Happy Birthday wishes go out to Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman who turned 69 years old yesterday.

Rickman has been with his partner Rima Horton since 1965.  They don't have any children.

Rickman once co-owned a graphic design studio named "Graphiti" and worked there for three successful years.

He is popular at our house for his roles as the Sheriff of Nottingham in "Robin Hood Prince of Thieves", the villain Hans Gruber in "Die Hard", and as Severus Snape in the "Harry Potter" movies