# 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).

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Die Hard | Hans Gruber | |
| 1989 | The January Man | Ed | |
| 1990 | Quigley Down Under | Elliot Marston | |
| 1991 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Jamie | |
| 1991 | Closet Land | Interrogator | |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Sheriff of Nottingham | |
| 1991 | Close My Eyes | Sinclair / Natalie's husband | |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Lukas Hart III | |
| 1994 | Mesmer | Franz Anton Mesmer | |
| 1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure | P. L. O'Hara | |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Colonel Brandon | |
| 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 | |
| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Alexander Dane | |
| 2000 | Help! I'm a Fish | Joe | Voice |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Phil Allen | |
| 2001 | Play | Man | |
| 2001 | The Search for John Gissing | John Gissing | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Severus Snape | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Severus Snape | |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Harry | |
| 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 | |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Richis | |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Eli Michaelson | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Severus Snape | |
| 2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Judge Turpin | |
| 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 | |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Absolem The Caterpillar | Voice |
| 2010 | The Wildest Dream | Noel Odell | Voice, Documentary |
| 2011 | Portraits in Dramatic Time | Himself | |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Severus Snape | |
| 2011 | The Boy in the Bubble | Narrator | Voice, Short film |
| 2012 | Gambit | Lord Shahbandar | |
| 2013 | The Butler | Ronald Reagan | |
| 2013 | A Promise | Karl Hoffmeister | |
| 2013 | Dust | Todd | Short Film |
| 2013 | CBGB | Hilly Kristal | |
| 2014 | A Little Chaos | King Louis XIV | Also director and co-writer |
| 2015 | Eye in the Sky | Lieutenant General Frank Benson | Last on-screen appearance |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Absolem The Caterpillar | Voice, posthumous release (final film role); Dedicated to his memory |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | BBC Television Shakespeare |
| 1980 | Thérèse Raquin | Vidal | 3 episodes |
| 1980 | Shelley | Clive | Episode: "Nowt So Queer" |
| 1982 | Busted | Simon | Television film |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | Mr Brownlow | 1 episode |
| 1982 | 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 |
| 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 | Television film |

## Video games

| Year | Title | Voice | Ref. |
| 1997 | The Space Bar | My Parker / Ty Parker | |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 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 Brooklyn Academy of Music |
| 2011–2012 | Seminar | Leonard | John Golden Theatre, Broadway |