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

Wayne Dobson - A Kind of Magic
1990
Barry Hearn: The People's Promoter
2012
Hurricane Higgins
1972
Gods of Snooker
2021
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
2001
Jimmy White: Close To The Wind
1994
Jimmy White - The One & Only
2008
When Snooker Ruled the World
2002
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
1991
One Day at the Crucible
2021
Alex Higgins: The People's Champion
2010
Alex Higgins: Rebel Without a Pause
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
18
2023
The Mosconi Cup: A 30 Year Story
2021
One Day at the Crucible
2021
Gods of Snooker
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Barry Hearn: The People's Promoter
2010
Alex Higgins: The People's Champion
as archive footage
2008
Jimmy White - The One & Only
as Self
2005
Alex Higgins: Blood, Sweat & Tears
2002
When Snooker Ruled the World
as Self - Archive Footage
2001
Like a Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story
as Self
2000
Hellraisers
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Try Snooker the Champion's Way with Steve Davis
1997
Alex Higgins: Rebel Without a Pause
1994
Jimmy White: Close To The Wind
as Self
1991
Alex Higgins: I'm No Angel
as Self
1990
Wayne Dobson - A Kind of Magic
1984
Snooker Century Breakers
1979
Griffiths the Cue
1972
Hurricane Higgins
as Self