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Alan Rickman was an English actor of the stage and screen. Rickman gained international acclaim for his role as Hans Gruber in the action film Die Hard (1988) and Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). He is also known for his performances in films such as the romance drama Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Ang Lee's adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Sense and Sensibility (1995), Neil Jordan's historical drama Michael Collins (1995), Richard Curtis' romantic comedy Love Actually (2003), and the science fiction comedies Galaxy Quest (1999) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | BBC Television Shakespeare | |
1980 | Thérèse Raquin | Vidal | 3 episodes | |
Shelley | Clive | Episode: "Nowt So Queer" | ||
1982 | Busted | Simon | Television film | |
Smiley's People | Mr Brownlow | 1 episode | ||
The Barchester Chronicles | Obadiah Slope | 5 episodes | ||
1985 | Summer Season | Croop | Episode: "Pity in History" | |
Girls on Top | Dmitri / RADA | 3 episodes | ||
1989 | Revolutionary Witness | Jacques Roux | Television short | |
1989 | ScreenPlay | Israel Yates | Episode: "The Spirit of Man" | |
1993 | Fallen Angels | Dwight Billings | Episode: "Murder, Obliquely" | |
1996 | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Grigori Rasputin | Television film | |
2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Captain George Fallon | Sketch: Plots and Proposals | |
2002 | King of the Hill | King Philip | Voice, Episode: "Joust Like a Woman" | |
2004 | Something the Lord Made | Dr. Alfred Blalock | Television film | |
2010 | The Song of Lunch | He |
Video games
Year | Title | Voice | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | The Space Bar | My Parker / Ty Parker |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | |
1976–1977 | The Devil is an Ass | Wittipol | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | |
1978 | The Tempest | Ferdinand | Royal Shakespeare Theatre | |
1978 | Captain Swing | Farquarson | The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon | |
1978 | Love's Labour's Lost | Boyet | Royal Shakespeare Theatre | |
1980 | Commitments | Unknown | Royal Shakespeare Company | |
1981 | The Seagull | Mr. Aston | The Royal Court Theatre | |
1983 | The Grass Widow | Dennis | The Royal Court Theatre | |
1983 | Bad Language | Bob | The Royal Court Theatre | |
1985 | As You Like It | Jaques | Royal Shakespeare Theatre | |
1985 | Troilus and Cressida | Achilles | Royal Shakespeare Theatre | |
1985 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Le Vicomte de Valmont | The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon | |
1986 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Le Vicomte de Valmont | The Pit, Barbican Centre, London | |
1986 | Mephisto | Hendrik Hofgen | Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre | |
1987 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Le Vicomte de Valmont | Music Box Theatre, Broadway | |
1991 | Tango at the End of Winter | Sei | Piccadilly Theatre, West End | |
1992 | Hamlet | Hamlet | Riverside Studios, London | |
1995 | The Winter Guest | Director | Almeida Theatre, West End | |
1998 | Antony and Cleopatra | Mark Antony | Royal National Theatre, London | |
2001–2002 | Private Lives | Elyot Chase | Richard Rodgers Theatre, Broadway | |
2006 | My Name is Rachel Corrie | Director and Editor | Minetta Lane Theatre, Broadway | |
2008 | Creditors | Director | Donmar Warehouse, London | |
2010–2011 | John Gabriel Borkman | John Gabriel Borkman | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | |
2011–2012 | Seminar | Leonard | John Golden Theatre, Broadway |
See also
References
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