Alan 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).
Known For
King of the Hill
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
0Tony Awards
1956
0Tony Awards
1956
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Filmography
King of the Hill
as King Philip (voice) · 1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner · 1944
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer · 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - In Memoriam (archive footage) · 1956
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Severus Snape · 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Severus Snape · 2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Severus Snape · 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Severus Snape · 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Severus Snape · 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Severus Snape · 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Severus Snape · 2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Severus Snape · 2009
Alice in Wonderland
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice) · 2010
ScreenPlay
as Israel Yates · 1986
Die Hard
as Hans Gruber · 1988
Love Actually
as Harry · 2003
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Tybalt · 1978
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice) · 2016
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Richis · 2006
Sense and Sensibility
as Colonel Christopher Brandon · 1995
Fallen Angels
as Dwight Billings · 1993
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Judge Turpin · 2007
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1995
The Movies That Made Us
as Hans Gruber (archive footage) · 2019
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Marvin (voice) · 2005
Smiley's People
as Mr Brownlow · 1982
Eye in the Sky
as Lieutenant General Frank Benson · 2015
Galaxy Quest
as Alexander Dane · 1999
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Sheriff of Nottingham · 1991
The Directors
as Self · 1999
Theatre Night
as Colin · 1985
A Little Chaos
as King Louis XIV · 2015
Shelley
· 1979
The Butler
as Ronald Reagan · 2013
Dogma
as Metatron · 1999
Something the Lord Made
as Dr. Alfred Blalock · 2004
Girls On Top
as Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice) · 1985
The Hollywood Greats
· 1977
Michael Collins
as Eamon de Valera · 1996
The Barchester Chronicles
as Obadiah Slope · 1982
Quigley Down Under
as Elliott Marston · 1990
Gambit
as Lionel Shahbandar · 2012
A Promise
as Karl Hoffmeister · 2013
The January Man
as Ed · 1989
Therese Raquin
as Vidal · 1980
An Awfully Big Adventure
as P.L. O'Hara · 1995
CBGB
as Hilly Kristal · 2013
Snow Cake
as Alex Hughes · 2006
Judas Kiss
as Detective David Friedman · 1998
Bottle Shock
as Steven Spurrier · 2008
Blow Dry
as Phil Allen · 2001
The Winter Guest
as Man in street · 1997
Nobel Son
as Eli Michaelson · 2007
Muse of Fire
as Self · 2013
Close My Eyes
as Sinclair · 1991
Bob Roberts
as Lukas Hart III · 1992
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice) · 2004
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - M · 2003
Truly Madly Deeply
as Jamie · 1991
The Song of Lunch
as He · 2010
We Know Where You Live. Live!
as Self · 2001
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman") · 1995
Rasputin
as Grigori Rasputin · 1996
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self · 2004
Dark Harbor
as David Weinberg · 1999
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt · 1978
Closet Land
as Interrogator · 1991
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self · 2012
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self · 2010
Benefactors
· 1989
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self · 2014
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
as Self · 2002
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
The Wildest Dream
as Noel Odell (voice) · 2010
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self · 1991
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Narrator (voice) · 1989
Portraits in Dramatic Time
· 2011
Dust
as Todd · 2013
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
as Self · 2008
The Spirit of Man
as Israel Yates · 1989
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Captain George Fallon · 2000
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
· 1992
Play
as Man · 2001
The Boy in the Bubble
as The Storyteller (voice) · 2011
Wetherby
as TV Commentator (archival footage) · 1985
Mesmer
as Franz Anton Mesmer · 1994
The Search for John Gissing
as John Gissing · 2001
Babitsky's War
as Narrator · 2000
Pity in History
as Croop · 1985
Busted
as Simon · 1983
Sonnet Number 12
as (voice) · 2009
BAM150
as Self · 2012
Revolutionary Witness
as Jacques Roux · 1989