Alan Rickman
Alan RickmanBorn to Irish and Welsh parents in London on Feb. 21, 1946, Alan Rickman aspired to a career in graphic design and attended the Royal College of Art before winning an acting scholarship at age 26 to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

After years of stage work, Rickman made his American film debut in 1988 as the villainous Hans Gruber opposite Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Adept at playing "the heavy" in movies, Rickman has gone on to etch memorable roles in Quigley Down Under, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and the Harry Potter films.

The classically trained actor can also play comedy -- most memorably as Kevin Kline's eccentric painter friend in The January Man.

Featured Movies
  • Something the Lord MadeSomething the Lord Made

    This Emmy-winning HBO film based on a true story follows white surgeon Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and his black assistant, Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), who teamed in the 1940s to develop a procedure to save children suffering from a heart defect. But Thomas's status as a second-class citizen... Read More

  • Bottle ShockBottle Shock

    France's position as the world's top wine producer went unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines on the map -- a story delightfully told in this full-bodied tale about the heady early days of Napa Valley's success. Read More

  • Snow CakeSnow Cake

    Alex (Alan Rickman), a British man stranded in Ontario and haunted by a fatal accident that took place there, is forced to confront his past when he meets the autistic Linda (Sigourney Weaver) in this heartfelt drama. Linda is the mother of the teenage girl who died in the accident, and though she's... Read More

  • Blow DryBlow Dry

    Alan Rickman stars as Phil, a once-great hairstylist reduced to running a barbershop in the desolate English burg of Keighley, who decides to give the big time another shot when the national hairdressing championships come to town. The contest appeals to his competitive spirit, but it also affords... Read More

  • Nobel SonNobel Son

    About to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Prof. Eli Michaelson learns that kidnappers have snatched his son, a promising grad student. But when the captors demand a ransom -- the $2 million Nobel Prize money -- Eli refuses to cough up the cash. Read More

All Alan Rickman Movies
Harry Potter the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)
Harry Potter 7: Part II
PG-13
The Wildest Dream (2010)
The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest
PG
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Pt I (2010)
Harry Potter 7: Part I
PG-13
PG
NR
PG
PG-13
Nobel Son (2007)
R
PG-13
Sweeney Todd (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
R
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Le Parfum - Histoire d'un Meurtrier
R
Snow Cake (2006)
NR
PG-13
PG
NR
PG
NR
R
NR
PG
Blow Dry (2001)
Never Better
R
PG
NR
PG
R
R
R
R
G
PG
R
Mesmer (1994)
NR
R
NR
PG
R
PG-13
R
Die Hard (1988)
TV-MA
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
Masterpiece Theatre: The Barchester Chronicles
NR
Therese Raquin (1980)
Masterpiece Theatre: Therese Raquin
NR
NR

 
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