Who do you want to be today? Dogma - Cast and Crew: Alan Rickman. "It's a script that makes great technical demands on an actor because there is a real beat to the line, and Kevin can hear it. That's what comedy is about: the rhythm of the writing. " - Alan Rickman Alan Rickman plays Metatron, the angel who serves as the Voice of God and has to make a most challenging visit to earth when humanity is threatened. Rickman made an auspicious screen debut in John McTiernan's "Die Hard. " This action role followed on the heels of his Broadway run with the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," for which he received a Tony nomination. Rickman went on to star in "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves" (winning a BAFTA Award), Stephen Poliakoff's "Close My Eyes" and Anthony Minghella's "Truly Madly Deeply," roles that garnered him England's Evening Standard Film Actor of the Year Award.
After training as a graphic designer, Rickman received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The 'Dogma' Cast...
About Alan Rickman: The Rickmanista Review. The Alan Rickman Download Haven. The Alan Rickman Fanlisting. The Many Faces Of… Alan Rickman. Alan Rickman Fan ::: everything you want on alan and more. Alan Rickman Fan Page. Alan Rickman. As of 2013, Rickman has won a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has been nominated twice for a Tony Award and several times for a BAFTA Award. In 2010, he was named one of the best actors to have never received an Academy Award nomination. Early life[edit] When he was eight, his father died, leaving his mother to bring up four children mostly alone. After graduation, Rickman and several friends opened a graphic design studio called Graphiti, but after three years of successful business, he decided that if he were to ever explore acting professionally, it was now or never.
Career[edit] Rickman in December 2009 After graduating from RADA, Rickman worked extensively with various British repertory and experimental theatre groups on productions including The Seagull and Snoo Wilson's The Grass Widow at the Royal Court Theatre, and has appeared three times at the Edinburgh International Festival. Alan Rickman - Biography. Alan Rickman.