| Biogarfia annuale con lavori fatti
(Prometto che appena riesco metto un po' di foto dei vari lavori teatrali/TV/Film. Nel frattempo quelle dei suoi film le potete trovare QUI e presto troverete anche quelle dei lavori teatrali)
1946
Born February 21st, 1946 in London's Hammersmith district (Welsh mother and Irish father).
He is the second of four children. He has an older brother, a younger brother and a younger sister. As a child he was bright and artistic, capable of exellent calligraphy and watercolour painting.
1951
In age of 5 years, Alan made his theatrical debut on December 12th, in the Nativity play at his infants school in Acton
1954
Father, who was a painter and decorator, died in cancer, leaving behind Alan, his mother and 3 siblings. Alan was only 8 years old.
1957
In age of 11, Alan Rickman won a scholarship to West London's Latymer Upper (a private school in Hammersmith). There he gained the lifelong friendship and patronage of his English teacher, Colin Turner, who encouraged him - and other Latymer alumni such as Hugh Grant, Mel Smith and Christopher Guard - to pursue a theatrical career.
Turner was a key influence on the formation of Rickman's artistic sensibility. Some school friends say that Turner's voice and mannerisms are echoed in Rickman's acting style.
STAGE Coriolanus (Latymer Upper School, as Volumnia)
1962
Alan was now 16 years old
STAGE Sgt Musgrave's Dance (Latymer Upper School, as Annie the barmaid)
1963
STAGE Caucasian Chalk Circle (Latymer Upper School, as Grusha)
STAGE Knight of the Burning Pestle (Latymer Upper School, as Humphrey)
STAGE Ali Baba & The 7 Dwarves (Latymer Upper School, as Sixth Wife of Ali Baba)
1964
STAGE Portrait of Scythop (Latymer Upper School)
STAGE Cloud Over the Morning (Latymer Upper School, as Grikos)
STAGE The Alchemist (Latymer Upper School, as Sir Epicure Mammon)
1965
At the age of 19, Alan met Rima Horton, a politician and his partner today. They founded an amateur troupe called the Brook Green Players.
STAGE Night Must Fall (Brook Green Players (amateur), as Danny, Rima played Dora, the maid)
1966
STAGE The Borgia Orgy (Court Drama Group (amateur), 1966-1972)
STAGE The Hostage (Court Drama Group (amateur), 1966-1972)
STAGE Romeo and Juliet (Court Drama Group (amateur), 1966-1972, as Romeo)
STAGE Measure for Measure (Court Drama Group (amateur), 1966-1972)
STAGE View from the Bridge (Court Drama Group (amateur), 1966-1972)
1967
At the age of 21, Alan graduated from Chelsea College of Art
1968
After graduation, Alan worked in various graphic design jobs, and founded eventually own company (Graphiti) with his friends.
They designed LP sleeves, book jackets and a subversive left-wing free-sheet with the misleadingly conventional title of the Notting Hill Herald. They had a studio in Berwick Street, in the heart of Soho.
1972
At the age of 26, Alan got a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, supported himself by working as a dresser for Sir Ralph Richardson.
While staying in RADA he won the Emile Litter Prize, the Forbes Robertson Prize, and the Bancroft Gold Medal.
STAGE July, Backbone (Court Drama Group (amateur), as Malcolm Levin, Rima played Tania Forbes)
1973
STAGE Uncle Vanya (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) - Vanburgh Theatre Club, as Vanya)
STAGE Ghosts (RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club, as Pastor Manders)
STAGE Lower Depths (RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club, as Krivoy Zob, 1973-1974)
1974
Alan was now 28 years old and finished RADA training
STAGE Little Mary Sunshine (RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club, as Capt Warrington)
STAGE Man and Superman (RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club, as Roebuck Ramsden)
STAGE Measure for Measure (RADA - Vanburgh Theatre Club, as Angelo)
STAGE Babes in the Woods (Library Theatre Company, Manchester, as Chorus, 1974-1975)
STAGE Lock Up Your Daughters (Library Theatre Company, Manchester, as Dabble)
1975
STAGE There's A Girl In My Soup (Library Theatre Company, Manchester, as Andrew Hunter)
STAGE Saint Joan (Library Theatre Company, Manchester, as The Inquisitor and The Constable of France
and Asst. Stage Manager)
STAGE You see the Thing Is (Library Theatre Company, Manchester)
STAGE Archives (Library Theatre Company, Manchester)
STAGE The 36 24 36 Show (Haymarket Theatre Leicester, as co-writer)
STAGE Romeo and Juliet (Haymarket Theatre Leicester, as Paris)
STAGE Guys and Dolls (Haymarket Theatre Leicester, as a pickpocket and liverlips Louie)
STAGE Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, as Asher)
1976
STAGE The Antique Baby (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester)
STAGE Nijinsky (Sheffield Crucible, as Nijinsky)
STAGE The Carnation Gang (Sheffield Crucible, as Daniel)
STAGE When We Dead Awaken (Sheffield Crucible, as Rubek)
STAGE As You like It (Sheffield Crucible, as Jaques)
STAGE Gunslinger Gulth (Phoenix Theatre Co, Leicester, as Little Thunder, a Rancher and Chief Black Moon)
STAGE Ave to Heard The One about Joey Baker (Travers Edinburgh, as Director)
STAGE Sherlock Holmes (Birmingham Rep., as Sherlock Holmes)
STAGE Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal, Bristol, as King Rat)
STAGE Measure for Measure (Birmingham Rep., as Friar Peter, 1976-1977)
STAGE The Devil is an Ass (Birmingham Rep., as Wittipol, 1976-1977)
1977
STAGE Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic, as Laertes)
STAGE Ubu Rex (Bristol Old Vic, as Ma Ubu)
STAGE Man is Man (Bristol Old Vic, as Uriah Shelly)
1978
At the age of 32, Alan joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and has his first tv appearance.
