Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
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).
Acted Movies
Director: Gavin Hood
Writers: Guy Hibbert,
Cast: Aaron Paul, Aisha Takow, Alan Rickman, Armaan Haggio, Barkhad Abdi, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Monica Dolan, Phoebe Fox, Richard McCabe,
Director: Randall Miller
Writers: Jody Savin,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Ashley Greene, Johnny Galecki, Justin Bartha, Kyle Gallner, Malin Åkerman, Rupert Grint, Ryan Hurst, Stana Katic, Taylor Hawkins,
Director: Patrice Leconte
Writers: Jérôme Tonnerre,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Christelle Cornil, Jean-Louis Sbille, Jonathan Sawdon, Maggie Steed, Rebecca Hall, Richard Madden, Sarah Messens, Shannon Tarbet, Toby Murray,
Director: Michael Hoffman
Writers: Ethan Coen,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Alex Macqueen, Anna Skellern, Cameron Diaz, Cloris Leachman, Colin Firth, Joe Berryman, Lorna Brown, Stanley Tucci, Tom Courtenay,
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Linda Woolverton,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Matt Lucas, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Sheen, Stephen Fry, Timothy Spall,
Director: David Yates
Writers: Steve Kloves,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Bonnie Wright, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Evanna Lynch, Jessie Cave, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton,
Director: Marc Evans
Writers: Angela Pell,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Callum Keith Rennie, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Fox, Emily Hampshire, James Allodi, Janet van de Graaf, Julie Stewart, Selina Cadell, Sigourney Weaver,
Director: Richard Curtis
Writers: Richard Curtis,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Andrew Lincoln, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Laura Linney, Liam Neeson, Lúcia Moniz, Martine McCutcheon,
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Writers: Simon Beaufoy,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Heidi Klum, Hugh Bonneville, Josh Hartnett, Natasha Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rachel Griffiths, Rosemary Harris, Warren Clarke,
Director: Dean Parisot
Writers: Robert Gordon,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Jed Rees, Justin Long, Robin Sachs, Sam Rockwell, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Allen, Tony Shalhoub,
Director: Kevin Smith
Writers: Kevin Smith,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Ben Affleck, Bud Cort, Chris Rock, George Carlin, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon, Salma Hayek Pinault,
Director: Neil Jordan
Writers: Neil Jordan,
Cast: Aidan Quinn, Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, Gerard McSorley, Ian Hart, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Sean McGinley, Stephen Rea, Stuart Graham,
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Emma Thompson,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Elizabeth Spriggs, Emma Thompson, Gemma Jones, Greg Wise, Harriet Walter, Hugh Grant, Imogen Stubbs, James Fleet, Kate Winslet,
Director: Tim Robbins
Writers: Tim Robbins,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Brian Murray, Giancarlo Esposito, Gore Vidal, Harry Lennix, John Ottavino, Ray Wise, Rebecca Jenkins, Robert Stanton, Tim Robbins,
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Writers: Stephen Poliakoff,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Annie Hayes, Campbell Morrison, Clive Owen, Karen Knight, Karl Johnson, Kate Gartside, Lesley Sharp, Niall Buggy, Saskia Reeves,
Director: Simon Wincer
Writers: John Hill,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Ben Mendelsohn, Chris Haywood, Conor McDermottroe, Jerome Ehlers, Laura San Giacomo, Roger Ward, Ron Haddrick, Tom Selleck, Tony Bonner,
Director: John McTiernan
Writers: Steven E. de Souza,
Cast: Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, De'voreaux White, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Paul Gleason, Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton,