Alan Rickman

ActorCrewDirectorWriter Feb 21 (died age 69) Acton, London, England, UK 1956–2022 (66 year career)

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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 n…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Severus Snape

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Severus Snape

Film

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Severus Snape

Film

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Severus Snape

Film

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Severus Snape

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Severus Snape

Film

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Severus Snape

Film

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Severus Snape

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (75)

Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)

6.6

Eye in the Sky

2015

as Lieutenant General Frank Benson

7.0

A Little Chaos

2015

as King Louis XIV

6.3

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

as Self

The Butler

as Ronald Reagan

CBGB

as Hilly Kristal

A Promise

as Karl Hoffmeister

Dust

as Todd

Muse of Fire

as Self

BAM150

as Self

Gambit

2012

as Lionel Shahbandar

5.5

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012

as Self

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as Severus Snape

8.1

Portraits in Dramatic Time

2011

8.0

The Boy in the Bubble

2011

as The Storyteller (voice)

7.1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Severus Snape

7.7

Alice in Wonderland

2010

as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)

6.6

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010

as Self

The Song of Lunch

2010

as He

6.6

The Wildest Dream

2010

as Noel Odell (voice)

7.0

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

as Severus Snape

7.7

Sonnet Number 12

2009

as (voice)

Bottle Shock

2008

as Steven Spurrier

6.4

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd

2008

as Self

7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

as Severus Snape

7.7

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

as Judge Turpin

Nobel Son

as Eli Michaelson

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

as Richis

Snow Cake

as Alex Hughes

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

as Severus Snape

7.8

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

as Marvin (voice)

6.7

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

as Severus Snape

8.0

Something the Lord Made

2004

as Dr. Alfred Blalock

7.9

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

2004

as Self

7.7

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

7.1

Love Actually

2003

as Harry

7.1

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Severus Snape

7.7

Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma

2002

as Self

5.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Severus Snape

Play

as Man

Blow Dry

as Phil Allen

The Search for John Gissing

2001

as John Gissing

4.5

Babitsky's War

2000

as Narrator

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Captain George Fallon

Dogma

as Metatron

Galaxy Quest

as Alexander Dane

Dark Harbor

as David Weinberg

Judas Kiss

as Detective David Friedman

The Winter Guest

as Man in street

Rasputin

as Grigori Rasputin

Michael Collins

as Eamon de Valera

Sense and Sensibility

1995

as Colonel Christopher Brandon

7.4

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

1995

as Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3

An Awfully Big Adventure

1995

as P.L. O'Hara

6.5

Lumière & Company

1995

as (segment "John Boorman")

6.2

Mesmer

1994

as Franz Anton Mesmer

5.9

Bob Roberts

1992

as Lukas Hart III

6.5

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

1992

5.5

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991

as Sheriff of Nottingham

Close My Eyes

as Sinclair

Truly Madly Deeply

as Jamie

Closet Land

as Interrogator

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

as Self

Quigley Down Under

as Elliott Marston

The Spirit of Man

as Israel Yates

The January Man

as Ed

Benefactors

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

as Narrator (voice)

Revolutionary Witness

1989

as Jacques Roux

Die Hard

1988

as Hans Gruber

7.8

Wetherby

1985

as TV Commentator (archival footage)

5.9

Pity in History

1985

as Croop

Busted

as Simon

Romeo and Juliet

as Tybalt

Television (14)

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Hans Gruber (archive footage)

The Directors

as Self

King of the Hill

as King Philip (voice)

7.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Fallen Angels

as Dwight Billings

Girls On Top

as Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice)

4.3

Smiley's People

1982

as Mr Brownlow

7.7

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

as Obadiah Slope

7.0

The Barchester Chronicles

as Obadiah Slope

Therese Raquin

as Vidal

Shelley

The Hollywood Greats

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Performer

5.9

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Winner

7.2

Crew (9)

Movies (9)

Alice Through the Looking Glass

In Memory Of

The Limehouse Golem

In Memory Of

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

In Memory Of

Eye in the Sky

In Memory Of

A Little Chaos

Director

A Little Chaos

Writer

The Winter Guest

Director

The Winter Guest

Writer

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

Writer