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I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.
Alan Rickman
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Alan Rickman
Age: 69 †
Born: 1946
Born: February 21
Died: 2016
Died: January 14
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Hammersmith
London
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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A wounding tongue. I'm working on it. Perhaps its the Celt in me.
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When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.
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