Alan Rickman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Died
- January 14, 2016 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Acton, London, England, UK
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).
Known For
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Alice in Wonderland
Die Hard
Love Actually
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Photos
Filmography
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Hans Gruber (archive footage) · 1 ep
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Eye in the Sky
Movie · as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
A Little Chaos
Movie · as King Louis XIV
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Movie · as Self
CBGB
Movie · as Hilly Kristal
The Butler
Movie · as Ronald Reagan
A Promise
Movie · as Karl Hoffmeister
Dust
Movie · as Todd
Muse of Fire
Movie · as Self
Gambit
Movie · as Lionel Shahbandar
BAM150
Movie · as Self
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Movie · as Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie · as Severus Snape
The Boy in the Bubble
Movie · as The Storyteller (voice)
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Movie
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Severus Snape
The Song of Lunch
Movie · as He
The Wildest Dream
Movie · as Noel Odell (voice)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie · as Self
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie · as Severus Snape
Sonnet Number 12
Movie · as (voice)
Bottle Shock
Movie · as Steven Spurrier
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Movie · as Self
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Severus Snape
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie · as Judge Turpin
Nobel Son
Movie · as Eli Michaelson
Snow Cake
Movie · as Alex Hughes
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Movie · as Richis
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie · as Severus Snape
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Marvin (voice)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie · as Severus Snape
Something the Lord Made
Movie · as Dr. Alfred Blalock
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie · as Self - Professor Snape
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie · as Other Voices (voice)
Love Actually
Movie · as Harry
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Movie · as Self - M
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie · as Severus Snape
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Movie · as Self
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie · as Severus Snape
The Search for John Gissing
Movie · as John Gissing
Blow Dry
Movie · as Phil Allen
Play
Movie · as Man
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Movie · as Self
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged
Movie · as Self
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Captain George Fallon
Babitsky's War
Movie · as Narrator
Galaxy Quest
Movie · as Alexander Dane
Dogma
Movie · as Metatron
Dark Harbor
Movie · as David Weinberg
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Judas Kiss
Movie · as Detective David Friedman
The Winter Guest
Movie · as Man in street
King of the Hill
TV · as King Philip (voice) · 1 ep
Michael Collins
Movie · as Eamon de Valera
Rasputin
Movie · as Grigori Rasputin
Sense and Sensibility
Movie · as Colonel Christopher Brandon
An Awfully Big Adventure
Movie · as P.L. O'Hara
Lumière & Company
Movie · as (segment "John Boorman")
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Movie · as Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mesmer
Movie · as Franz Anton Mesmer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Fallen Angels
TV · as Dwight Billings · 1 ep
Bob Roberts
Movie · as Lukas Hart III
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Movie
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Movie · as Sheriff of Nottingham
Truly Madly Deeply
Movie · as Jamie
Close My Eyes
Movie · as Sinclair
Closet Land
Movie · as Interrogator
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Movie · as Self
Quigley Down Under
Movie · as Elliott Marston
The January Man
Movie · as Ed
Benefactors
Movie
The Spirit of Man
Movie · as Israel Yates
Revolutionary Witness
Movie · as Jacques Roux
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Die Hard
Movie · as Hans Gruber
ScreenPlay
TV · as Israel Yates · 1 ep
Wetherby
Movie · as TV Commentator (archival footage)
Pity in History
Movie · as Croop
Girls On Top
TV · as Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice) · 2 eps
Theatre Night
TV · as Colin · 1 ep
Summer Season
TV · as Croop · 1 ep
Busted
Movie · as Simon
The Barchester Chronicles
TV · as Obadiah Slope · 5 eps
Smiley's People
TV · as Mr Brownlow · 1 ep
Therese Raquin
TV · as Vidal · 3 eps
Shelley
TV · 1 ep
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Tybalt
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Tybalt · 1 ep
The Hollywood Greats
TV · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - In Memoriam (archive footage) · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Winner · 1 ep