Alan Rickman's first major film role was portraying the memorable villain Hans Gruber in 1988's "Die Hard."
In 1992, he was nominated for two BAFTA Awards. One for "Truly Madly Deeply"...
...and the other for "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," for which he actually won.
He was nominated for another BAFTA in 1996 for his portrayal of the cordial Colonel Brandon in "Sense and Sensibility".
His final BAFTA nom came the following year for the biopic "Michael Collins."
Rickman won both a Golden Globe and an Emmy in for his portrayal of Rasputin in the TV movie "Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny."
He starred alongside Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver in the sci-fi comedy "Galaxy Quest."
2001 marked the beginning of the "Harry Potter" film franchise and Rickman's portrayal of the formidable, misunderstood, and beloved Severus Snape cemented him in the hearts of a new generation. He portrayed the character in all eight "Harry Potter" films, which ended in 2011 with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."
He returned to Broadway in 2002 in "Private Lives" and earned a second Tony nomination.
"Love Actually," which has become a classic holiday film, reunited Rickman and his "Sense and Sensibility" costar Emma Thompson in 2003.
In 2007, he appeared as Judge Turpin in Tim Burton's film adaptation of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
He portrayed Ronald Reagan in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" in 2013.
He last appeared on Broadway in the 2011 production of "Seminar."
He directed, starred in, and cowrote 2014's "A Little Chaos." This was his second time directing and cowriting. He previously did so in 1997 with "The Winter Guest."
He stars alongside Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and Barkhad Abdi in this year's war drama "Eye in the Sky."
His final role is the voice of the Blue Caterpillar in this year's "Alice Through the Looking Glass." He voiced the same character in 2010's "Alice in Wonderland."
