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Alan Rickman Biography (1946-)

Full name, Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman; born February 21, 1946, in London, England; father, a factory worker; companion of Rima Horton (a politician and lecturer in economics). Addresses: Agent: Patrick Whitesell, Endeavor,9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Judy Hofflund, Hofflund/Polone, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 820, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer, writer

Birth Details

February 21, 1946

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Wittipol, The Devil Is an Ass, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1977
• Friar Peter, Measure for Measure, Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then Royal National Theatre, 1977
• Farquarson, Captain Swing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other PlaceTheatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1978
• Thidias and Alexa, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1978
• Antonio, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal ShakespeareTheatre, 1978
• Boyet, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1979
• Ferdinand, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1978
• Antonio, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 1979
• Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich, Glasgow Citizens' Theatre,Glasgow, Scotland, 1979-1980
• The Summer Party, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 1980
• The Devil Himself, Lyric Studio Theatre, London, 1980
• Commitments, Bush Theatre, London, 1980
• The Last Elephant, Bush Theatre, 1981
• The Seagull, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1981
• Philadelphia Story, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, 1981
• Brothers Karamazov, Edinburgh Festival, 1981
• The Grass Widow, Royal Court Theatre, 1983
• Bad Language, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1983
• Lucky Chance, Royal Court Theatre, 1984
• Achilles, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1985
• Jacques, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, then Barbican Theatre, London, both 1985
• Hendrik Hofgen, Mephisto, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1986
• Le Vicomte de Valmont, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Royal ShakespeareCompany, London, 1985-1986, then Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1987
• Sei, Tango at the End of Winter, Edinburgh Festival, then Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1991
• Hamlet, Riverside Studios, London, 1992
• Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal National Theatre, 1998
• Elyot, Private Lives, Albery Theatre, London, 2001-2002, then Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 2002
• Appeared as Jacques, As You Like It, Crucible Theatre; also appeared in a production of Ubu Roi and in productions at Library Theatre, Manchester, England.
• Major Tours
• Brothers Karamazov, East European cities, 1981
• Appeared as Wittipol, The Devil Is an Ass, and as Friar Peter, Measure for Measure, both European cities; also toured British cities inHamlet.
• Stage Director
• Desperately Yours, Colonnades Theatre, New York City, 1980
• (Assistant director) Other Worlds, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1983
• Live Wax, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986
• Wax Acts, London, 1992, then on tour.
• The Winter Guest, Yorkshire Playhouse, 1995, then on tour
• Film Appearances
• Hans Gruber, Die Hard, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
• Ed, The January Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists/United International, 1989
• Elliott Marston, Quigley Down Under (also known as Quigley), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
• Sinclair Bryant, Close My Eyes, Castle Hill, 1991
• The interrogator, Closet Land, Universal, 1991
• Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Warner Bros., 1991
• Jamie, Truly, Madly, Deeply (also known as Cello), Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
• Lukas Hart III, Bob Roberts, Paramount/Miramax, 1992
• Franz Anton Mesmer (title role), Mesmer, Cineplex Odeon, 1994
• P. L. O'Hare (some sources cite O'Hara), An Awfully Big Adventure,Fine Line, 1995
• Colonel Brandon, Sense and Sensibility, Columbia, 1995
• Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere and Company andLumiere y compania), 1995
• Hans Gruber (in archive footage), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (alsoknown as Die Hard 3), 1995
• Eamon De Valera, Michael Collins, Warner Bros., 1996
• (Uncredited) Man in street, The Winter Guest, Fine Line, 1997
• Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus, Galaxy Quest, DreamWorks, 1999
• Metatron, Dogma, Lions Gate Films, 1999
• David Weinberg, Dark Harbor, New City Releasing, 1999
• Voice of Joe, Hjaelp, jeg er en fisk (animated; also known as Help I'm a Fish and Hilfe! Ich bin ein Fisch), Buena Vista International, 2000
• Man, Play (short film), FilmFour, 2000
• Phil Allen, Blow Dry (also known as Ueber kurz oder lang),Miramax, 2001
• Professor Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), Warner Bros., 2001
• Title role, The Search for John Gissing, Sunlight Productions, 2001
• Professor Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (also known as Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens), Warner Bros., 2002
• Standing Room Only (short film), Buena Vista, 2002
• Harry, Love Actually, Universal, 2003
• Professor Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,Warner Bros., 2004
• Film Work
• Director, The Winter Guest, Fine Line, 1997
• Executive producer, Willows (also known as Inspiration), Hyperhoons, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Vidal, Therese Raquin, BBC (England), then on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1981
• Brownlow, Smiley's People, BBC, then syndicated, 1982
• Reverend Obadiah Slope, The Barchester Chronicles, BBC, then on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1984
• Specials
• Tybalt, "Romeo and Juliet," BBC Television Shakespeare, BBC (England), then on The Shakespeare Plays (also known as The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet), PBS, 1979
• Israel Yates, "From Sleep and Shadow," Spirit of Man, BBC, 1989
• Jacques Roux, "The Preacher," Revolutionary Witness, BBC, 1989
• Himself, Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast, 1992
• Presenter, The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1998
• Captain George Fallon, Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, BBC,2000
• Hollywood Salutes Bruce Willis: An American Cinematheque Tribute,TNT, 2000
• Narrator, Discovery Channel Eco-Challenge, The Discovery Channel,2000
• Himself (in archive footage), The "Billy Elliot" Boy (also known as Omnibus: The Billy Elliot Boy), BBC, 2001
• Man from Yorkshire, We Know Where You Live (also known as Amnesty International's We Know Where You Live Live!), Channel 4 (England), 2001
• (In archive footage) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains,CBS, 2003
• Other specials include Bonnie Prince Charley.
• Movies
• Grigori Rasputin (title role), Rasputin (also known as Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny), HBO, 1996
• Detective David Friedman, The Judas Kiss, Cinemax, 1998
• Episodic
• Dmitri, "Four-Play," Girls on Top, 1985
• Voice of RADA, "Cancel Toast," Girls on Top, 1985
• Dwight Billings, "Murder, Obliquely," Sydney Pollack's "Fallen Angels" (also known as Fallen Angels), Showtime, 1993
• Voice of King Philip, "Joust Like a Woman," King of the Hill (animated), Fox, 2002
• Guest, Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC, 2003
• Guest, The Wayne Brady Show, syndicated, 2003
• Other
• Busted, 1982
• Pity in History, 1984
• Benefactors, 1989
• Radio Appearances
• Performed in radio broadcasts of Blood Wedding, The Dutch Courtesan, A Good Man in Africa, Gridlock, The Magic of My Youth, Manchester Enthusiasts, Polly, Rope, The Seagull, That Man Bracken, and Trick to Catch the Old One.
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Interviewee, Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma, Lions Gate Films HomeEntertainment, 2001
• Albums
• Master of ceremonies, Tubular Bells II, by Mike Oldfield, 1992
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Winter Guest, Fine Line, 1997
• Other
• Contributor to books, including Players of Shakespeare 2, Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Paton, Maureen, Alan Rickman: The Unauthorized Biography, 1996

Periodicals

• Empire, October, 1997, p. 198
• Premiere, January, 1998, p. 42