Alan worked as the writer and director of The Winter Guest (1997).
|
For the Royal Court, Alan appeared in the following plays: The Seagull, The Grass Widow, and The Lucky Chance.
|
For the Edinburgh Festival he appeared in the following plays: The Devil Is an A**, and Measure for Measure (also at the Birmingham, Royal National Theatre and European tour), and the Brothers Karamozov (in Russia and Georgia).
|
Alan performed on Mike Oldfield's CD Tubular Bells II (1992), credited as the Master of Ceremonies under the pseudonym "A Strolling Player". Alan announced the various instruments which Oldfield introduces on track 7, "The Bell."
|
Alan appeared in videoclip 'In Demand' from Texas (2000).
|
Alan is one of only three actors, to date, to play a title character in a Harry Potter film.
|
Alan failed his California driving test at one point for "driving too cautiously through a green light."
|
Alan says Canada is like a second home to him.
|
Alan was active in raising funds for the Labour Party in the UK.
|
Alan was voted #19 in Empire Magazine's Greatest Living Movie Stars over the age of 50.
|
For the shot where Hans Gruber falls from the top of the building in Die Hard (1988), Alan was actually dropped by a stuntman from a 20-foot high model onto an air bag. To get a genuine surprised look, they dropped him on the count of 2 instead of 3
|
Alan was nominated for a 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in Private Lives at the Albery Theatre.
|
Alan was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2001 for his performance in Private Lives at the Albery Theatre, London.
|
Alan was the original voice of Leonardo Leonardo in the 2000 cartoon based on Kevin Smith's film Clerks. (1994), but was replaced by Alec Baldwin, courtesy of ABC.
|
When Alan was a child, he had a speech disability: his lower jaw was very tight, causing his words to be indistinctive and muffled.
|
Alan was made the Vice-Chairman of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2003.
|
Alan is the second of four children in his family. He has an older brother, a younger brother and a younger sister.
|
Alan studied graphic design before becoming an actor.
|
Alan was given the role of Professor Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) only after Tim Roth backed out.
|
Alan was nominated for a Tony award for Best Actor for the Broadway revival of Private Lives, in May, 2002.
|
Although a highly successful film actor, Alan has frequently passed up film offers to return to the theater. (A place and activity which he calls "magical" and his "first love.")
|
Alan has been in a relationship with Rima Horton since the 1960s but the two don't live together, as she has to stay in the district she represents in order to retain her Council seat. Alan lives in another part of the city.
|
Alan ranked #59 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
|
Alan was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#34), in 1995.
|
Alan's first major film was Die Hard (1988), where he played the evil terrorist Hans Gruber.
|
Alan is the God father of actor Tom Burke.
|
Digg
Furl
Del.icio.us
Google