Alan Rickman
Biography
Alan Rickman was an English actor whose voice and stage training underpinned a career in theater and film. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, and performed in classical and modern plays before his screen debut as villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). He won a BAFTA Award for his Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and earned acclaim for Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), Sense and Sensibility (1995), and Michael Collins (1996). He played Severus Snape across all eight Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011, and appeared in Galaxy Quest (1999), Love Actually (2003), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Eye in the Sky (2015). He directed A Little Chaos (2014) and The Winter Guest (1997), and won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the television film Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996). Rickman died in 2016.
69years old at death
- Born Acton
- Died London
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (birth name)Also credited as Rickman
Movie Career
- Films
- 43
- Career span
- 31 years1985 to 2016
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First role
Rickman's first professional stage work came in 1974, when he appeared at the Library Theatre in Manchester in a production of Babes in the Wood.
Big break
Alan Rickman's breakthrough role was as the Reverend Obadiah Slope in the BBC's 1982 adaptation of Trollope's Barchester novels, The Barchester Chronicles.
Behind the camera
Alan Rickman directed the play My Name is Rachel Corrie, which he compiled with journalist Katharine Viner, and it premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in early 2005.
Beyond film
Alan Rickman played a Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II in 1992, credited as 'A Strolling Player'.
Alan Rickman movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David Yates directed three of these films, Randall Miller three and Chris Columbus two. Rupert Grint appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Rupert Grint's page
Helena Bonham Carter's page
Daniel Radcliffe's page
Emma Watson's page
Timothy Spall's page
Emma Thompson's page
All films by David Yates
All films by Randall Miller
All films by Chris Columbus
Also five films together2 more actors
- Robbie ColtraneHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- Tom FeltonHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Alan Rickman's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$8.9 billion
29 of the 43 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 43 films: 29 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 29Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 84% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.3B15.1% of the total
- 2$1.0B11.6% of the total
- 3$1.0B11.6% of the total
- 4$954M10.8% of the total
- 5$934M10.5% of the total
- 6$896M10.1% of the total
- 7$877M9.9% of the total
- 8$390M4.4% of the total
$1.4 billionfrom the other 21 films with a worldwide figure, 16% of the total
Awards
Five awards and honors from 1992 to 2009, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1997 | Awards | Won | |
| BAFTA | |||
| 1992 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1996 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| 1997 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2009 | James Joyce Awards | Won | |
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