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Loxley, I'm going to cut your heart out with a spoon!
~ Sheriff of Nottingham

The Sheriff of Nottingham, is the main antagonist of the 1991 adventure-action film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

He is the cruel, tyrannical ruler of Nottinghamshire and the archenemy of Robin of Loxley, better known as Robin Hood.

He was portrayed by the late Alan Rickman, who also played Hans Gruber in Die Hard, Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film franchise, Joe in Help! I'm a Fish, and Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Baker Street.

Biography[]

First Confrontation with Robin Hood and His Gang[]

During the crusades, when Robin and the king are away, the Sheriff takes over England with the aid of his cousin, Guy of Gisbourne, Mortianna the witch, and the corrupt Bishop of Hereford.

He murders Robin's father after he refuses to join the Sheriff and sets his sights on taking the throne by wedding and then impregnating Maid Marian (though it's heavily implied he had feelings for her even before trying to marry her for the throne). When Robin returns and joins the Sherwood outlaws, the Sheriff sends an army of Celts to raid, kill and capture the majority of them.

Last Fight with Robin and Demise[]

The Sheriff later forces Maid Marian to marry him and plans to hang the outlaws on the same day. Robin and a few of the other outlaws who managed to avoid capture travel to Nottingham and Robin engages the Sheriff in a sword fight. Eventually, Robin kills him with a dagger Maid Marian gave him, which ironically the Sheriff himself had given to her.

It is implied several times in the film that the Sheriff is a devil worshiper (for which he had framed Lord Locksley of being one). In the uncut version, this is explicitly shown, and it is also revealed that the Sheriff is the son of Mortianna - that she had kidnapped and murdered the infant son of the man who Nottingham believed to be his father and replaced the infant with the Sheriff.

Gallery[]

External Links[]

Sheriff of Nottingham Pure Evil Wiki

Navigation[]

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Legends
Sheriff of Nottingham | Prince John | Guy of Gisborne † | Roger of Doncaster

Movies
The Adventures of Robin Hood: Prince John | Sir Guy of Gisbourne † | High Sheriff of Nottingham | Sheriff's Men | Dickon Malbete † | Bishop of the Black Canons
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men: Prince John | Sheriff of Nottingham † | Red Gill
A Challenge for Robin Hood: Sir Roger de Courtenay † | Sheriff of Nottingham | Wallace
Robin Hood (1973): Prince John | Sheriff of Nottingham | Sir Hiss | Captain Crocodile | Rhino Guards | Wolf Arrowmen | Trigger & Nutsy
Robin Hood (1991): Sir Miles Folcanet † | Baron Roger Daguerre | Prince John
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Sheriff George of Nottingham † | Mortianna † | Bishop of Hereford † | Guy of Gisbourne
Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Prince John | Sheriff of Rottingham
Robin Hood (2010): Sir Godfrey † | Prince John | Sheriff of Nottingham | King Philip of France | King Richard I
Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse: Tom & Jerry | Prince John | Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood (2018): Sheriff of Nottingham † | Guy of Gisborne † | Cardinal Franklin | Will Scarlett

Television
Vaisey of Nottingham | Isabella Thornton | Guy of Gisborne

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