FrameThrower · Actors · Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
14 films · 1,019 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1988–2011
Born 21 February 1946 · Acton, London, England, UK · died 14 January 2016
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 first cinema role came when he was cast as the German terrorist leader Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 1,019 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1988–2011
- Golden Globe Awards1997
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1992
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie1997
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie1996
- James Joyce Awards2009
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,019 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Alan takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 14 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 61% low key — the look of the work Alan takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007 · Judge Turpin
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Richis
Die Hard
1988 · Hans Gruber
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2
2011 · Severus Snape
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1
2010 · Severus Snape
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince
2009 · Severus Snape
Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Severus Snape
A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
2005 · Marvin (voice)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Severus Snape
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Severus Snape
Michael Collins
1996 · Eamon de Valera
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,019 frames from Alan Rickman's 14 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.