Nobel Son is a 2007 American black comedy about a dysfunctional family dealing with the kidnapping of their son for ransom following the father's winning of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The film features Alan Rickman as the prize-winning professor and Mary Steenburgen as his wife, with Bryan Greenberg as their kidnapped son.
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Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was an English actor and director. Known for his distinctive deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), performing in modern and classical theatre productions. He played the Vicomte de Valmont in the RSC stage production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 1985, and after the production transferred to the West End in 1986 and Broadway in 1987, he was nominated for a Tony Award.
Rickman in 2011
Rickman studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London from 1972 to 1974. He was elected to the RADA council in 1993 where he was also vice-chairman, a role he served until his death in 2016.
My Name Is Rachel Corrie—a play co-written and directed by Rickman—playing at the Playhouse Theatre, London, March 2006
Rickman at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival
