Alan Rickman. AFP FILE PHOTO
British actor Alan Rickman,whose career ranged from Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company to the “Harry Potter” films, has died.
He was 69.
Rickman’s family said Thursday that the actor had died after a battle with cancer.
His breakout role was as the scheming Vicomte de Valmont in an acclaimed 1985 RSC production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.”
Film roles included “Truly, Madly, Deeply,” ”Love Actually” and the Potter films, in which he played the ambiguous Dark Arts teacher Severus Snape. TVJ
In this Jan. 10, 2008 file photo, from left to right, British actor Alan Rickman, British director Tim Burton, British actress Helena Bonham Carter, US actor Johnny Depp and British actor Timothy Spall pose for photographers, at the premiere of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, in London. British actor Alan Rickman, whose career ranged from Britains Royal Shakespeare Company to the Harry Potter films, has died. He was 69. Rickmans family said Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 that the actor had died after a battle with cancer. (Joel Ryan/PA via AP, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE