Mr. Rickman, like most actors, started out on stage. The title of the play provides information about the play in general while the role link is more specific to his part. Be sure to take a look at the film, television, radio, discography sections.
| YEAR | PLAY TITLE | ROLE |
| 2008 | Creditors | … Director |
| 2005 | My Name is Rachel Corrie | … Director |
| 2002 | Private Lives | … Elyot Chase |
| 2002 | When Love Speaks | … Second Half Presenter |
| 2001 | Private Lives | … Elyot Chase |
| 1998 | Antony and Cleopatra | … Marc Antony |
| 1996 | Love in a Cold Climate | … Various |
| 1995 | The Winter Guest | … Director |
| 1992 | Ruby Wax – The Full Wax | … Director |
| 1992 | Hamlet | … Hamlet |
| 1991 | Tango at the End of Winter | … Kiyomura Sei |
| 1988 | The Peace of Brest | … Simultaneous Translator |
| 1986 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | … Le Vicomte de Valmont |
| 1986 | Live Wax | … Director |
| 1986 | Mephisto | … Hendrik Hofgen |
| 1985 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | … Le Vicomte de Valmont |
| 1985 | As You Like It | … Jaques |
| 1985 | Gone to Heaven (Back Soon) | … |
| 1985 | Troilus and Cressida | … Achilles |
| 1984 | The Lucky Chance | … Gayman |
| 1983 | The Grass Widow | … Dennis |
| 1983 | Bad Language | … Bob |
| 1983 | Other Worlds | … Assistant Director |
| 1981 | The Seagull | … Trigorin |
| 1981 | The Last Elephant | … |
| 1981 | The Brothers Karamazov | … |
| 1981 | Philadelphia Story | … Mike Connor |
| 1980 | The Summer Party | … Nigel |
| 1980 | The Devil Himself | … |
| 1980 | Commitments | … Hugh |
| 1980 | Desperately Yours | … Assistant Director |
| 1979 | Fears and Miseries of the Third Reich | … The Judge (plus various) |
| 1979 | Antonio | … Antonio |
| 1978 | Love’s Labour’s Lost | … Boyet |
| 1978 | Antony and Cleopatra | … Thidias/Alexas |
| 1978 | Love’s Labour’s Lost | … Boyet |
| 1978 | Captain Swing | … Farquarson |
| 1977 | Man is Man | … Uriah Shelly |
| 1977 | Ubu Rex | … Ma Ubu |
| 1976 | The Devil is an Ass | … Wittipol |
| 1976 | Measure for Measure | … Friar Peter |
| 1976 | Dick Whittington | … King Rat |
| 1976 | Sherlock Holmes | … Sherlock Holmes |
| 1976 | Dick Whittington | … King Rat |
| 1976 | Ave to Heard The One about Joey Baker | … Director |
| 1976 | Gunslinger Gulth | … Various |
| 1976 | As You Like It | … Jaques |
| 1976 | When We Dead Awaken | … Rubek |
| 1976 | The Carnation Gang | … Daniel |
| 1976 | Nijinsky | … Nijinsky |
| 1976 | The Antique Baby | … |
| 1975 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | … Asher |
| 1975 | Guys and Dolls | … Pickpocket & Liverlips Louie |
| 1975 | Romeo and Juliet | … Paris |
| 1975 | The 36 24 36 Show | … Co-Writer |
| 1975 | Archives | … |
| 1975 | You See The Thing Is | … |
| 1975 | Saint Joan | … Various |
| 1975 | There’s a Girl in My Soup | … Andrew Hunter |
| 1974 | Lock Up Your Daughters | … Dabble |
| 1974 | Babes in the Woods | … Chorus |
| 1974 | Measure for Measure | … Angelo |
| 1974 | Man and Superman | … Roebuck Ramsden |
| 1974 | Little Sunshine Mary | … Capt. Warrington |
| 1973 | Lower Depths | … Krivoy Zob |
| 1973 | Ghosts | … Pastor Manders |
| 1973 | Uncle Vanya | … Vanya |
| 1971 | Backbone | … Malcolm Levin |
| 1966-1972 | View from the Bridge | … |
| 1966-1972 | Measure for Measure | … |
| 1966-1972 | Romeo and Juliet | … Romeo |
| 1966-1972 | The Hostage | … |
| 1966-1972 | The Borgia Orgy | … |
| 1965 | Night Must Fall | … Danny |
| 1964 | The Alchemist | … Sir Epicure Mammon |
| 1964 | Cloud Over the Morning | … Grikos |
| 1964 | Portrait of Scythop | … |
| 1963 | Ali Baba & The 7 Dwarves | … Sixth Wife of Ali Baba |
| 1963 | Knight of the Burning Pestle | … Humphrey |
| 1963 | Caucasian Chalk Circle | … Grusha |
| 1962 | Sgt. Musgrave’s Dance | … Annie the Barmaid |
| 1957 | Coriolanus | … Volumnia |
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