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).
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Richis
Age 60 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Severus Snape
Age 65 (now 69)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Judge Turpin
Age 61 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Severus Snape
Age 55 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Severus Snape
Age 64 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Severus Snape
Age 63 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Severus Snape
Age 56 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Severus Snape
Age 58 (now 69)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Marvin (voice)
Age 59 (now 69)
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
as Self (archive footage)
Age 76 (now 69)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
In Memory Of
Age 70 (now 69) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Age 70 (now 69)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
In Memory Of
Age 69
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Age 68 (now 69)
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
Age 66 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Severus Snape
Age 65 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Severus Snape
Age 64 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Severus Snape
Age 63 (now 69)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
as Self
Age 62 (now 69) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Judge Turpin
Age 61 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Severus Snape
Age 61 (now 69)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Richis
Age 60 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Severus Snape
Age 59 (now 69) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Marvin (voice)
Age 59 (now 69)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
Age 58 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Severus Snape
Age 58 (now 69)
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - M
Age 56 (now 69) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Severus Snape
Age 56 (now 69)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Severus Snape
Age 55 (now 69)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Captain George Fallon
Age 54 (now 69)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 49 (now 69)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Age 45 (now 69)
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self
Age 45 (now 69)
The Movies That Made Us
as Hans Gruber (archive footage)
Age 73 (now 69)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 47 (now 69)
Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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