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Alan Rickman as Prof. Snape in the movie Harry Potter.
Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was born on February 21, 1946 in Acton, UK to Irish/Welsh parents. He was their second child, with an older brother and a sister and brother younger than him. In 1957, Rickman won a scholarship to Latymer Upper, Hammersmith - the school also responsible for turning out the actors Hugh Grant, and Mel Smith.
After graduating from Latymer, Rickman was faced with the dilemma of pursuing acting or design. Circumstances saw him enrolled in a three-year art and design course at Chelsea College of Art. It was here that he met his lifetime partner, Rima Horton, and together, they joined an amateur west London acting group called the Brook Green Players.
Upon graduating in 1968, Rickman worked in various graphic design roles, and eventually formed the company, Graphiti with a group of friends. However, the acting instinct wouldn't go away. He kept up acting, joining the Court Drama Group with Rima Horton, playing many eclectic roles. Rickman went on to do many movies, the most recent of which are Harry Potter and the Philosiphers Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in which he plays Severus Snape.
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Alan Rickman as Prof. Snape in the movie Harry Potter.
"As an actor, I think that innocence is hugely important to hang on to. You have to hand yourself over to the director."
And directors? He gives that knowing smile. "Directors are much less innocent."