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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 Dramati…
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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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2022
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
The Movies That Made Us
TV show Hans Gruber (archive footage)
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2016
The Limehouse Golem
Movie In Memory Of
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2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
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2016
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Movie In Memory Of
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2015
Eye in the Sky
Movie Lieutenant General Frank Benson
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2015
A Little Chaos
Movie King Louis XIV
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2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Movie Self
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2013
Dust
Movie Todd
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2013
CBGB
Movie Hilly Kristal
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2013
Muse of Fire
Movie Self
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2013
A Promise
Movie Karl Hoffmeister
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2013
The Butler
Movie Ronald Reagan
- 2012
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2012
BAM150
Movie Self
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2012
Gambit
Movie Lionel Shahbandar
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2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Movie Severus Snape
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2011
The Boy in the Bubble
Movie The Storyteller (voice)
- 2011
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2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie Severus Snape
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2010
The Song of Lunch
Movie He
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2010
The Wildest Dream
Movie Noel Odell (voice)
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2010
Alice in Wonderland
Movie Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
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2010
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Movie Self
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2009
Sonnet Number 12
Movie (voice)
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2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Movie Severus Snape
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2008
Bottle Shock
Movie Steven Spurrier
- 2008
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2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie Judge Turpin
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2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie Severus Snape
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2007
Nobel Son
Movie Eli Michaelson
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2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Movie Richis
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2006
Snow Cake
Movie Alex Hughes
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2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie Severus Snape
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2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie Marvin (voice)
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2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie Other Voices (voice)
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2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Movie Self
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2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie Severus Snape
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2004
Something the Lord Made
Movie Dr. Alfred Blalock
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2003
Love Actually
Movie Harry
