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Alan Rickman
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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…
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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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Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
as Self (archive footage)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Eye in the Sky
as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
A Little Chaos
as King Louis XIV
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Dust
as Todd
CBGB
as Hilly Kristal
Muse of Fire
as Self
A Promise
as Karl Hoffmeister
The Butler
as Ronald Reagan
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
BAM150
as Self
Gambit
as Lionel Shahbandar
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Severus Snape
The Boy in the Bubble
as The Storyteller (voice)
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Severus Snape
The Song of Lunch
as He
The Wildest Dream
as Noel Odell (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
as Self
Sonnet Number 12
as (voice)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
as Severus Snape
Bottle Shock
as Steven Spurrier
No Poster
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
as Self
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Judge Turpin
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Severus Snape
Nobel Son
as Eli Michaelson
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Richis
Snow Cake
as Alex Hughes
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Severus Snape
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Marvin (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Severus Snape
Something the Lord Made
as Dr. Alfred Blalock
Love Actually
as Harry
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self - M
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Severus Snape
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
as Self
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Severus Snape
The Search for John Gissing
as John Gissing
Play
as Man
We Know Where You Live. Live!
as Self
Blow Dry
as Phil Allen
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Captain George Fallon
Babitsky's War
as Narrator
Dark Harbor
as David Weinberg
Galaxy Quest
as Alexander Dane
Dogma
as Metatron
Judas Kiss
as Detective David Friedman
The Winter Guest
as Man in street
Michael Collins
as Eamon de Valera
Rasputin
as Grigori Rasputin
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
Sense and Sensibility
as Colonel Christopher Brandon
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Hans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
An Awfully Big Adventure
as P.L. O'Hara
Mesmer
as Franz Anton Mesmer
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Bob Roberts
as Lukas Hart III
Close My Eyes
as Sinclair
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self
Truly Madly Deeply
as Jamie
Closet Land
as Interrogator
Quigley Down Under
as Elliott Marston
Revolutionary Witness
as Jacques Roux
The Spirit of Man
as Israel Yates
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Narrator (voice)
The January Man
as Ed
No Poster
Benefactors
Die Hard
as Hans Gruber
Pity in History
as Croop
Wetherby
as TV Commentator (archival footage)
Busted
as Simon
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt