became a brilliant student who received a royal scholarship. Alan Rikman played in the plays on Ibsen, Brecht and Shakespeare, however, after graduating from the academy, the quarry did not go uphill.

Rikman had to go through the whole of England, playing in the plays of Ibsen, Brecht and Shakespeare. In the year, he visited the Soviet Union with the play “The Brothers Karamazovs”. Alan Rikman grabbed at any work and honed his skill for many years. And so, the first victory is the role of Valmont in the play “Dangerous Relations” of Shorelo de Lacco, where he gained an unconditional success of the English public.

The audience fell in love with him so much that they began to buy up a posters with the image of Ricman in advance. So for the first time in the history of London, posters to the performance became an additional source of income for the theater. The actor became an American theater star. He was noticed by producer Joel Silver, offering him a movie in the fighter "Strong Nut".

The heyday of his career is precisely the “strong nuts” - the film of the year of the director John Mactirnan, telling the terrorists who captured the plane, made Alan Rickman with the Hollywood star of the first size. Alan Rikman in the film “Strong Nut” before the filming began, Alan doubted: he was already 42, and he was just going to debut in a big movie. In addition, the main partner in the site is Bruce Willis himself.

Rikman was to perform in the image of the main villain, with which he, by the way, coped brilliantly. True, then he complained for a long time, they say, he completed his work almost “for a dead”. According to Rickman, Willis had a fee of about $ 7 million so high. Glory went to Rickman along with the label “that bad guy” but in the long run Ricman nevertheless threw the jackpot: “Strong nuts” instantly became a classic of the genre and critics argued for quite some time, whose role was played better-the good guy Bruce or his enemy Alan.

The actor subsequently sadly joked sadly that Glory went to him along with the label "that bad guy." Nevertheless, further offers were not long in coming. And already in the year he starred in several ribbons at once: the “Country in the closet” thriller, the romantic story “Truly, Mad, Deep”, the melodrama “Close my eyes”. Alan Rikman in the film “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” is true that the audience and film critics were most interested in only one of his works of that year “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” directed by Kevin Reynolds, where Rickman got the role of an embittered sheriff.

For the sympathy of the public in this story, Alan had to compete with Kevin Konner himself in the image of Robin Hood.In the year, Rikman finally created the image of the positive hero “Reason and Feeling” in the year Rikman finally created the image of a positive hero in the film adaptation of the novel “Reason and Feeling”. To convince the producers that the actor would look in the picture organically was the author of the script and friend of Alan Emma Thompson.

Subsequently, some critics even considered that Ricman came out too “good” character. But fans of this opinion were not divided, and the actor was nominated for the BAFTA Award in the category for the best second -plan role. They noted the title game of Rikman in the film "Rasputin", where he talentedly expressed the image of the Russian rebel and historically and spoom personality.

Alan Ricman receives the Golden Globe in the same year Alan tried herself as a director, setting a play based on the play by Sharman McDonald “Winter Guest”. The debut did not go unnoticed: the tape received two prizes of the Venice Film Festival. Alan Rikman and Emma Thompson with regard to the acting career, dozens of brilliant roles continued to accumulate on the account of Alan Rickman.

Joan Rowling personally invited Severus, Sngg Rikman in the year, a new creative era began for the actor: he signed a contract for the role of Severus Snegg, Dean of the Slytherin Faculty in a series of films about the Harry Potter boy. He received an invitation to this role from Joan Rowling, the author of a series of romance of the same name. Joan was sure that she simply could not find a more magnificent candidate.

A frame from Potteriana, if, until the first film about the first film about the boy Harry Ricman, he was an extremely popular actor, then after him he became a cult. However, all of them have repeatedly emphasized how important it was to cooperate on the set with Alan Rickman. The actors of Potteriana about Alan Ricman, unlike his villain, was invariably restrained, polite and never skimp on good advice to beginners.

The film was appreciated by both devoted fans of Ricman's work and numerous film critics. In the year, Alan Rikman pleased fans with his participation in the film “CBGB Club” by the way, in addition to the undoubted acting, Rikman owned another natural gift - an unusual, velvet, low timbre of voice, as well as ideal English pronunciation. No wonder in the film industry he was given the nickname The Voice Voice.

Alan was often invited to voice animated and films. One of the last cartoons he voiced was Alice in Wonderlands in the interpretation of Tim Berton, where he worked as a “voice” of the famous caterpillar Absolem. The voice of Alan Rickman in the cartoon “Alice in Wonderland” was released in the year the last film with the participation of the famous Ricman voice “Alice in Zadrovsovka”, which is a continuation of the film “Alice in Wonderland”.

In this film, Alan Rikman again voiced Absolem only not a caterpillar, but a butterfly resulting from it. The personal life of Alan Ricman Alan Ricman was often called "the last Hollywood one -man." The actor met his future and only wife Rome in the year when he was 19 and she was 18 years old. A random meeting gradually grew into love, which warmed the couple of their whole life together, namely 51 years.

Rickman met his future and only wife Rome in the year of Rome and remains a woman of liberal views. In her youth, she ran for parliament as a candidate from the Labor Party. As a life calling, she chose the teaching of the economy. Alan Rikman and his wife the couple always lived very closed, Ricman did not like to go into details of his personal life. They legalized their relationship only in the year after 47 years of acquaintance.

Alan commented on the wedding as follows: "It was wonderful because there were no guests." The couple also did not get children. This decision once made Rome, the actor supported her: "The fact that I have no children gives me scope for work." The disease and death in the year, a few months after the wedding of Rome and Alan learned that the actor was seriously ill.

Doctors diagnosed his cancer, pancreatic cancer. The forecasts were disappointing. Alan Rickman died on January 14. The memorial service on the actor took place two weeks later in the Church of St. Paul "Church of Actors" in London. The service was attended only by close people and the family. Alan Rickman: Latest news and articles.