British actor and writer, born on June 26, 1957 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom as Alan Hunter. He married Sue Gibson, and they had three children. He is known for Screenplay (1993), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998), and Gladiator (2000). He died on April 27, 2007 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK after a heart attack.