Hellraisers
2000
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 18, 1949(61)
Day of Death
July 24, 2010
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Also Known As
Hurricane Higgins
Alex Higgins
Acting
Biography
Alex Higgins (18 March 1949 – 24 July 2010) was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nicknamed 'Hurricane Higgins' for his rapid play and known as the 'People's Champion' for his popularity and charisma. He is often credited as a key factor in snooker's success as a mainstream televised sport in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
Known For
Filmography
- 2021TVGods of Snookeras Self (archive footage)
- 2010MovieAlex Higgins: The People's Championas archive footage
- 2008MovieJimmy White - The One & Onlyas Self
- 2002MovieWhen Snooker Ruled the Worldas Self - Archive Footage
- 2001MovieLike a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Storyas Self
- 2000MovieHellraisersas Self (archive footage)
- 1994MovieJimmy White: Close To The Windas Self
- 1991MovieAlex Higgins: I'm No Angelas Self
- 1990TVWayne Dobson - A Kind of Magic
- 1972MovieHurricane Higginsas Self