
Alan Rickman
Data Urodzenia: 1946-02-21- 2016-01-14
Miejsce Urodzenia: Hammersmith, London, UK
Biografia: 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).

Die Hard, 1988
Akcja
Thriller

Quigley Down Under, 1990
Western

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991
Akcja
Przygodowy
Dramat

Die Hard: With a Vengeance, 1995
Akcja
Thriller

Sense and Sensibility, 1995
Dramat
Romans

Michael Collins, 1996
Wojenny
Dramat
Thriller
Historyczny

Galaxy Quest, 1999
Komedia
Science Fiction
Przygodowy

Dogma, 1999
Fantasy
Komedia
Przygodowy

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 2001
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Love Actually, 2003
Komedia
Romans
Dramat

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005
Przygodowy
Fantasy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 2005
Przygodowy
Komedia
Science Fiction

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, 2006
Detektywistyczny
Fantasy
Dramat

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, 2010
Przygodowy
Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland, 2010
Fantasy
Przygodowy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011
Fantasy
Przygodowy

Gambit, 2012
Komedia
Detektywistyczny

The Butler, 2013
Dramat

A Little Chaos, 2015
Dramat
Romans

Eye in the Sky, 2015
Dramat
Thriller
Wojenny

Alice Through the Looking Glass, 2016
Przygodowy
Fantasy