Biography
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman 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 f...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A making of documentary from the Arrow Blu-ray release of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

The Limehouse Golem
2016
In Memory Of
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – m...

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
2016
In Memory Of
Marquise de Merteuil, former lover of Vicomte de Valmont, incites him to corrupt the innocent Cécile de Volanges before her wedding night, but Valmont...

Eye in the Sky
2015
as Lieutenant General Frank Benson
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bom...

Eye in the Sky
2015
In Memory Of
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bom...

A Little Chaos
2015
as King Louis XIV
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, ...

A Little Chaos
2015
Director, Writer
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, ...

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.

Dust
2013
as Todd
A short story of a man who follows a young girl and her mum home from school one day. He waits outside their house until nightfall before breaking in....

CBGB
2013
as Hilly Kristal
A look at New York's dynamic punk rock scene through the lens of the ground-breaking Lower East Side club started by eccentric Hilly Kristal in 1973 w...

Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follow...

A Promise
2013
as Karl Hoffmeister
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, th...

The Butler
2013
as Ronald Reagan
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
as Self
Director Tony Palmer tells the incredible life story of Athol Fugard, the prolific playwright, novelist, and director who exposed the horrors of South...
BAM150
2012
as Self
A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center - which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing a...

Gambit
2012
as Lionel Shahbandar
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Severus Snape
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wiza...

The Boy in the Bubble
2011
as The Storyteller (voice)
Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache agai...

Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek featuring performances of theater artists and actors of all genres and nationalities both we...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Severus Snape
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

The Song of Lunch
2010
as He
A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meetin...

The Wildest Dream
2010
as Noel Odell (voice)
Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the...

Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
as Self
In June 2009, a group Britain's leading actors gathered for one night only to perform a celebration of the work of Harold Pinter at the National Theat...

Sonnet Number 12
2009
as (voice)
An animation of Shakespeare's sonnet.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
as Severus Snape
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie wi...

Bottle Shock
2008
as Steven Spurrier
Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use for a blind taste test in the French capital. Stum...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd
2008
as Self
A general making-of piece featuring principal members of the cast and crew. A brief history of the demon barber is provided, as well as the actors' pr...

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
as Judge Turpin
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
as Severus Snape
Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Le...

Nobel Son
2007
as Eli Michaelson
Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who ...

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
as Richis
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest pe...

Snow Cake
2006
as Alex Hughes
A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Severus Snape
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Tri...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Marvin (voice)
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
as Self
A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes journey of making them.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Severus Snape
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts...

Something the Lord Made
2004
as Dr. Alfred Blalock
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Love Actually
2003
as Harry
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in Londo...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Severus Snape
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma
2002
as Self
An in-depth look about the controversy surrounding Kevin Smith's "Dogma", and the effects it had on those involved in its production.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Severus Snape
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

The Search for John Gissing
2001
as John Gissing
Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger.

Play
2001
as Man
The land is filled with people in urns chattering at top speed, but only to themselves, not to one another. The focus goes to three people: a man, his...

Blow Dry
2001
as Phil Allen
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lov...

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Captain George Fallon
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

Babitsky's War
2000
as Narrator
Documentary of the Second Chechen War, centered on the work of war journalist Andrei Babitsky..

Dark Harbor
1999
as David Weinberg
A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at...

Galaxy Quest
1999
as Alexander Dane
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart", "Lt. Tawny Madison and "Dr.Lazarus" - set off on a thril...

Dogma
1999
as Metatron
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to...

Judas Kiss
1998
as Detective David Friedman
The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.

The Winter Guest
1997
as Man in street
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so h...

The Winter Guest
1997
Director, Writer
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so h...

Michael Collins
1996
as Eamon de Valera
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a compl...

Rasputin
1996
as Grigori Rasputin
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of...

Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under condition...

Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Colonel Christopher Brandon
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When H...

An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as P.L. O'Hara
Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of ...

Mesmer
1994
as Franz Anton Mesmer
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal mag...

Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
A television comedy special broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 1992. Sketches, stand-up comedy and songs combine to create the latest daytime show ...

Bob Roberts
1992
as Lukas Hart III
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing...

Close My Eyes
1991
as Sinclair
After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessiona...

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
as Sheriff of Nottingham
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. ...

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991
as Self
U.S. network TV special surveying the history of Robin Hood in popular culture, emphasizing the 1991 film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". Interviews ...

Truly Madly Deeply
1991
as Jamie
Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good a...

Closet Land
1991
as Interrogator
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire mo...

Quigley Down Under
1990
as Elliott Marston
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley find...

Revolutionary Witness
1989
as Jacques Roux
Four monologues by playwright Peter Barnes celebrating the bicentennial of the French Revolution.

The Spirit of Man
1989
as Israel Yates
In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sing.

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
as Narrator (voice)
A short satirical film devised by and starring Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent and Alison Steadman about the seven sins of stage acting.

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989
Writer
A short satirical film devised by and starring Alan Rickman, Jim Broadbent and Alison Steadman about the seven sins of stage acting.

The January Man
1989
as Ed
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A we...
Benefactors
1989
Michael Frayn play part of TV series Theatre Night.

Die Hard
1988
as Hans Gruber
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her offices Christmas...

Wetherby
1985
as TV Commentator (archival footage)
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its resid...

Busted
1983
as Simon
A ringing phone after midnight can be a disturbing experience but until Simon, a successful barrister, hears from Macy, his friend from university day...

Romeo and Juliet
1978
as Tybalt
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil ha...