Alan Rickman

About

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...

Known for

King of the HillSeries • 1997Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneMovie • 2001Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMovie • 2002Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanMovie • 2004Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireMovie • 2005Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Movie • 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Movie • 2010Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixMovie • 2007Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceMovie • 2009Die HardMovie • 1988Alice in WonderlandMovie • 2010Love ActuallyMovie • 2003The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries • 1978Sense and SensibilityMovie • 1995Perfume: The Story of a MurdererMovie • 2006Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesMovie • 1991ScreenPlaySeries • 1986Die Hard: With a VengeanceMovie • 1995Alice Through the Looking GlassMovie • 2016Fallen AngelsSeries • 1993The Movies That Made UsSeries • 2019The ButlerMovie • 2013Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetMovie • 2007Galaxy QuestMovie • 1999