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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/11/2022
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character:Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Release Date:25/05/2016
Eye in the Sky
Character:Lieutenant General Frank Benson
Release Date:07/09/2015
A Little Chaos
Character:King Louis XIV
Release Date:26/03/2015
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/2014
Dust
Character:Todd
Release Date:24/10/2013
CBGB
Character:Hilly Kristal
Release Date:11/10/2013
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
A Promise
Character:Karl Hoffmeister
Release Date:04/09/2013
The Butler
Character:Ronald Reagan
Release Date:16/08/2013
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/2012
BAM150
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2012
Gambit
Character:Lionel Shahbandar
Release Date:25/04/2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:12/07/2011
The Boy in the Bubble
Character:The Storyteller (voice)
Release Date:08/07/2011
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Character:
Release Date:05/07/2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:17/11/2010
The Song of Lunch
Character:He
Release Date:08/10/2010
The Wildest Dream
Character:Noel Odell (voice)
Release Date:06/08/2010
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Release Date:03/03/2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2010
Sonnet Number 12
Character:(voice)
Release Date:31/12/2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:15/07/2009
Bottle Shock
Character:Steven Spurrier
Release Date:05/09/2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Character:Self
Release Date:01/04/2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Character:Judge Turpin
Release Date:21/12/2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:08/07/2007
Nobel Son
Character:Eli Michaelson
Release Date:28/04/2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Character:Richis
Release Date:13/09/2006
Snow Cake
Character:Alex Hughes
Release Date:08/09/2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:16/11/2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Character:Marvin (voice)
Release Date:28/04/2005
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Character:Other Voices (voice)
Release Date:04/09/2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:31/05/2004
Something the Lord Made
Character:Dr. Alfred Blalock
Release Date:30/05/2004
Love Actually
Character:Harry
Release Date:07/09/2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:13/11/2002
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Character:Severus Snape
Release Date:16/11/2001
The Search for John Gissing
Character:John Gissing
Release Date:01/11/2001
Play
Character:Man
Release Date:14/07/2001
Blow Dry
Character:Phil Allen
Release Date:01/03/2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Character:Captain George Fallon
Release Date:25/12/2000
Babitsky's War
Character:Narrator
Release Date:04/09/2000
Dark Harbor
Character:David Weinberg
Release Date:31/12/1999
Galaxy Quest
Character:Alexander Dane
Release Date:25/12/1999
Dogma
Character:Metatron
Release Date:04/10/1999
Judas Kiss
Character:Detective David Friedman
Release Date:16/09/1998
The Winter Guest
Character:Man in street
Release Date:27/12/1997
Michael Collins
Character:Eamon de Valera
Release Date:25/10/1996
Rasputin
Character:Grigori Rasputin
Release Date:23/03/1996
Lumière & Company
Character:(segment "John Boorman")
Release Date:20/12/1995
Sense and Sensibility
Character:Colonel Christopher Brandon
Release Date:13/12/1995
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Character:Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:19/05/1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
Character:P.L. O'Hara
Release Date:11/05/1995
Mesmer
Character:Franz Anton Mesmer
Release Date:25/08/1994
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Character:
Release Date:25/12/1992
Bob Roberts
Character:Lukas Hart III
Release Date:04/09/1992
Close My Eyes
Character:Sinclair
Release Date:22/11/1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Character:Sheriff of Nottingham
Release Date:14/06/1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Character:Self
Release Date:13/06/1991
Truly Madly Deeply
Character:Jamie
Release Date:03/05/1991
Closet Land
Character:Interrogator
Release Date:06/03/1991
Quigley Down Under
Character:Elliott Marston
Release Date:17/10/1990
Revolutionary Witness
Character:Jacques Roux
Release Date:31/12/1989
The Spirit of Man
Character:Israel Yates
Release Date:23/08/1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/01/1989
The January Man
Character:Ed
Release Date:13/01/1989
Benefactors
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1989
Die Hard
Character:Hans Gruber
Release Date:15/07/1988
Pity in History
Character:Croop
Release Date:04/07/1985
Wetherby
Character:TV Commentator (archival footage)
Release Date:19/06/1985
Busted
Character:Simon
Release Date:28/01/1983
Romeo and Juliet
Character:Tybalt
Release Date:03/12/1978
Television Appearances
The Movies That Made Us
Character:Hans Gruber (archive footage)
The Directors
Character:Self
King of the Hill
Character:King Philip (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
Character:Dwight Billings
Girls On Top
Character:Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice)
The Barchester Chronicles
Character:Obadiah Slope
Smiley's People
Character:Mr. Brownlow
Therese Raquin
Character:Vidal
Shelley
Character:
The Hollywood Greats
Character:
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee/Performer
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Winner
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