Alan Rickman biography
Alan Rickman was a British actor and director, born on 21 February 1946 in Acton, who died on 14 January 2016.
Alan Rickman's screen career began in 1978 with Romeo and Juliet, playing Tybalt.
Alan Rickman appeared in 50 films and 16 television or streaming titles between 1978 and 2016.
Honours include BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie and James Joyce Awards.
- Also known as
- Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman, Rickman
- Born
- 21 February 1946
- Died
- 14 January 2016 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Acton
- Work
- Television actor, Film actor, Voice actor, Character actor, Film director
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1974 to 2016
- Awards
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- James Joyce Awards
- Golden Globes
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Alan Rickman filmography
50 films and 16 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Absolem The Butterfly | Voice, posthumous release Dedicated to his memory | |
| 2015 | Eye in the Sky | Lieutenant General Frank Benson | Last on-screen appearance | |
| 2014 | A Little Chaos | Louis XIV | Also director and co-writer | |
| 2013 | CBGB | Hilly Kristal | ||
| 2013 | A Promise | Karl Hoffmeister | ||
| 2013 | The Butler | Ronald Reagan | ||
| 2013 | Dust | Todd | Short Film | |
| 2012 | Gambit | Lord Shahbandar | ||
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Part 2 | Severus Snape | ||
| 2011 | The Boy in the Bubble | Narrator | Voice, Short film | |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Part 1 | Severus Snape | ||
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Absolem the Caterpillar | Voice | |
| 2010 | The Wildest Dream | Noel Odell | Voice, Documentary | |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Severus Snape | ||
| 2008 | Bottle Shock | Steven Spurrier | ||
| 2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Judge Turpin | ||
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Severus Snape | ||
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Eli Michaelson | ||
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Richis | ||
| 2006 | Snow Cake | Alex Hughes | ||
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Severus Snape | ||
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Marvin the Paranoid Android | Voice | |
| 2005 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | English | ||
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Severus Snape | ||
| 2003 | Love Actually | Harry |
Show all 50 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Severus Snape | ||
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Severus Snape | ||
| 2001 | The Search for John Gissing | John Gissing | ||
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Phil Allen | ||
| 2001 | Play | Man | ||
| 2000 | Help! I'm a Fish | Joe | Voice | |
| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Alexander Dane | ||
| 1999 | Dogma | Metatron | ||
| 1998 | Dark Harbor | David Weinberg | ||
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | Detective David Friedman | ||
| 1997 | The Winter Guest | Man in street | Uncredited; also director and co-writer | |
| 1997 | The Space Bar | |||
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Éamon de Valera | ||
| 1995 | Lumière and Company | French | ||
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Colonel Brandon | ||
| 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure | P. L. O'Hara | ||
| 1994 | Mesmer | Franz Anton Mesmer | ||
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Lukas Hart III | ||
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Sheriff of Nottingham | ||
| 1991 | Closet Land | Interrogator | ||
| 1991 | Close My Eyes | Sinclair / Natalie's husband | ||
| 1991 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Jamie | ||
| 1990 | Quigley Down Under | Elliot Marston | ||
| 1989 | The January Man | Ed | ||
| 1988 | Die Hard | Hans Gruber |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Song of Lunch | He | Television film | |
| 2004 | Something the Lord Made | Dr. Alfred Blalock | Television film | |
| 2002 | King of the Hill | King Philip | Voice, Episode: "Joust Like a Woman" | |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Captain George Fallon | Sketch: Plots and Proposals | |
| 1996 | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Grigori Rasputin | Television film | |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Dwight Billings | Episode: "Murder, Obliquely" | |
| 1989 | ScreenPlay | Israel Yates | Episode: "The Spirit of Man" | |
| 1989 | Revolutionary Witness | Jacques Roux | Television short | |
| 1985 | Summer Season | Croop | Episode: "Pity in History" | |
| 1985 | Girls on Top | Dmitri / RADA | 3 episodes | |
| 1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Obadiah Slope | 5 episodes | |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | Mr Brownlow | 1 episode | |
| 1982 | Busted | Simon | Television film | |
| 1980 | Thérèse Raquin | Vidal | 3 episodes | |
| 1980 | Shelley | Clive | Episode: "Nowt So Queer" | |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | BBC Television Shakespeare |