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Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman’s screen credits include Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
Born February 21, 1946† January 14, 2016 Acton, London, England, UK13 movies on MoviHero
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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 …
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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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- 2016Alice Through the Looking Glass1h 53m · Adventure · FamilyAbsolem / Caterpillar (voice)
- 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22h 10m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12h 26m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 2010Alice in Wonderland1h 48m · Adventure · FamilyAbsolem / Caterpillar (voice)
- 2009Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2h 33m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 2007Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2h 18m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2h 37m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2h 21m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 2003Love Actually2h 15m · Comedy · DramaHarry
- 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2h 41m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2h 32m · Adventure · FantasySeverus Snape
- 1995Sense and Sensibility2h 16m · Drama · RomanceColonel Christopher Brandon
- 1988Die Hard2h 12m · Action · ThrillerHans Gruber
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- 2022Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'Self (archive footage)
- 2015Eye in the SkyLieutenant General Frank Benson
- 2015A Little ChaosDirector · Writer · King Louis XIV
- 2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in FilmSelf
- 2013DustTodd
- 2013CBGBHilly Kristal
- 2013Muse of FireSelf
- 2013A PromiseKarl Hoffmeister
- 2013The ButlerRonald Reagan
- 2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol FugardSelf
- 2012BAM150Self
- 2012GambitLionel Shahbandar
- 2011The Boy in the BubbleThe Storyteller (voice)
- 2011Portraits in Dramatic TimeActor
- 2010The Song of LunchHe
- 2010The Wildest DreamNoel Odell (voice)
- 2010Harold Pinter: A CelebrationSelf
- 2009Sonnet Number 12(voice)
- 2008Bottle ShockSteven Spurrier
- 2008Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = ToddSelf
- 2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetJudge Turpin
- 2007Nobel SonEli Michaelson
- 2006Perfume: The Story of a MurdererRichis
- 2006Snow CakeAlex Hughes
- 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMarvin (voice)
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
- 2004The Magic Touch of Harry PotterSelf
- 2004Something the Lord MadeDr. Alfred Blalock
- 2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on FilmSelf - M
- 2002Judge Not: In Defense of DogmaSelf
- 2001The Search for John GissingJohn Gissing
- 2001PlayMan
- 2001We Know Where You Live. Live!Self
- 2001Blow DryPhil Allen
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsCaptain George Fallon
- 2000Babitsky's WarNarrator
- 1999Dark HarborDavid Weinberg
- 1999Galaxy QuestAlexander Dane
- 1999DogmaMetatron
- 1998Judas KissDetective David Friedman
- 1997The Winter GuestDirector · Writer · Man in street
- 1996Michael CollinsEamon de Valera
- 1996RasputinGrigori Rasputin
- 1995Lumière & Company(segment "John Boorman")
- 1995Die Hard: With a VengeanceHans Gruber (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureP.L. O'Hara
- 1994MesmerFranz Anton Mesmer
- 1992Victoria Wood's All Day BreakfastActor
- 1992Bob RobertsLukas Hart III
- 1991Close My EyesSinclair
- 1991Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesSheriff of Nottingham
- 1991Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the MovieSelf
- 1991Truly Madly DeeplyJamie
- 1991Closet LandInterrogator
- 1990Quigley Down UnderElliott Marston
- 1989Revolutionary WitnessJacques Roux
- 1989The Spirit of ManIsrael Yates
- 19897 Deadly Sins: Stage ActingWriter · Narrator (voice)
- 1989The January ManEd
- 1989BenefactorsActor
- 1985Pity in HistoryCroop
- 1985WetherbyTV Commentator (archival footage)
- 1983BustedSimon
- 1978Romeo and JulietTybalt
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Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone · Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets · Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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