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
Alex Hughes
Snow Cake
Alexander Dane
Galaxy Quest
Harry
Love Actually
Hans Gruber
Die Hard
Richis
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Eamon de Valera
Michael Collins
Metatron
Dogma
Lukas Hart III
Bob Roberts
Colonel Christopher Brandon
Sense and Sensibility
Dr. Alfred Blalock
Something the Lord Made
P.L. O'Hara
An Awfully Big Adventure
Marvin (voice)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Ed
The January Man
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Elliott Marston
Quigley Down Under
Judge Turpin
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Steven Spurrier
Bottle Shock
Self
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Detective David Friedman
Judas Kiss
Eli Michaelson
Nobel Son
John Gissing
The Search for John Gissing
Grigori Rasputin
Rasputin
Phil Allen
Blow Dry
Jamie
Truly Madly Deeply
He
The Song of Lunch
Sinclair
Close My Eyes
Interrogator
Closet Land
Franz Anton Mesmer
Mesmer
Lionel Shahbandar
Gambit
David Weinberg
Dark Harbor
Hilly Kristal
CBGB
Man
Play
Ronald Reagan
The Butler
Self
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Karl Hoffmeister
A Promise
The Storyteller (voice)
The Boy in the Bubble
Benefactors
King Louis XIV
A Little Chaos
Todd
Dust
Self
BAM150
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Man in street
The Winter Guest
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
Eye in the Sky
Self
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Israel Yates
The Spirit of Man
Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Portraits in Dramatic Time
(voice)
Sonnet Number 12
Jacques Roux
Revolutionary Witness
Simon
Busted
Captain George Fallon
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
(segment "John Boorman")
Lumière et Compagnie
Noel Odell (voice)
The Wildest Dream
Self
Muse of Fire
Self
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Tybalt
Romeo and Juliet
Self
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Other Voices (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
TV Commentator (archival footage)
Wetherby
Narrator
Babitsky's War
Narrator (voice)
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Self (archive footage)
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Croop
Pity in History
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
74
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-02-21
Place of Birth
Acton, London, England, UK
Also Known As
艾倫·瑞克曼