Alan Rickman
67 movies · 13 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 21, 1946
- Died
- Jan 14, 2016 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Acton, London, England, UK
- 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).
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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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.9 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Film
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★ 8.0 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Film
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★ 7.8 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Film
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★ 8.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Film
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★ 7.7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Film
Alan Rickman: movies and TV shows
Acting (78)
- 2019
- 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
- 2015 Eye in the Sky
as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
- 2015 A Little Chaos
as King Louis XIV
- 2013 Dust
as Todd
- 2013 CBGB
as Hilly Kristal
- 2013 A Promise
as Karl Hoffmeister
- 2013 The Butler
as Ronald Reagan
- 2012 Gambit
as Lionel Shahbandar
- 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Severus Snape
- 2011 The Boy in the Bubble
as The Storyteller (voice)
- 2011
- 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Severus Snape
- 2010 The Song of Lunch
as He
- 2010 The Wildest Dream
as Noel Odell (voice)
- 2010 Alice in Wonderland
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
- 2009 Sonnet Number 12
as (voice)
- 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Severus Snape
- 2008 Bottle Shock
as Steven Spurrier
- 2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Judge Turpin
- 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Severus Snape
- 2007 Nobel Son
as Eli Michaelson
- 2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Richis
- 2006 Snow Cake
as Alex Hughes
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Severus Snape
- 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Marvin (voice)
- 2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
- 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Severus Snape
- 2004 Something the Lord Made
as Dr. Alfred Blalock
- 2003 Love Actually
as Harry
- 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Severus Snape
- 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Severus Snape
- 2001 The Search for John Gissing
as John Gissing
- 2001 Play
as Man
- 2001 Blow Dry
as Phil Allen
- 2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Captain George Fallon
- 2000 Babitsky's War
as Narrator
- 1999 Dark Harbor
as David Weinberg
- 1999 Galaxy Quest
as Alexander Dane
- 1999 Dogma
as Metatron
- 1998 Judas Kiss
as Detective David Friedman
- 1997 The Winter Guest
as Man in street
- 1997
- 1996 Michael Collins
as Eamon de Valera
- 1996 Rasputin
as Grigori Rasputin
- 1995 Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 Sense and Sensibility
as Colonel Christopher Brandon
- 1995 Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1995 An Awfully Big Adventure
as P.L. O'Hara
- 1994 Mesmer
as Franz Anton Mesmer
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992 Bob Roberts
as Lukas Hart III
- 1991 Close My Eyes
as Sinclair
- 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Sheriff of Nottingham
- 1991 Truly Madly Deeply
as Jamie
- 1991 Closet Land
as Interrogator
- 1990 Quigley Down Under
as Elliott Marston
- 1989 Revolutionary Witness
as Jacques Roux
- 1989 The Spirit of Man
as Israel Yates
- 1989 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 The January Man
as Ed
- 1989
- 1988 Die Hard
as Hans Gruber
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Pity in History
as Croop
- 1985 Wetherby
as TV Commentator (archival footage)
- 1985
- 1983 Busted
as Simon
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978 Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
- 1978
- 1977
Behind the camera (7)
- 2016 The Limehouse Golem
In Memory Of
- 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
In Memory Of
- 2016 National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
In Memory Of
- 2015 Eye in the Sky
In Memory Of
- 2015 A Little Chaos
Director, Writer
- 1997 The Winter Guest
Director, Writer
- 1989 7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (16)
- 2022
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2010
- 2008
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999 The Directors
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1991
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
2 episodes