which included studying Alan Rickman’s memorable turn portraying Hans Gruber in the 1988 movie Die Hard. He also examined James Mason's master spy Phillip Vandamm in the 1959 classic thriller ...

Alan Sidney Patrick ... he was nominated for a Tony Award. Rickman's first cinema role came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). He also appeared as ...

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