Alan Rickman

Actor
BirthdayFeb 21, 1946 (70 years old)
DeathdayJan 14, 2016
Place of birthHammersmith, London, UK
GenderMale

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).

Known for

Severus Snape

Nov 16, 2001

Severus Snape

Nov 13, 2002

Severus Snape

Nov 16, 2005

Severus Snape

Jul 15, 2009

The Caterpillar (voice)

Mar 3, 2010

Hans Gruber

Jul 15, 1988

Harry

Sep 7, 2003

Blue Caterpillar (voice)

May 25, 2016

Marvin (voice)

Apr 28, 2005

Sheriff of Nottingham

Jun 14, 1991

Ronald Reagan

Aug 16, 2013

Metatron

Nov 12, 1999

Alexander Dane

Dec 25, 1999

Colonel Christopher Brandon

Dec 13, 1995

Severus Snape

Nov 16, 2001

Severus Snape

Nov 13, 2002

Severus Snape

Nov 16, 2005

Acting


Participated in 74 movies, 15 TV series

2019

Hans Gruber (archive footage)


2016

In Memory Of


2016

Blue Caterpillar (voice)



2015

Lieutenant General Frank Benson, In Memory Of


2015

King Louis XIV, Director, Writer



2013

Dust

6.8

Todd


2013

CBGB

6.4

Hilly Kristal


2013


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