Alan Rickman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 21, 1946
- Died
- Jan 14, 2016 (aged 69)
- Place of birth
- Acton, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 94
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
2001Movie
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002Movie
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004Movie
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005Movie
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007Movie
Severus Snape
Filmography
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Movies That Made Us
2019TV
Hans Gruber (archive footage)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016Movie
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Eye in the Sky
2015Movie
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
A Little Chaos
2015Movie
King Louis XIV
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014Movie
Self
Dust
2013Movie
Todd
CBGB
2013Movie
Hilly Kristal
Muse of Fire
2013Movie
Self
A Promise
2013Movie
Karl Hoffmeister
The Butler
2013Movie
Ronald Reagan
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012Movie
Self
BAM150
2012Movie
Self
Gambit
2012Movie
Lionel Shahbandar
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011Movie
Severus Snape
The Boy in the Bubble
2011Movie
The Storyteller (voice)
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010Movie
Severus Snape
The Song of Lunch
2010Movie
He
The Wildest Dream
2010Movie
Noel Odell (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
2010Movie
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010Movie
Self
Sonnet Number 12
2009Movie
(voice)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009Movie
Severus Snape
Bottle Shock
2008Movie
Steven Spurrier
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
2008Movie
Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007Movie
Judge Turpin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007Movie
Severus Snape
Nobel Son
2007Movie
Eli Michaelson
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006Movie
Richis
Snow Cake
2006Movie
Alex Hughes
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005Movie
Severus Snape
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005Movie
Marvin (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004Movie
Other Voices (voice)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004Movie
Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004Movie
Severus Snape
Something the Lord Made
2004Movie
Dr. Alfred Blalock
Love Actually
2003Movie
Harry
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003Movie
Self - M
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002Movie
Severus Snape
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
2002Movie
Self
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001Movie
Severus Snape
The Search for John Gissing
2001Movie
John Gissing
Play
2001Movie
Man
We Know Where You Live. Live!
2001Movie
Self
Blow Dry
2001Movie
Phil Allen
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000Movie
Captain George Fallon
Babitsky's War
2000Movie
Narrator
Dark Harbor
1999Movie
David Weinberg
Galaxy Quest
1999Movie
Alexander Dane
Dogma
1999Movie
Metatron
The Directors
1999TV
Self
Judas Kiss
1998Movie
Detective David Friedman
The Winter Guest
1997Movie
Man in street
King of the Hill
1997TV
King Philip (voice)
Michael Collins
1996Movie
Eamon de Valera
Rasputin
1996Movie
Grigori Rasputin
Lumière & Company
1995Movie
(segment "John Boorman")
Sense and Sensibility
1995Movie
Colonel Christopher Brandon
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995Movie
Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995Movie
P.L. O'Hara
Mesmer
1994Movie
Franz Anton Mesmer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
1993TV
Dwight Billings
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992Movie
Bob Roberts
1992Movie
Lukas Hart III
Close My Eyes
1991Movie
Sinclair
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991Movie
Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991Movie
Self
Truly Madly Deeply
1991Movie
Jamie
Closet Land
1991Movie
Interrogator
Quigley Down Under
1990Movie
Elliott Marston
Revolutionary Witness
1989Movie
Jacques Roux
The Spirit of Man
1989Movie
Israel Yates
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989Movie
Narrator (voice)
The January Man
1989Movie
Ed
Benefactors
1989Movie
Die Hard
1988Movie
Hans Gruber
ScreenPlay
1986TV
Israel Yates
Girls On Top
1985TV
Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice)
Theatre Night
1985TV
Colin
Pity in History
1985Movie
Croop
Wetherby
1985Movie
TV Commentator (archival footage)
Summer Season
1985TV
Croop
Busted
1983Movie
Simon
The Barchester Chronicles
1982TV
Obadiah Slope
Smiley's People
1982TV
Mr Brownlow
Therese Raquin
1980TV
Vidal
Shelley
1979TV
Romeo and Juliet
1978Movie
Tybalt
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978TV
Tybalt
The Hollywood Greats
1977TV
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Winner