person

Alan Rickman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-02-21

Place of Birth

Hammersmith, London, UK

Alan Rickman

Biography

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman 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).

Also Known For

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Snow Cake

Sep 08, 2006

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Galaxy Quest

Dec 25, 1999

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Love Actually

Sep 07, 2003

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Die Hard

Jul 15, 1988

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Sep 13, 2006

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79

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Nov 16, 2001

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Nov 13, 2002

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

May 31, 2004

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Nov 16, 2005

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Jul 08, 2007

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Jul 15, 2009

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69

Michael Collins

Oct 25, 1996

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Dogma

Oct 04, 1999

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Bob Roberts

Sep 04, 1992

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Sense and Sensibility

Dec 13, 1995

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Something the Lord Made

May 30, 2004

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An Awfully Big Adventure

May 11, 1995

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Apr 28, 2005

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Jun 14, 1991

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The January Man

Jan 13, 1989

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66

Alice in Wonderland

Mar 03, 2010

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Nov 17, 2010

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80

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Jul 12, 2011

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Quigley Down Under

Oct 17, 1990

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Dec 20, 2007

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Bottle Shock

Sep 05, 2008

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Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma

Sep 03, 2002

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Judas Kiss

Sep 16, 1998

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Nobel Son

Apr 28, 2007

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The Search for John Gissing

Nov 01, 2001

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Rasputin

Mar 23, 1996

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Blow Dry

Mar 01, 2001

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Truly Madly Deeply

May 03, 1991

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The Song of Lunch

Oct 08, 2010

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59

Close My Eyes

Nov 22, 1991

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Closet Land

Mar 06, 1991

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59

Mesmer

Aug 25, 1994

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Gambit

Apr 25, 2012

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49

Dark Harbor

Dec 31, 1999

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CBGB

Oct 11, 2013

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Play

Jul 14, 2001

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The Butler

Aug 16, 2013

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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Jun 11, 2004

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A Promise

Sep 04, 2013

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The Boy in the Bubble

Jul 08, 2011

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Benefactors

Jan 02, 1989

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A Little Chaos

Mar 26, 2015

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Dust

Oct 24, 2013

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BAM150

Apr 27, 2012

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65

Alice Through the Looking Glass

May 25, 2016

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The Winter Guest

Dec 27, 1997

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Eye in the Sky

Sep 07, 2015

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Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

Jun 13, 1991

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The Spirit of Man

Aug 23, 1989

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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Aug 25, 2014

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80

Portraits in Dramatic Time

Jul 05, 2011

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Sonnet Number 12

Dec 31, 2009

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Revolutionary Witness

Dec 31, 1989

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Busted

Jan 28, 1983

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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Dec 25, 2000

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Lumière & Company

Dec 20, 1995

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The Wildest Dream

Aug 06, 2010

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Muse of Fire

Sep 26, 2013

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Harold Pinter: A Celebration

Jan 24, 2010

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Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

Dec 25, 1992

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Romeo and Juliet

Dec 03, 1978

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Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

May 28, 2012

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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Sep 04, 2004

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

Apr 01, 2008

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Wetherby

Jun 19, 1985

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Babitsky's War

Sep 04, 2000

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7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

Jan 17, 1989

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

Nov 28, 2022

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73

King of the Hill

Jan 12, 1997

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48

Girls On Top

Oct 23, 1985

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71

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sep 13, 1993

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77

Shelley

Jul 12, 1979

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70

The Barchester Chronicles

Nov 10, 1982

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35

The Hollywood Greats

Aug 04, 1977

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60

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Dec 03, 1978

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77

Smiley's People

Sep 20, 1982

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Smiley's People

Sep 20, 1982

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Therese Raquin

Mar 12, 1980

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Fallen Angels

Aug 01, 1993

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66

Honest Trailers

Feb 13, 2012

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The Directors

Jan 01, 1999

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The Movies That Made Us

Nov 29, 2019

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Tony Awards

Apr 01, 1956

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Golden Globe Awards

Jan 20, 1944

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Tony Awards

Apr 01, 1956

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Creating the World of Harry Potter

Nov 17, 2009