TV Romeo and Juliet (as Tybalt)
STAGE The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford, as Ferdinand)
STAGE Captain Swing (RSC, Stratford, as Farquarson)
STAGE Love's Labour's Lost (RSC, Stratford, as Boyet)
STAGE Antony and Cleopatra (RSC, Stratford, as Thidias/Alexas)
1979
TV Thérèse Raquin (miniseries, as Vidal)
STAGE Love's Labour's Lost (RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London, as Boyet)
STAGE Antonio (Nottingham Playhouse, as Antonio)
STAGE Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich (Glasgow Citizens, as The Judge (and six other roles))
1980
STAGE Desperately Yours (Colonnades Theater - NY, as assistant director)
STAGE Commitments (Bush Theatre, as Hugh)
STAGE The Devil Himself (Lyric Studio, Hammersmith, London)
STAGE The Summer Party (Sheffield Crucible, as Nigel)
1981
STAGE Philadelphia Story (Oxford Playhouse, as Mike Connor)
STAGE The Brothers Karamazov (Edinburgh Festival, USSR Tour)
STAGE The Last Elephant (Bush Theatre)
STAGE The Seagull (The Royal Court - London, as Trigorin)
1982
TV Smileys People (miniseries, as Brownlow)
TV Pity in History (as Chaplain Croop)
TV Busted (as Simon Jacks)
1983
STAGE Other Worlds (The Royal Court - London, as Asst. Director)
STAGE Bad Language (Hampstead Theatre, as Bob)
STAGE The Grass Widow (The Royal Court - London, as Dennis)
RADIO Rope (as Rubert Cadell)
1984
TV The Barchester Chronicles (miniseries, as Reverend Obadiah Slope)
STAGE The Lucky Chance (The Royal Court - London, as Gayman)
RADIO The Manchester Enthusiasts
1985
TV "Girls on Top" (as Dimitri, in episode "Four-Play")
TV "Girls on Top" (as Voice of RADA, in episode "Cancel Toast")
STAGE Troilus and Cressida (RSC, as Achilles)
STAGE Gone to Heaven (Back Soon) (The Other Place - Stratford)
STAGE As You Like It (RSC, as Jaques, 1985-1986)
STAGE Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC - Stratford's Other Place, Barbican, The Pit, as Le Vicomte de Valmont,
1985-1986)
RADIO A Good Man in Africa
RADIO A Trick to Catch the Old One (as Theodorus Witgood)
RADIO Caught on the Crossing
RADIO Gridlock (as Charles)
RADIO Laurenzaccio
RADIO That Man Bracken (as Brendan Bracken)
RADIO The Dutch Courtesan (as Cocledemoy)
RADIO The Seagull (as Aston)
RADIO Polly
RADIO The Contemplative Life (as Brother James)
Also Rickman reads 12 cassettes by Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native. By this time, he has reached the age of 39.
1986
STAGE Mephisto (RSC, Barbican, as Hendrik Hofgen)
Went with it to Broadway and earned Tony nomination for his performance.
STAGE Live Wax (Edinburgh Festival, as Director)
STAGE Les Liaisons Dangereuses (RSC - Broadway - NY, as Le Vicomte de Valmont, 1986-1987)
TV Revolutionary Witness (as Jacques Roux, segment "The Preacher")
RADIO Blood Wedding (as Leonardo)
Also Alan reads 6 cassettes (6 hr. 40 min.) by Dornford Yates, Blind Corner. Alan was now 40 yrs.
1987
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Le Vicomte de Valmont, RSC's London and Broadway production): His most celebrated stage role. New York Critics Circle Award.
1988
MOVIE Die Hard (as Hans Gruber).
While filming it, was found proficient at mimicking American accents.
