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).
Known for
ActingBirthday
February 21, 1946Deathday
January 14, 2016Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
75Place of birth
Hammersmith, London, UKAlso known as
艾倫·瑞克曼, 앨런 릭먼, แอลัน ริกแมน, アラン・リックマン, ألان ريكمان, Άλαν ΡίκμανCast credits
Snow Cake
Alex HughesLove Actually
HarryDie Hard
Hans GruberHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Severus SnapeHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Severus SnapeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Severus SnapeHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Severus SnapeGalaxy Quest
Alexander DanePerfume: The Story of a Murderer
RichisMichael Collins
Eamon de ValeraDogma
MetatronBob Roberts
Lukas Hart IIISense and Sensibility
Colonel Christopher BrandonSomething the Lord Made
Dr. Alfred BlalockAn Awfully Big Adventure
P.L. O'HaraThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Marvin (voice)Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Sheriff of NottinghamThe January Man
EdAlice in Wonderland
The Caterpillar (voice)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Severus SnapeHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Severus Snape