by 1. After graduating from RADA, Rickman played Tybalt in a 1978 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that was shown on BBC.
2. In 1980 he played the role of Vidal in a BBC adaptation of Emile Zola’s Therese Raquin.
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3. One of Rickman’s breakout roles was as the Reverend Obadiah Slope in the BBC’s 1982 Barchester Chronicles, an adaptation of two of Anthony Trollope’s novels.
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4. He made a memorable bad guy in his first Hollywood film, 1988’s Die Hard, as the terrorist Hans Gruber.
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5. And as another bad guy, his performance as the Sheriff of Nottingham in 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was widely acclaimed.
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6. That year he and Juliet Stevenson also broke people’s hearts in the romantic fantasy drama Truly, Madly, Deeply.
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7. In 1995, he played Colonel Brandon in director Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Sense and Sensibility.
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8. He was also a skilled comedic actor, playing Metatron in 1999’s Dogma.
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9. And he appeared in the much-loved science fiction comedy Galaxy Quest that year.
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10. His performance as Harry, the man who betrayed his wife in 2003’s Love Actually, broke hearts around the world (again).
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11. The younger generation will, of course, remember him best for his magnificently creepy performance as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies.
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12. Fans loved his performance as Marvin the Paranoid Android in 2005’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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13. His last role was as Absolem the Caterpillar in Alice Through the Looking Glass, which will be released this year.
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Alan Rickman: 21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016.
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