STAGE The Peace of Brest (Barbican Theatre - London, as simultaneous translator)
1989
MOVIE The January Man (as Ed)
TV Spirit Of Man (as Israel Yates, episode"From Sleep And Shadow")
TV Benefactors (as Colin)
RADIO A Little like Drowning (as Alfredo Mare)
RADIO Billy and Me (as narrator, 1989-1990)
1990
MOVIE Quigley Down Under (as Elliot Marston)
1991
MOVIE Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves (as Sherrif of Nottingham, see AWARDS page )
MOVIE Closet Land (as Interrogator)
MOVIE Close My Eyes (as Sinclair Bryant, won Best Actor at 1991 Seattle International Film Fest)
MOVIE Truly, Madly, Deeply (as Jamie, BAFTA - Best Actor nominee)
STAGE Tango at the End of Winter (King's Theatre - Edinburgh Festival, Picadilly - London, as Kiyomura Sei)
TV Tango with Ninagawa (documentary made during rehearsals of Tango at the End of Winter)
1992
MOVIE Bob Roberts (as Lukas Hart III)
TV Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
STAGE Hamlet (Riverside Studio - London, UK Tour, as Hamlet)
STAGE Ruby Wax - The Full Wax (as Director)
1993
CD Voice-over on Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells, part 2
TV Fallen Angels (series, as Dwight Billings, one episode)
1994
MOVIE Mesmer (as Franz Anton Mesmer, Montreal Film Festival Best Actor - 1991; pulled from
theatrical release)
TV Truly, Madly... Alan Rickman (documentary made about filming of Mesmer)
RADIO The Magic of My Youth (as narrator, a five part reading, by Arthur Calder Marshall)
RADIO Le Morte d'Arthur (shared half hour show with Anthony Minghella and Michael Ondaatje)
1995
At the age of 49, Alan was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 sexiest Stars in film history, #34
MOVIE An Awfully Big Adventure (as P.L. O'Hara)
MOVIE Sence and Sensibility (as Colonel Brandon, BAFTA - Best Supporting Actor nominee)
CD Refuse to Dance (song on CD "Things Change" by Charlie Dore, voice-over)
1996
MOVIE Michael Collins (as Eamon De Valera, BAFTA - Best Supporting Actor nominee)
TV Rasputin (HBO drama)
TV Lumière et compagnie (aka Lumière and Company, segment "John Boorman")
STAGE Love in a Cold Climate (Roundabout Theater, NY, various roles)
1997
When Alan Rickman was 51 years old, he made his directorial debut, Winter Guest . He also played the man in street (uncredited). Movie won many awards, see AWARDS page
Alan was also Ranked #59 in Empire magazine's "The Top Movie Stars of All Time" list.
1998
MOVIE Judas Kiss (as detective David Friedman)
MOVIE Dark Harbor (as David Weinberg, pulled from U.S. theatrical release)
STAGE Antony and Cleopatra (Royal National Theatre's Olivier Theatre - London, as Marc Antony)
1999
There were also a rumor on air that Alan Rickman would stand against Michael Portillo at the elections. Alan happens to be a high-profile supporter of the Labour Party. Cherie Blair is heard to be his fan :-)
MOVIE Dogma (as Metatron)
MOVIE Galaxy Quest (as Alexander Dane / Dr. Lazarus, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation)
2000
TV Samuel Beckett's Play (man, 1 of 19 Samuel Beckett plays filmed - 20 minutes long)
TV Victoria Wood's Christmas Special, Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings.
(as Captain George Fallon)
TV Nikki
TV Eco-Challenge Argentina (as narrator, 4 hour Discovery Channel documentary)
TV Babitsky's War (as narrator, 70 minute documentary about the war in Chechnia)
TV Hosted the American Cinematheque 2000 Moving Picture Ball
(Tribute to Bruce Willis - TNT channel)
Also did a voice on animation Help, I'm a Fish (as Joe)
2001
MOVIE Blow Dry (as Phil Allen)
MOVIE Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (as Professor Severus Snape)
MOVIE In Search for John Gissing (as John Gissing)
STAGE Private Lives (West End - Albery Theatre - London, as Elyot Chase, 2001-2002)
TV We Know Where You Live (as Yorkshireman, Live Performance, Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen skit)
TV Billy Elliot Boy (as himself, documentary about Jamie Bell's rise to stardom)
Also worked with Willows (aka Inspiration, as Executive producer) and Judge Not: In Defence of Dogma (Video, interviewee)
2002
MOVIE Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (as Professor Severus Snape)
STAGE When Love Speaks (The Old Vic - London, as second half presenter)
CD When Love Speaks (recites "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun", compilation of Shakespearian
Sonnets by various artists. Music by Michael Kamen.)
TV King of the Hill (as King Philip Motzinger, (animated) - Joust like a Woman episode #112)
2003
MOVIE Love Actually Is All Around (as Harry)Edited by Ida59 - 28/11/2009, 16:54 |
