Editing Alan Rickman (section)

==Reception and public image==
[[File:Alan Rickman BAM 2011-01-11 n1.jpg|thumb|Rickman posing for a fan after a performance of ''[[John Gabriel Borkman]]'' in 2011]]
Rickman was chosen by ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (No. 34) in 1995, and ranked No. 59 in ''Empire''{{'s}} "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in October 1997. In 2009 and 2010, he was ranked once again as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars by ''Empire'', both times placing No. 8 out of the 50 actors chosen. He was elected to the council of the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) in 1993; he was subsequently RADA's vice-chairman and a member of its artistic advisory and training committees and development board.<ref name=RADA14Jan2016>{{cite web|title=Alan Rickman, 1946–2016|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/news-and-press/1819|author=Staff|date=14 January 2016|website=[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]|access-date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213129/https://www.rada.ac.uk/about/news-and-press/1819|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rickman was voted No. 19 in ''Empire'' magazine's Greatest Living Movie Stars over the age of 50 and was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Play); in 1987 for ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' and in 2002 for a revival of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''Private Lives''. ''[[The Guardian]]'' named Rickman as an "honourable mention" in a list of the best actors never to have received an [[Academy Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|title=Oscars: the best actors never to have been nominated|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 February 2009|location=London, UK|first=Leigh|last=Singer|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927230950/https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/feb/19/best-actors-never-nominated-for-oscars|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Two researchers, a linguist and a sound engineer, found "the perfect [male] voice" to be a combination of Rickman's and [[Jeremy Irons]]' voices based on a sample of 50 voices.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426923.stm|title=Formula 'secret of perfect voice'|work=BBC News|date=30 May 2008|access-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731143134/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426923.stm|archive-date=31 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The BBC states that Rickman's "[[wikt:sonorous#Adjective|sonorous]], languid voice was his calling card—making even throwaway lines of dialogue sound thought-out and authoritative."<ref>{{cite news |title=A Tribute to Alan Rickman, beloved actor and director |url=https://www.iowastatedaily.com/ames247/a-tribute-to-alan-rickman-beloved-actor-and-director/article_6c4cf3b8-bb20-11e5-b485-a7babf2f229d.html |access-date=10 March 2020 |work=Iowa State Daily |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725013143/https://www.iowastatedaily.com/ames247/a-tribute-to-alan-rickman-beloved-actor-and-director/article_6c4cf3b8-bb20-11e5-b485-a7babf2f229d.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> In their vocal range exercises in studying for a [[GCSE]] in drama, he was singled out by the BBC for his "excellent diction and articulation".<ref>{{cite news |title=Using your voice |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3c2yrd/revision/3 |access-date=10 March 2020 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

Rickman is featured in several musical works, including a song composed by [[Adam Leonard (singer-songwriter)|Adam Leonard]] entitled "Not Alan Rickman".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themessagetapes.wordpress.com/how-music-soundss/albums/leonardism-2007|title=Leonardism (2007)|publisher=Themessagetapes.com (Adam Leonard's website)|access-date=12 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211181009/http://themessagetapes.wordpress.com/how-music-soundss/albums/leonardism-2007/|archive-date=11 February 2011|url-status=live|date=12 October 2010}}</ref> Credited as 'A Strolling Player' in the sleeve notes, the actor played a "Master of Ceremonies" part, announcing the various instruments at the end of the first part of [[Mike Oldfield]]'s ''[[Tubular Bells II]]'' (1992) on the track "The Bell".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tubular.net/discography/TubularBellsII.shtml|title=''Tubular Bells II''|publisher=Tubular.net|access-date=12 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511210147/http://tubular.net/discography/TubularBellsII.shtml|archive-date=11 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rickman was one of the many artists who recited Shakespearian [[sonnet]]s on the album ''[[When Love Speaks]]'' (2002), and also featured prominently in a music video by Scottish rock band [[Texas (band)|Texas]] entitled "[[In Demand (Texas song)|In Demand]]", which premiered on MTV Europe in August 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/alan-rickman/biography/2?page=7|title=Biography of Alan Rickman|publisher=Dominic Wills/Talktalk.co.uk|access-date=12 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011050408/http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/alan-rickman/biography/2?page=7|archive-date=11 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>