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Alan Rickman‌

Gender

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Birthday

calendar1946-02-21

Popularity

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Alan Rickman

Hammersmith, London, UK

Alan Rickman

Hammersmith, London, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1946-02-21

Popularity

star35.4

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).

Movie Credits

Snow Cake

Snow Cake‌
star7.2
calendar 2006

Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest‌
star7.1
calendar 1999

Love Actually

Love Actually‌
star7.1
calendar 2003

Die Hard

Die Hard‌
star7.8
calendar 1988

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer‌
star7.4
calendar 2006

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone‌
star7.9
calendar 2001

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‌
star7.7
calendar 2002

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‌
star8.0
calendar 2004

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire‌
star7.8
calendar 2005

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix‌
star7.7
calendar 2007

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‌
star7.7
calendar 2009

Michael Collins

Michael Collins‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

Dogma

Dogma‌
star6.9
calendar 1999

Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts‌
star6.5
calendar 1992

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility‌
star7.4
calendar 1995

Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made‌
star7.7
calendar 2004

An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure‌
star6.7
calendar 1995

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy‌
star6.7
calendar 2005

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves‌
star6.9
calendar 1991

The January Man

The January Man‌
star4.9
calendar 1989

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland‌
star6.6
calendar 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1‌
star7.8
calendar 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2‌
star8.1
calendar 2011

Quigley Down Under

Quigley Down Under‌
star6.7
calendar 1990

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street‌
star7.2
calendar 2007

Bottle Shock

Bottle Shock‌
star6.4
calendar 2008

Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma

Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma‌
star5.9
calendar 2001

Judas Kiss

Judas Kiss‌
star5.6
calendar 1998

Nobel Son

Nobel Son‌
star6.1
calendar 2007

The Search for John Gissing

The Search for John Gissing‌
star4.5
calendar 2001

Rasputin

Rasputin‌
star6.5
calendar 1996

Blow Dry

Blow Dry‌
star5.9
calendar 2001

Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply‌
star6.9
calendar 1991

The Song of Lunch

The Song of Lunch‌
star6.8
calendar 2010

Close My Eyes

Close My Eyes‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

Closet Land

Closet Land‌
star6.6
calendar 1991

Mesmer

Mesmer‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Gambit

Gambit‌
star5.5
calendar 2012

Dark Harbor

Dark Harbor‌
star4.9
calendar 1999

CBGB

CBGB‌
star6.4
calendar 2013

Play

Play‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

The Butler

The Butler‌
star7.3
calendar 2013

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter‌
star7.6
calendar 2004

A Promise

A Promise‌
star5.6
calendar 2013

The Boy in the Bubble

The Boy in the Bubble‌
star7.1
calendar 2011

Benefactors

Benefactors‌
star2.0
calendar 1989

A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos‌
star6.3
calendar 2015

Dust

Dust‌
star6.8
calendar 2013

BAM150

BAM150‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass‌
star6.6
calendar 2016

The Winter Guest

The Winter Guest‌
star6.5
calendar 1997

Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky‌
star7.0
calendar 2015

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

The Spirit of Man

The Spirit of Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film‌
star4.8
calendar 2014

Portraits in Dramatic Time

Portraits in Dramatic Time‌
star8.0
calendar 2011

Sonnet Number 12

Sonnet Number 12‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Revolutionary Witness

Revolutionary Witness‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Busted

Busted‌
star6.0
calendar 1983

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings‌
star7.0
calendar 2000

Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company‌
star6.2
calendar 1995

The Wildest Dream

The Wildest Dream‌
star7.0
calendar 2010

Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire‌
star6.5
calendar 2013

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Harold Pinter:  A Celebration‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast‌
star5.5
calendar 1992

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet‌
star7.4
calendar 1978

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

Falls the Shadow:  The Life and Times of Athol Fugard‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson‌
star7.1
calendar 2004

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd‌
star7.5
calendar 2008

Wetherby

Wetherby‌
star6.0
calendar 1985

Babitsky's War

Babitsky's War‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Tv Credits

King of the Hill

King of the Hill‌
star7.3
calendar 1997

Girls On Top

Girls On Top‌
star4.8
calendar 1985

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

Shelley

Shelley‌
star7.8
calendar 1979

The Barchester Chronicles

The Barchester Chronicles‌
star7.0
calendar 1982

The Hollywood Greats

The Hollywood Greats‌
star3.5
calendar 1977

BBC Television Shakespeare

BBC Television Shakespeare‌
star5.2
calendar 1978

Smiley's People

Smiley's People‌
star7.7
calendar 1982

Smiley's People

Smiley's People‌
star7.7
calendar 1982

Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin‌
star5.9
calendar 1980

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels‌
star5.5
calendar 1993

Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers‌
star6.3
calendar 2012

The Directors

The Directors‌
star5.1
calendar 1999

The Movies That Made Us

The Movies That Made Us‌
star7.3
calendar 2019

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944