AR
Photo of Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Died January 14, 2016 (69 years)
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).
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Bottle Shock
  • A Promise
  • Wetherby
Known For
  • Die Hard
  • Love Actually
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  • Galaxy Quest
  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Eye in the Sky
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass
  • Bottle Shock
  • Something the Lord Made
  • Snow Cake
  • CBGB
  • Michael Collins
  • Blow Dry
  • Gambit
  • A Little Chaos
  • Quigley Down Under
  • The Winter Guest
  • Rasputin
  • Nobel Son

Filmography

2022
Butterfly in the Sky · as Alexander Dane
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Blue Caterpillar (voice)
2015
Eye in the Sky · as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
2015
A Little Chaos: Deleted Scenes · as King Louis Xiv
2014
A Little Chaos · as King Louis Xiv
2014
2013
Dust · as Todd
2013
CBGB · as Hilly Kristal
2013
A Promise · as Karl Hoffmeister
2013
The Butler · as Ronald Reagan
2012
Gambit · as Lionel Shahbandar
2012
Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Severus Snape (archive Footage)
2011
2011
The Boy in the Bubble · as Storyteller
2011
2010
2010
2010
The Wildest Dream · as Noel Odell (voice)
2010
Alice in Wonderland · as The Caterpillar (voice)
2010
2009
2008
Bottle Shock · as Steven Spurrier
2007
2007
2007
Nobel Son · as Eli Michaelson
2006
2006
Snow Cake · as Alex Hughes
2006
Harry vs. the Horntail: The First Task · as Prof. Severus Snape
2005
2005
2004
Creating the Vision · as Prof. Severus Snape
2004
2004
2004
Something the Lord Made · as Dr. Alfred Blalock
2003
Love Actually · as Harry
2002
2001
2001
The Search for John Gissing · as John Gissing
2001
Play · as Man
2001
We Know Where You Live. Live! · as Second Yorkshireman
2001
Blow Dry · as Phil Allen
2000
Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings · as Captain George Fallon
2000
A Fish Tale · as Joe
2000
1999
Galaxy Quest · as Alexander Dane
1999
Dogma · as Metatron
1998
Dark Harbor · as David Weinberg
1998
Judas Kiss · as Detective David Friedman
1997
The Winter Guest · as Man In Street
1997
King of the Hill (TV Series) · as King Philip (voice)
1996
Michael Collins · as Eamon De Valera
1996
Rasputin · as Grigori Rasputin
1995
Lumière and Company · as (segment "john Boorman")
1995
Sense and Sensibility · as Colonel Christopher Brandon
1995
An Awfully Big Adventure · as P.l. O'hara
1994
Mesmer · as Franz Anton Mesmer
1993
Fallen Angels (TV Series) · as Dwight Billings
1992
1992
Bob Roberts · as Lukas Hart Iii
1991
Close My Eyes · as Sinclair
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · as Sheriff Of Nottingham
1991
Closet Land · as Interrogator
1990
Truly Madly Deeply · as Jamie
1990
Quigley Down Under · as Elliott Marston
1989
1988
Die Hard · as Hans Gruber
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Israel Yates (segment "from Sleep And Shadow")
1985
Girls on Top (TV Series) · as Dimitri / Voice Of Rada(voice)
1985
Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Colin
1985
Wetherby · as Tv Commentator (archival Footage)
1982
The Barchester Chronicles (TV Series) · as Obadiah Slope
1982
Smiley's People (TV Series) · as Mr. Brownlow
1980
Therese Raquin (TV Series) · as Vidal
1979
Shelley (TV Series)
1978
Romeo & Juliet · as Tybalt
1978
BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Tybalt
1977
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Various

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices