Alan Rickman

Born

February 21, 1946

Died

January 14, 2016 (aged 69)

Known as

television actor, film actor, voice actor, character actor, film director, film producer

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was an English actor. He was renowned for his stage and screen roles and for his deep and distinctive voice. He received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and an Actor Award, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2009, The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Rickman died of pancreatic cancer on 14 January 2016, at the age of 69.

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