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Acting
Alan Rickman
Also known as: Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
Biography
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (February 21, 1946 – January 14, 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 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's first cinema role came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). He also appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), for which he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Elliott Marston in Quigley Down Under (1990); Jamie in Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991); Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility (1995); Eamon DeValera in Michael Collins (1997); Alexander Dane in Galaxy Quest (1999); Metatron in Dogma (1999); Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series (2001–2011); Harry in Love Actually (2003); Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005); and Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Rickman made his television acting debut playing Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1978) as part of the BBC's Shakespeare series. His breakthrough role was in the BBC television adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles (1982). He later starred in television films, playing the title character in Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996), which won him a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and Alfred Blalock in Something the Lord Made (2004). Rickman died of pancreatic cancer on 14 January 2016 at age 69. His final film roles were as Lieutenant General Frank Benson in the thriller Eye in the Sky (2015), and reprising his role as the voice of the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland (2010) in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 21, 1946
Day of Death
January 14, 2016
Age at Death
69 years old
Place of Birth
Acton, London, England, UK
Popularity Score
3.3
Filmography
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
The Movies That Made Us
Hans Gruber (archive footage)
2019TV
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
2016Movie
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
In Memory Of
2016Movie
The Limehouse Golem
In Memory Of
2016Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
In Memory Of
2016Movie
A Little Chaos
King Louis XIV
2015Movie
Eye in the Sky
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
2015Movie
A Little Chaos
Director
2015Movie
A Little Chaos
Writer
2015Movie
Eye in the Sky
In Memory Of
2015Movie
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
2014Movie
CBGB
Hilly Kristal
2013Movie
The Butler
Ronald Reagan
2013Movie
A Promise
Karl Hoffmeister
2013Movie
Dust
Todd
2013Movie
Muse of Fire
Self
2013Movie
Gambit
Lionel Shahbandar
2012Movie
BAM150
Self
2012Movie
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
2012Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Severus Snape
2011Movie
The Boy in the Bubble
The Storyteller (voice)
2011Movie
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011Movie
Alice in Wonderland
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
2010Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Severus Snape
2010Movie
The Song of Lunch
He
2010Movie
The Wildest Dream
Noel Odell (voice)
2010Movie
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
2010Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Severus Snape
2009Movie
Sonnet Number 12
(voice)
2009Movie
Bottle Shock
Steven Spurrier
2008Movie
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Self
2008Movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Severus Snape
2007Movie
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Judge Turpin
2007Movie
Nobel Son
Eli Michaelson
2007Movie
Snow Cake
Alex Hughes
2006Movie
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Richis
2006Movie
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Severus Snape
2005Movie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Marvin (voice)
2005Movie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Severus Snape
2004Movie
Something the Lord Made
Dr. Alfred Blalock
2004Movie
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
2004Movie
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
2004Movie
Love Actually
Harry
2003Movie
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - M
2003Movie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Severus Snape
2002Movie
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Self
2002Movie
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Severus Snape
2001Movie
The Search for John Gissing
John Gissing
2001Movie
Blow Dry
Phil Allen
2001Movie
Play
Man
2001Movie
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Captain George Fallon
2000Movie
Babitsky's War
Narrator
2000Movie
Galaxy Quest
Alexander Dane
1999Movie
Dogma
Metatron
1999Movie
Dark Harbor
David Weinberg
1999Movie
The Directors
Self
1999TV
Judas Kiss
Detective David Friedman
1998Movie
The Winter Guest
Man in street
1997Movie
King of the Hill
King Philip (voice)
1997TV
The Winter Guest
Director
1997Movie
The Winter Guest
Writer
1997Movie
Michael Collins
Eamon de Valera
1996Movie
Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin
1996Movie
Sense and Sensibility
Colonel Christopher Brandon
1995Movie
An Awfully Big Adventure
P.L. O'Hara
1995Movie
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
1995Movie
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995Movie
Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer
1994Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993TV
Fallen Angels
Dwight Billings
1993TV
Bob Roberts
Lukas Hart III
1992Movie
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992Movie
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Sheriff of Nottingham
1991Movie
Truly Madly Deeply
Jamie
1991Movie
Close My Eyes
Sinclair
1991Movie
Closet Land
Interrogator
1991Movie
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
1991Movie
Quigley Down Under
Elliott Marston
1990Movie
The January Man
Ed
1989Movie
Benefactors
1989Movie
The Spirit of Man
Israel Yates
1989Movie
Revolutionary Witness
Jacques Roux
1989Movie
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Narrator (voice)
1989Movie
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Writer
1989Movie
Die Hard
Hans Gruber
1988Movie
ScreenPlay
Israel Yates
1986TV
Wetherby
TV Commentator (archival footage)
1985Movie
Pity in History
Croop
1985Movie
Girls On Top
Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice)
1985TV
Busted
Simon
1983Movie
The Barchester Chronicles
Obadiah Slope
1982TV
Smiley's People
Mr Brownlow
1982TV
Therese Raquin
Vidal
1980TV
Shelley
1979TV
Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
1978Movie
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Tybalt
1978TV
The Hollywood Greats
1977TV
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956TV
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944TV