Alan Rickman
Acting
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
Acting92
movieHere We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Movies That Made Us
2019
Hans Gruber (archive footage)
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
movieEye in the Sky
2015
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
movieA Little Chaos
2015
King Louis XIV
movieDust
2013
Todd
movieCBGB
2013
Hilly Kristal
movieA Promise
2013
Karl Hoffmeister
movieThe Butler
2013
Ronald Reagan
movieBAM150
2012
Self
movieGambit
2012
Lionel Shahbandar
movieThe Boy in the Bubble
2011
The Storyteller (voice)
movieThe Wildest Dream
2010
Noel Odell (voice)
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
movieSonnet Number 12
2009
(voice)
movieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Severus Snape
movieBottle Shock
2008
Steven Spurrier
movieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Severus Snape
movieNobel Son
2007
Eli Michaelson
movieSnow Cake
2006
Alex Hughes
movieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Severus Snape
movieThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Marvin (voice)
movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
Other Voices (voice)
movieHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Severus Snape
movieSomething the Lord Made
2004
Dr. Alfred Blalock
movieHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Severus Snape
movieHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Severus Snape
movieThe Search for John Gissing
2001
John Gissing
movieBlow Dry
2001
Phil Allen
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Captain George Fallon
movieBabitsky's War
2000
Narrator
movieDark Harbor
1999
David Weinberg
movieGalaxy Quest
1999
Alexander Dane
movieDogma
1999
Metatron
movieJudas Kiss
1998
Detective David Friedman
movieThe Winter Guest
1997
Man in street
tvKing of the Hill
1997
King Philip (voice)
movieMichael Collins
1996
Eamon de Valera
movieRasputin
1996
Grigori Rasputin
movieLumière & Company
1995
(segment "John Boorman")
movieSense and Sensibility
1995
Colonel Christopher Brandon
movieDie Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAn Awfully Big Adventure
1995
P.L. O'Hara
movieMesmer
1994
Franz Anton Mesmer
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvFallen Angels
1993
Dwight Billings
movieBob Roberts
1992
Lukas Hart III
movieClose My Eyes
1991
Sinclair
movieRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
Sheriff of Nottingham
movieCloset Land
1991
Interrogator
movieQuigley Down Under
1990
Elliott Marston
movieRevolutionary Witness
1989
Jacques Roux
movieThe Spirit of Man
1989
Israel Yates
movie7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
Narrator (voice)
movieDie Hard
1988
Hans Gruber
tvScreenPlay
1986
Israel Yates
tvGirls On Top
1985
Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice)
movieWetherby
1985
TV Commentator (archival footage)
movieBusted
1983
Simon
tvThe Barchester Chronicles
1982
Obadiah Slope
tvSmiley's People
1982
Mr Brownlow
tvTherese Raquin
1980
Vidal
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter / Self - Winner
Crew4
movieThe Limehouse Golem
2016
In Memory Of
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
In Memory Of
movieEye in the Sky
2015
In Memory Of
Writing3
Directing2
movieA Little Chaos
2015
Director
movieThe Winter Guest
1997
Director