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).
Filmography
all 87
Movies 74
self 14
TV Shows 13
Voice 5
Narrator 1
Director 1
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016)
Eye in the Sky (2015)
A Little Chaos (2015)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
Dust (2013)
CBGB (2013)
Muse of Fire (2013)
A Promise (2013)
The Butler (2013)
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012)
BAM150 (2012)
Gambit (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
The Boy in the Bubble (2011)
Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
The Song of Lunch (2010)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration (2010)
Sonnet Number 12 (2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Bottle Shock (2008)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd (2008)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Nobel Son (2007)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Snow Cake (2006)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Peace One Day (2004)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Something the Lord Made (2004)
Love Actually (2003)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
The Search for John Gissing (2001)
Play (2001)
Blow Dry (2001)
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma (2001)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000)
Babitsky's War (2000)
Dark Harbor (1999)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Dogma (1999)
The Directors (1999)
Judas Kiss (1998)
The Winter Guest (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Michael Collins (1996)
Rasputin (1996)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Mesmer (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Fallen Angels (1993)
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast (1992)
Bob Roberts (1992)
Close My Eyes (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)
Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
Closet Land (1991)
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Revolutionary Witness (1989)
The Spirit of Man (1989)
The January Man (1989)
Benefactors (1989)
Die Hard (1988)
Girls On Top (1985)
Wetherby (1985)
Busted (1983)
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
Smiley's People (1982)
Thérèse Raquin (1980)
Shelley (1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Romeo & Juliet (1978)
The Hollywood Greats (1977)
True Stories
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-02-21
Deathday2016-01-14 (69 years old)
Birth NameAlan Sidney Patrick Rickman
Birth PlaceHammersmith, United Kingdom
RelationshipsRima Horton (2012-01-01 - 2016-01-14)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesHammersmith, United Kingdom
Also Known As艾倫·瑞克曼, 앨런 릭먼, แอลัน ริกแมน, アラン・リックマン, ألان ريكمان, Алан Рикман, Άλαν Ρίκμαν
AwardsScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, James Joyce Awards, James Joyce Award
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