Alan Rickman
Actor
Born February 21, 1946 in Acton, London, England, UK
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).
Filmography
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Self (archive footage)
The Movies That Made Us
Hans Gruber (archive footage)
The Limehouse Golem
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Eye in the Sky
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
A Little Chaos
King Louis XIV
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
Dust
Todd
CBGB
Hilly Kristal
Muse of Fire
Self
A Promise
Karl Hoffmeister
The Butler
Ronald Reagan
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
BAM150
Self
Gambit
Lionel Shahbandar
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Severus Snape
The Boy in the Bubble
The Storyteller (voice)
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Severus Snape
The Song of Lunch
He
The Wildest Dream
Noel Odell (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Self
Sonnet Number 12
(voice)
Creating the Wizarding World - Behind the Scenes of Harry Potter
Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Severus Snape
Bottle Shock
Steven Spurrier
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Judge Turpin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Severus Snape
Nobel Son
Eli Michaelson
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Richis
Snow Cake
Alex Hughes
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Severus Snape
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Marvin (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Other Voices (voice)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Severus Snape
Something the Lord Made
Dr. Alfred Blalock
Love Actually
Harry
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - M
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Severus Snape
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
Self
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Severus Snape
The Search for John Gissing
John Gissing
Play
Man
Blow Dry
Phil Allen
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Captain George Fallon
Babitsky's War
Narrator
Dark Harbor
David Weinberg
Galaxy Quest
Alexander Dane
Dogma
Metatron
The Directors
Self
Judas Kiss
Detective David Friedman
The Winter Guest
Man in street
King of the Hill
King Philip (voice)
Michael Collins
Eamon de Valera
Rasputin
Grigori Rasputin
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
Sense and Sensibility
Colonel Christopher Brandon
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
An Awfully Big Adventure
P.L. O'Hara
Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
Dwight Billings
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Bob Roberts
Lukas Hart III
Close My Eyes
Sinclair
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
Truly Madly Deeply
Jamie
Closet Land
Interrogator
Quigley Down Under
Elliott Marston
Revolutionary Witness
Jacques Roux
The Spirit of Man
Israel Yates
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
Narrator (voice)
The January Man
Ed
Die Hard
Hans Gruber
ScreenPlay
Israel Yates
Girls On Top
Dimitri / Voice of RADA(voice)
Pity in History
Croop
Wetherby
TV Commentator (archival footage)
Busted
Simon
The Barchester Chronicles
Obadiah Slope
Smiley's People
Mr Brownlow
Therese Raquin
Vidal
Shelley
Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Tybalt
The Hollywood Greats
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter