Alan Rickman
Born February 21, 1946 (Age: 80)
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Acton, London, England, UK
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).
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).
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Filmography
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
2022
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 76
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
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as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
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Age: 70
Eye in the Sky
2015
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as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
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Age: 69
A Little Chaos
2015
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as King Louis XIV
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Age: 69
A Promise
2013
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as Karl Hoffmeister
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Age: 67
The Butler
2013
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as Ronald Reagan
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Age: 67
Gambit
2012
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as Lionel Shahbandar
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Age: 66
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 65
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 64
Alice in Wonderland
2010
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as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
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Age: 64
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 63
Bottle Shock
2008
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as Steven Spurrier
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Age: 62
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
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as Judge Turpin
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Age: 61
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 61
Nobel Son
2007
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as Eli Michaelson
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Age: 61
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
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as Richis
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Age: 60
Snow Cake
2006
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as Alex Hughes
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Age: 60
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 59
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
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as Marvin (voice)
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Age: 59
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 58
Love Actually
2003
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as Harry
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Age: 57
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 56
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
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as Severus Snape
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Age: 55
Blow Dry
2001
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as Phil Allen
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Age: 55
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
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as Captain George Fallon
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Age: 54
Babitsky's War
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 54
Galaxy Quest
1999
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as Alexander Dane
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Age: 53
Dogma
1999
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as Metatron
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Age: 53
Michael Collins
1996
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as Eamon de Valera
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Age: 50
Sense and Sensibility
1995
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as Colonel Christopher Brandon
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Age: 49
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
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as Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 49
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
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as P.L. O'Hara
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Age: 49
Bob Roberts
1992
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as Lukas Hart III
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Age: 46
Close My Eyes
1991
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as Sinclair
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Age: 45
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
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as Sheriff of Nottingham
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Age: 45
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991
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as Self
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Age: 45
Closet Land
1991
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as Interrogator
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Age: 45
Quigley Down Under
1990
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as Elliott Marston
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Age: 44
Die Hard
1988
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as Hans Gruber
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Age: 42