LONDON (AP) – Alan Rickman, who has died of cancer aged 69, was a great Hollywood screen villain, but also a versatile and acclaimed stage and screen actor. Here are some of his major roles:
Stage:
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” (1985) – Le Vicomte de Valmont,
“Antony and Cleopatra” (1998) – Mark Antony (opposite Helen Mirren)
“Private Lives” (2002) – Elyot Chase
“John Gabriel Borkman” (2010) – John Gabriel Borkman,
“Seminar” (2011) – Leonard
Screen:
“Die Hard” (1988) – Hans Gruber
“Truly Madly Deeply” (1990) – Jamie
“Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” (1991) – The Sheriff of Nottingham
“Sense and Sensibility” (1995) – Colonel Brandon
“Rasputin” (1995) – Grigori Rasputin
“Galaxy Quest” (1999) – Alexander Dane
“Love Actually” (2003) – Harry
Rickman also played Severus Snape in eight Harry Potter films from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001) through “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” (2011)