Alan Rickman

Recently he's been casted to play Marvin's voice in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. Slater is a father of two: his son born in 1999 and his daughter in 2001. Although he has never married, he has been romantically linked to Rima Horton since their days at the Chelsea College of Art. Horton is a politician affiliated with the Labour Party. He was sentenced to three months in prison, serving 59 days for good behavior. He also "narrated" the song Bell on the album Tubular Bells II. On August 11, 1997, Slater was arrested by police in Los Angeles and charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of battery after Slater, drunk and high on heroin, punched his girlfriend in the face at a party. Rickman has recently been immortalised in a song composed by English musician Adam Leonard. His mother is Hollywood casting director Mary Jo Slater, who gave her Star Trek-obsessed son a cameo in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

In recent years he has come to the attention of a younger audience through his appearances as the apparently-villainous Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies. Christian Slater (born Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins on August 18, 1969 in New York) is an American actor. He plays mostly period roles in British movies, while on the Hollywood screen he is typecast as the over-the-top villain. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). He made a particular impression as the male lead in the 1985 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and became known to television audiences playing the role of Mr Slope in the BBC's 1980s adaptation of Barchester Towers. The Name of the Rose (1986). Since then, he has been a constant presence on the British stage. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988).

Born in Hammersmith, London to a working-class family, Rickman was a graphic designer before entering the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London in the early seventies. Beyond the Stars (1989). Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born February 21, 1946) is a British stage and screen actor. The Wizard (1989). Die Hard (1988), as Hans Gruber. Gleaming the Cube (1989). January Man (1989), as Ed, the painter. Heathers (1989).

Quigley Down Under (1990), as Alan Marston, an unscrupulous ranch owner. Pump Up the Volume (1990). Truly Madly Deeply (1991). Young Guns II (1990). Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990). Close My Eyes (1991). Mobsters: The Evil Empire (1991).

Mesmer (1994), as Franz Mesmer. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (1991). An Awfully Big Adventure (1995). Kuffs (1992). Sense and Sensibility (1995), as Colonel Brandon. Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992). Rasputin (1996), as Grigori Rasputin. Untamed Heart (1993).

Michael Collins (1996), as Eamon de Valera. True Romance (1993). The Winter Guest (1997). Jimmy Hollywood (1994). Judas Kiss (1998), as Detective David Friedman. Interview With The Vampire (1994). Dark Harbor (1998), as David Weinberg. Murder in the First (1995).

Dogma (1999), as Metatron. Broken Arrow (1996). Galaxy Quest (1999), as Alexander Dane. Bed of Roses (1996). Blow Dry (2001), as Phil Allen. Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997). Harry Potter series, as Professor Severus Snape. Very Bad Things (1998).

Love Actually (2003), as Harry. Hard Rain (1998). Alfred Blalock. The Contender (2000). Something the Lord Made (2004), as Dr. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001). Cletis Tout (2001).

Windtalkers (2002). Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004). Alone in the Dark (2005).