![]() ![]() He met his partner Rima Horton, a local politician and an economics lecturer, in 1965 and they married in a private ceremony in New York in 2012. "Parts win prizes, not actors," he told US television network IFC in 2008. Though he never won an Oscar, Rickman did not view it as a snub. In 1995, he was chosen by Empire film magazine as the 34th sexiest star in film history. Rickman played the romantic leads in the British films Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991) and Sense And Sensibility (1994).īut it was his intimidating portrayal of villains that made his mark on Hollywood. ![]() He paid tribute to an "original" actor with "forensic intelligence, precision and brilliant comic timing". Playing the Vicomte de Valmont, "he created a scintillating, stylish danger which became a hallmark in a career as varied and distinguished as any actor would wish," said RSC artistic director Gregory Doran. It transferred to Broadway, where he received a Tony Award nomination. In 1985 he played the original lead male role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. In between his turns as Snape, he starred in the Christmas-themed romantic comedy movie Love Actually and voiced Absolem the Caterpillar in Alice In Wonderland.īorn in Acton, west London, on Feb 21, 1946, Rickman won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the relatively late age of 26. "He was a magnificent actor and a wonderful man. Rowling said she was "shocked and devastated" to hear of his death. But he gained legions of younger fans with his portrayal of the largely malicious teacher Severus Snape in all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011.
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