Alan Rickman's Net Worth

Alan Rickman was an English actor with a $16 million fortune. Alan Rickman was the 20th highest-grossing actor in film history, largely due to the Harry Potter franchise. His movies have made over $3.4 billion so far.

Family

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was born on February 21, 1946, in the Acton neighbourhood of London. He is the son of a factory worker, house painter, and decorator Bernard William Rickman and housewife, Margaret Doreen Rose. His paternal grandmother was Irish, while his mother was Welsh. Rickman later stated in April 2015. His mother was a Methodist, and he had a Catholic father. He had a sister named Sheila and two brothers named David and Michael.

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Career

After graduating from RADA, Alan Rickman performed three times at the Edinburgh International Festival and worked extensively with British repertory and experimental theatre groups. These productions included Chekhov's The Seagull and Snoo Wilson's The Grass Widow at the Royal Court Theatre. He joined the Court Drama Group in 1978 and got roles in plays like Romeo and Juliet and A View from the Bridge. He was cast in As You Like It while working with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). His breakthrough role was as Reverend Obadiah Slope in the 1982 BBC adaptation of Trollope's first two Barchester novels, The Barchester Chronicles.

In the 1985 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by Howard Davies, Rickman played the Vicomte de Valmont, the male lead. In his first film, Die Hard, in 1988, Rickman played the antagonist Hans Gruber. Rickman's portrayal of Bruce Willis earned him critical acclaim and a spot on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains list as the 46th best villain in film history. He starred opposite Bruce Willis.

Reputation

Empire named Rickman one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Movie History and came in at No.59th on the list of "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" compiled by Empire in October 1997. He again made Empire's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in 2009 and 2010, finishing at No. Eight of the fifty actors were selected. In 1993, he was elected to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) council; Following that, he served as vice-chairman of RADA and was a member of the organisation's development board, artistic advisory, and training committees.

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Rickman appears in several music works, including the Adam Leonard song "Not Alan Rickman."The actor played a "Master of Ceremonies" role in the sleeve notes, announcing the various instruments at the end of the first part of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II (1992) on the track "The Bell." He was listed as "A Strolling Player."On the album When Love Speaks (2002), Rickman was one of many artists who recited Shakespearean sonnets. He also played a prominent role in the Scottish rock band Texas's music video for the song "In Demand," which debuted on MTV Europe in August 2000.

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Personal Life

Before Rickman met his longtime partner Rima Horton,  he stated that his first crush was on a girl named Amanda at his school's sports day at ten years old. Rickman, then 19, met Rima Horton, then 18, in 1965. She became his partner in the early 1970s, served as an economics lecturer at Kingston University in London and was a Labour Party councillor on Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1986 to 2006. Rickman confirmed in 2015 that they tied the knot in a private ceremony in 2012 in New York City. From the year 1977 until Rickman's death, they shared a home. They did not have any children.

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Illness And Death

Rickman underwent treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer throughout 2005, culminating in a prostatectomy in January 2006. He considered whether to return to the series after the operation, simultaneously with the casting for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Rickman was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after a minor stroke in August 2015. He only told his closest friends that he had terminal cancer. He passed away in London on January 14, 2016, at 69. On February 3, 2016, his remains were cremated at the West London Crematorium in Kensal Green. Rima Horton, his wife, received his ashes. Eye in the Sky and Alice Through the Looking Glass, his final two films, and The Limehouse Golem, which would have been his next project, were devoted to his memory.

FAQ's

Q: How did Alan Rickman pass away?

A: Rickman had a minor stroke, which led to the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Q: Does Alan Rickman have a child

A: No, the couple never had any children.

Q: What happened to Rima Horton?

A: She retired in 2012. Horton served on the board of directors of The Making Place, a children's charity

Q: How much did Alan Rickman leave in his will?

A: His Will was written just three months before he died in hospital from pancreatic cancer, with the majority of his £4 million estate left to his wife.

Q: How old was Alan Rickman when he played Severus Snape?

A: He was 69 years old.