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person_profile-Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman Died at age: 69

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Alan Rickman

Date of Birth:

Feb 21, 1946

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jan 14, 2016

Biography of

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).

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Alan Rickman

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Filmography of

Alan Rickman

Found 64 Movies in total

The Lego Batman Movie

Egghead (voice) ( Actor )

... 2017

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Blue Caterpillar (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

Eye in the Sky

Lieutenant General Frank Benson ( Actor )

In Memory Of

... 2015

A Little Chaos

King Louis XIV ( Actor )

Writer

... 2015

... 2014

CBGB

Hilly Kristal ( Actor )

... 2013

Muse of Fire

Self ( Actor )

... 2013

A Promise

Karl Hoffmeister ( Actor )

... 2013

The Butler

Ronald Reagan ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2012

Gambit

Lionel Shahbandar ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2011

... 2010

The Song of Lunch

He ( Actor )

... 2010

The Wildest Dream

Noel Odell (voice) ( Actor )

... 2010

Alice in Wonderland

The Caterpillar (voice) ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2010

... 2009

Bottle Shock

Steven Spurrier ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

... 2007

Nobel Son

Eli Michaelson ( Actor )

... 2007

... 2006

Snow Cake

Alex Hughes ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2005

... 2005

... 2004

... 2004

... 2004

Something the Lord Made

Dr. Alfred Blalock ( Actor )

... 2004

Love Actually

Harry ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2002

... 2001

The Search for John Gissing

John Gissing ( Actor )

... 2001

Blow Dry

Phil Allen ( Actor )

... 2001

Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma

Himself (Interviewee) ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2000

Help! I'm a Fish

Joe (voice) ( Actor )

... 2000

Babitsky's War

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2000

Dark Harbor

David Weinberg ( Actor )

... 1999

Galaxy Quest

Alexander Dane ( Actor )

... 1999

Dogma

Metatron ( Actor )

... 1999

Judas Kiss

Detective David Friedman ( Actor )

... 1998

The Winter Guest

Man in street ( Actor )

Writer

... 1997

Michael Collins

Eamon de Valera ( Actor )

... 1996

Rasputin

Grigori Rasputin ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

Sense and Sensibility

Colonel Christopher Brandon ( Actor )

... 1995

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1995

An Awfully Big Adventure

P.L. O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1995

Mesmer

Franz Anton Mesmer ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1992

Bob Roberts

Lukas Hart III ( Actor )

... 1992

Close My Eyes

Sinclair ( Actor )

... 1991

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Sheriff of Nottingham ( Actor )

... 1991

Truly Madly Deeply

Jamie ( Actor )

... 1991

Closet Land

Interrogator ( Actor )

... 1991

Quigley Down Under

Elliott Marston ( Actor )

... 1990

The Spirit of Man

Israel Yates ( Actor )

... 1989

The January Man

Ed ( Actor )

... 1989

Die Hard

Hans Gruber ( Actor )

... 1988

Wetherby

TV Commentator (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 1985

Busted

Simon ( Actor )

... 1983

Romeo & Juliet

Tybalt ( Actor )

... 1978