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Alan Rickman

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman was an English actor and director. Known for his languid tone and delivery, Rickman's signature sound was the result of a speech impediment when he could not move his lower jaw properly as a child. 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.

Aliases
  • Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
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Filmography

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009
as Severus Snape

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016
as Blue Caterpillar (voice)

Love Actually

2003
as Harry

Alice in Wonderland

2010
as The Caterpillar (voice)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004
as Severus Snape

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007
as Judge Turpin

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001
as Severus Snape

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010
as Severus Snape

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007
as Severus Snape

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005
as Severus Snape

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002
as Severus Snape

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011
as Severus Snape

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991
as Sheriff of Nottingham

Sense and Sensibility

1995
as Col. Christopher Brandon

Die Hard

1988
as Hans Gruber

Galaxy Quest

1999
as Alexander Dane

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006
as Richis

The Butler

2013
as Ronald Reagan

Dogma

1999
as Metatron

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005
as Marvin

Help! I'm A Fish

2000
as Joe (voice)

Rasputin

1996
as Grigori Rasputin

Bob Roberts

1992
as Lukas Hart III

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014
as Himself

Closet Land

1991
as Interrogator

Play

2001
as Man

The Song of Lunch

2010
as He

Revolutionary Witness

1989
as Jacques Roux

The Boy in the Bubble

2011
as Storyteller

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast

1992
as Self - Special Guest

Dark Harbor

1999
as David Weinberg

CBGB

2013
as Hilly Kristal

Harold Pinter: A Celebration

2010
as Various characters

The January Man

1989
as Ed

Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma

2001
as Himself (Interviewee)

Mesmer

1994
as Franz Anton Mesmer

Gambit

2012
as Lionel Shahbandar

Michael Collins

1996
as Eamon de Valera

Peace One Day

2004
as Alan Rickman

Snow Cake

2006
as Alex Hughes

Bottle Shock

2008
as Steven Spurrier

Blow Dry

2001
as Phil Allen

Judas Kiss

1998
as Detective David Friedman

Nobel Son

2007
as Eli Michaelson

Something the Lord Made

2004
as Dr. Alfred Blalock

The Search for John Gissing

2001
as John Gissing

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

2019
as Himself (archive footage)

Dust

2013
as Todd

Eye in the Sky

2015
as Lieutenant General Frank Benson

BAM150

2012
as Alan Rickman

A Promise

2013
as Karl Hoffmeister

Lumière et Compagnie

1995
as Himself

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012
as Alan Rickman

A Little Chaos

2015
as Le Roi Louis XIV

Close My Eyes

1991
as Sinclair

Portraits in Dramatic Time

2011

Muse of Fire

2013
as Himself

Quigley Down Under

1990
as Elliott Marston

Truly Madly Deeply

1990
as Jamie

An Awfully Big Adventure

1995
as P.L. O'Hara

Director

Movie The Winter Guest 1997
Movie A Little Chaos 2015

Writer

Movie The Winter Guest 1997
Movie A Little Chaos 2015