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Alan Rickman

Acting
Known For

69 Years Old

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman 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).

Born

Hammersmith, London, UK on 21st February 1946

Died

14th January 2016

All Credits

The BBC Television Shakespeare Image
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Tybalt
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Image
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Honest Trailers Image
Honest Trailers
Severus Snape (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards Image
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
King of the Hill Image
King of the Hill
King Philip (voice)
Shelley Image
Shelley
The Movies That Made Us Image
The Movies That Made Us
Hans Gruber (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Image
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Severus Snape
The Directors Image
The Directors
Self
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee/Performer
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Image
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Image
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Image
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Image
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Image
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Image
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Image
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Severus Snape
Alice in Wonderland Image
Alice in Wonderland
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
The Barchester Chronicles Image
The Barchester Chronicles
Obadiah Slope
Girls On Top Image
Girls On Top
Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice)
Fallen Angels Image
Fallen Angels
Dwight Billings
Die Hard Image
Die Hard
Hans Gruber
Alice Through the Looking Glass Image
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Image
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Richis
Therese Raquin Image
Therese Raquin
Vidal
Smiley's People Image
Smiley's People
Mr. Brownlow
Smiley's People Image
Smiley's People
Love Actually Image
Love Actually
Harry
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Image
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Sheriff of Nottingham
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Image
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Judge Turpin
Sense and Sensibility Image
Sense and Sensibility
Colonel Christopher Brandon
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Image
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Marvin (voice)
The Butler Image
The Butler
Ronald Reagan
Dogma Image
Dogma
Metatron
Galaxy Quest Image
Galaxy Quest
Alexander Dane
Creating the World of Harry Potter Image
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Self - 'Professor Severus Snape'
Quigley Down Under Image
Quigley Down Under
Elliott Marston
Eye in the Sky Image
Eye in the Sky
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
Something the Lord Made Image
Something the Lord Made
Dr. Alfred Blalock
Bottle Shock Image
Bottle Shock
Steven Spurrier
Gambit Image
Gambit
Lionel Shahbandar
The Hollywood Greats Image
The Hollywood Greats
CBGB Image
CBGB
Hilly Kristal
A Little Chaos Image
A Little Chaos
King Louis XIV
Bob Roberts Image
Bob Roberts
Lukas Hart III
Michael Collins Image
Michael Collins
Eamon de Valera
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter Image
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
The January Man Image
The January Man
Ed
Close My Eyes Image
Close My Eyes
Sinclair
Nobel Son Image
Nobel Son
Eli Michaelson
Blow Dry Image
Blow Dry
Phil Allen
Snow Cake Image
Snow Cake
Alex Hughes
A Promise Image
A Promise
Karl Hoffmeister
Muse of Fire Image
Muse of Fire
Self
Truly Madly Deeply Image
Truly Madly Deeply
Jamie
Rasputin Image
Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin
Dark Harbor Image
Dark Harbor
David Weinberg
The Winter Guest Image
The Winter Guest
Man in street
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Image
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
Judas Kiss Image
Judas Kiss
Detective David Friedman
An Awfully Big Adventure Image
An Awfully Big Adventure
P.L. O'Hara
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd Image
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Self
Lumière & Company Image
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma Image
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Self
Mesmer Image
Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer
Wetherby Image
Wetherby
TV Commentator (archival footage)
Romeo and Juliet Image
Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
The Search for John Gissing Image
The Search for John Gissing
John Gissing
The Wildest Dream Image
The Wildest Dream
Noel Odell (voice)
The Song of Lunch Image
The Song of Lunch
He
Harold Pinter:  A Celebration Image
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
No Image
BAM150
Self
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Image
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Captain George Fallon
Closet Land Image
Closet Land
Interrogator
No Image
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Self (archive footage)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film Image
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
Busted Image
Busted
Simon
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie Image
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
The Boy in the Bubble Image
The Boy in the Bubble
The Storyteller (voice)
The Spirit of Man Image
The Spirit of Man
Israel Yates
Dust Image
Dust
Todd
Portraits in Dramatic Time Image
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast Image
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Falls the Shadow:  The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Image
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting Image
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Narrator (voice)
Play Image
Play
Man
No Image
Benefactors
Revolutionary Witness Image
Revolutionary Witness
Jacques Roux
Sonnet Number 12 Image
Sonnet Number 12
(voice)
Babitsky's War Image
Babitsky's War
Narrator