Alan Rickman on screen and stage

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).

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1988	Die Hard	Hans Gruber		^[1]
1989	The January Man	Ed		^[2]
1990	Quigley Down Under	Elliot Marston		^[3]
1991	Truly, Madly, Deeply	Jamie		^[4]
	Closet Land	Interrogator		^[5]
	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Sheriff of Nottingham		^[4]
	Close My Eyes	Sinclair / Natalie's husband		^[6]
1992	Bob Roberts	Lukas Hart III		^[7]
1994	Mesmer	Franz Anton Mesmer		^[8]
1995	An Awfully Big Adventure	P. L. O'Hara		^[9]
1995	Sense and Sensibility	Colonel Brandon		^[4]
1996	Michael Collins	Éamon de Valera
1997	The Winter Guest	Man in street	Uncredited; also director and co-writer
1998	Judas Kiss	Detective David Friedman
1998	Dark Harbor	David Weinberg
1999	Dogma	Metatron		^[4]
1999	Galaxy Quest	Alexander Dane		^[4]
2000	Help! I'm a Fish	Joe	Voice
2001	Blow Dry	Phil Allen
	Play	Man
	The Search for John Gissing	John Gissing
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Severus Snape
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Severus Snape
2003	Love Actually	Harry		^[4]
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Severus Snape
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Severus Snape
2005	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Marvin the Paranoid Android	Voice
2006	Snow Cake	Alex Hughes		^[10]
2006	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Richis		^[10]
2007	Nobel Son	Eli Michaelson
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Severus Snape
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Judge Turpin		^[4]
2008	Bottle Shock	Steven Spurrier
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Severus Snape
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Severus Snape
	Alice in Wonderland	Absolem the Caterpillar	Voice
	The Wildest Dream	Noel Odell	Voice, Documentary
2011	Portraits in Dramatic Time	Himself
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Severus Snape
	The Boy in the Bubble	Narrator	Voice, Short film
2012	Gambit	Lord Shahbandar
2013	The Butler	Ronald Reagan		^[10]
	A Promise	Karl Hoffmeister
	Dust	Todd	Short Film
	CBGB	Hilly Kristal
2014	A Little Chaos	Louis XIV	Also director and co-writer
2015	Eye in the Sky	Lieutenant General Frank Benson	Last on-screen appearance	^[10]
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Absolem The Butterfly	Voice, posthumous release Dedicated to his memory

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1978	Romeo and Juliet	Tybalt	BBC Television Shakespeare	^[11]
1980	Thérèse Raquin	Vidal	3 episodes
1980	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"
1985	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	^[4]
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	^[4]
2010	The Song of Lunch	He	Television film

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
1974	Babes in the Wood	King Rat	Library Theatre, Manchester	^[12]
1974	Romeo and Juliet	Paris	Haymarket Theatre, Leicester	^[13]
1975	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Asher	Haymarket Theatre, Leicester	^[14]
1975	Guys and Dolls	Liverlips Louie	Haymarket Theatre, Leicester
1976	The Carnation Gang	Daniel	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	^[15]^[16]
1976	Nijinsky	Nijinsky	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	^[15]^[12]^[17]
1976	When We Dead Awaken	Arnold Rubek	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	^[15]
1976	Sherlock Holmes	Sherlock Holmes	Birmingham Repertory Theatre	^[11]
1976–1977	The Devil is an Ass	Wittipol	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
1978	The Tempest	Ferdinand	Royal Shakespeare Theatre	^[18]
1978	Captain Swing	Farquarson	The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon	^[19]
1978	Love's Labour's Lost	Boyet	Royal Shakespeare Theatre	^[20]
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	^[21]
1985	Troilus and Cressida	Achilles	Royal Shakespeare Theatre	^[22]
1985	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Le Vicomte de Valmont	The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon	^[23]
1986	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Le Vicomte de Valmont	The Pit, Barbican Centre, London	^[24]
1986	Mephisto	Hendrik Hofgen	Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre	^[25]
1987	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Le Vicomte de Valmont	Music Box Theatre, Broadway	^[26]
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	^[27]
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 Brooklyn Academy of Music
2011–2012	Seminar	Leonard	John Golden Theatre, Broadway	^[28]

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