Alan Rickman an English actor from London. He usually plays depressed intellectuals with heroic tendencies. He was actually J.K. Rowling’s first choice for playing Severus Snape. Before he became an actor, he studied graphic art at Chelsea College of Art and Design and at the Royal College of Art. He ran a successful graphic design company, Grafiti, with several of his friends. He’ the second child of four and his father passed away when he was only eight years old.
He’s known for his rich smooth voice and calm delivery. Even though he is an accomplished film actor, he always returns to theater, as it is his first love.
He is in the U.S. filming often enough that he pursued a driver’s license in the state of California. At one point Rickman failed the California driving test for driving too cautiously through a green light. He had to take the test again after that.