Alan Rickman
Acting
Born: Feb 21, 1946 — Died: Jan 14, 2016
From: Acton, London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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); …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Severus Snape | 2011 | 8.08 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Absolem / Caterpillar (voice) | 2010 | 6.639 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Severus Snape | 2010 | 7.734 |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Severus Snape | 2009 | 7.681 |
| Bottle Shock | Steven Spurrier | 2008 | 6.366 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Severus Snape | 2007 | 7.672 |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Judge Turpin | 2007 | 7.178 |
| Nobel Son | Eli Michaelson | 2007 | 6.053 |
| Snow Cake | Alex Hughes | 2006 | 7.126 |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Richis | 2006 | 7.4 |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Severus Snape | 2005 | 7.801 |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Marvin (voice) | 2005 | 6.683 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Severus Snape | 2004 | 8.0 |
| Something the Lord Made | Dr. Alfred Blalock | 2004 | 7.905 |
| Love Actually | Harry | 2003 | 7.096 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Severus Snape | 2002 | 7.702 |
| Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma | Self | 2002 | 6.067 |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Severus Snape | 2001 | 7.898 |
| The Search for John Gissing | John Gissing | 2001 | 4.885 |
| Galaxy Quest | Alexander Dane | 1999 | 7.08 |
| Dogma | Metatron | 1999 | 6.929 |
| Judas Kiss | Detective David Friedman | 1998 | 5.683 |
| Michael Collins | Eamon de Valera | 1996 | 6.873 |
| Sense and Sensibility | Colonel Christopher Brandon | 1995 | 7.42 |
| An Awfully Big Adventure | P.L. O'Hara | 1995 | 6.562 |
| Bob Roberts | Lukas Hart III | 1992 | 6.571 |
| Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Sheriff of Nottingham | 1991 | 6.855 |
| Quigley Down Under | Elliott Marston | 1990 | 6.704 |
| The January Man | Ed | 1989 | 4.976 |
| Die Hard | Hans Gruber | 1988 | 7.809 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1946 |
| From | Acton, London, England, … |