From Snape to Gruber: Remembering Alan Rickman’s best performances

Alan Rickman died on Thursday at the age of 69 and today we remember his best roles through the years. The list cannot begin without mentioning his role as Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise. (Warner Bros)

Updated on: Jan 15, 2016 3:29 PM IST

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Alan Rickman died on Thursday at the age of 69 and today we remember his best roles through the years. The list cannot begin without mentioning his role as Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise. (Warner Bros)

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Rickman plays antagonist Hans Gruber in the first Die Hard, released in 1988. He is a German mastermind and the leader of the terrorists who take hostages in a building. His refined mannerisms, even as a villain, made his portrayal memorable. (20th Century Fox)

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He played the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a role which won him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. (Warner Bros)

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Rickman plays Judge Turpin in Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the main antagonist of the film which had Johnny Depp in the lead role. (Warner Bros)

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Not just human roles, Alan’s magnificent, silky voice was his trademark feature and he often lent it to many animated characters as well, such as the wise blue caterpillar Absolem in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. (Walt Disney Studios)

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Alan also played Alexander Dane, an actor in parody sci-fi film Galaxy Quest. The movie is considered to be one of the funniest movies of all time. (Dreamworks)

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Rickman plays a scared father of a beautiful girl who might get abducted and murdered by a psychopath (Ben Whishaw) who wants to make perfume off her skin in Perfume: Story of a Murderer. (Dreamworks)

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Just thinking about this one bring tears to our eyes. Alan plays a disloyal husband to Emma Thompson in Love, Actually and is perhaps his only negative role where we do want to hate him. (Universal)

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Colonel Brandon (Rickman), falls in love with Marianne (Kate Winslet) at first sight in Sense and Sensibility. However, she considers him an old bachelor, incapable of feeling love or inspiring it in another. Classic Jane Austen romance. (Columbia Pictures)

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Rickman lends his voice to Marvin the Paranoid Android, a clinically depressed robot that constantly complains about life in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (Buena Vista Pictures)

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Alan Rickman plays France’s King Louis XIV in the romantic drama A Little Chaos on which he is also the director and co-screenwriter. (Focus Features)

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Rickman plays American President Ronald Reagan in Lee Daniel’s The Butler. Though his role was once again very short, it was great nonetheless. (The Weinstein Company)

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He played Metatron in Dogma, directed by Kevin Smith. He puts on these 50 kg wings for his very short but effective role where is appears from time to time as the Voice of God. (Lionsgate)

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He is cast opposite the amazing Juliet Stevenson in the musical romance flick Truly, Madly, Deeply from 1990. Rickman dies in this movie but returns as a ghost for his girlfriend Stevenson. (The Samuel Goldwyn company)

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Close My Eyes was a drama on the incestuous relationship between a brother (Clive Owen) and his sister (Sariska Reeves). Rickman plays Reeves’ husband in the movie. (Youtube)