Acting
Alan Rickman
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
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Film · 2022
The Movies That Made Us
Series · 2019
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Film · 2016
A Little Chaos
Film · 2015
Eye in the Sky
Film · 2015
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Film · 2014
CBGB
Film · 2013
The Butler
Film · 2013
A Promise
Film · 2013
Dust
Film · 2013
Muse of Fire
Film · 2013
Gambit
Film · 2012
BAM150
Film · 2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Film · 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011
The Boy in the Bubble
Film · 2011
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Film · 2011
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
The Song of Lunch
Film · 2010
The Wildest Dream
Film · 2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Film · 2010
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Film · 2009
Sonnet Number 12
Film · 2009
Bottle Shock
Film · 2008
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
Film · 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Film · 2007
Nobel Son
Film · 2007
Snow Cake
Film · 2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Film · 2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Film · 2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Film · 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Film · 2004
Something the Lord Made
Film · 2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Film · 2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Film · 2004
Love Actually
Film · 2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Film · 2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Film · 2002
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Film · 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Film · 2001
The Search for John Gissing
Film · 2001
Blow Dry
Film · 2001
Play
Film · 2001
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Film · 2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Film · 2000
Babitsky's War
Film · 2000
Galaxy Quest
Film · 1999
Dogma
Film · 1999
Dark Harbor
Film · 1999
The Directors
Series · 1999
Judas Kiss
Film · 1998
The Winter Guest
Film · 1997
King of the Hill
Series · 1997
Michael Collins
Film · 1996
Rasputin
Film · 1996
Sense and Sensibility
Film · 1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
Film · 1995
Lumière & Company
Film · 1995
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Film · 1995
Mesmer
Film · 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Fallen Angels
Series · 1993
Bob Roberts
Film · 1992
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Film · 1992
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Film · 1991
Truly Madly Deeply
Film · 1991
Close My Eyes
Film · 1991
Closet Land
Film · 1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Film · 1991
Quigley Down Under
Film · 1990
The January Man
Film · 1989
Benefactors
Film · 1989
The Spirit of Man
Film · 1989
Revolutionary Witness
Film · 1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Film · 1989
Die Hard
Film · 1988
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
Wetherby
Film · 1985
Pity in History
Film · 1985
Girls On Top
Series · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
Summer Season
Series · 1985
Busted
Film · 1983
The Barchester Chronicles
Series · 1982
Smiley's People
Series · 1982
Therese Raquin
Series · 1980
Shelley
Series · 1979
Romeo and Juliet
Film · 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Series · 1978
The Hollywood Greats
Series · 1977
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944