Photos: Alan Rickman through the years

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Photos: Alan Rickman through the years

Acclaimed actor Alan Rickman, perhaps best known as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter series, died on Jan. 14 at the age of 69.

CHICHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Actor Alan Rickman at Goodwood racecourse on July 29, 2015 in Chichester, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

CHICHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Alan Rickman attends on day two of the Qatar Goodwood Festival at Goodwood Racecourse on July 29, 2015 in Chichester, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Qatar Goodwood Festival)

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 13: Actress Kate Winslet (L) and actor/Director Alan Rickman onstage at the "A Little Chaos" premiere introduction during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 13, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Leonard Adam/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Actor Alan Rickman attends the World Premiere of Gambit at Empire Leicester Square on November 7, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 11: (L-R) Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Matthew Lewis attend the New York premiere of "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2" at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center on July 11, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 25: Actors Sir Christopher Lee (L) and Alan Rickman attend the Royal World Premiere of 'Alice In Wonderland' at Odeon Leicester Square on February 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Claire R Greenway/Getty Images for Disney)

NEW YORK - JUNE 01: Actors Alan Rickman and Miranda Richardson attend the closing of Marina Abramovic's "The Artist is Present" hosted by Givenchy at The Museum of Modern Art on June 1, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - JULY 09: (L-R) Actors Freddie Stroma, Michael Gambon, Warwick Davis, Bonnie Wright, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton and Alan Rickman attend the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on July 9, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

MILLBROOK, NY - MARCH 22: Actors Timothy Dalton (L), Holly Hunter (R) and Alan Rickman (2nd-R) arrive for the funeral of actress Natasha Richardson at St. Peter's Lithgow Episcopal Church on March 22, 2009 in Millbrook, in Dutchess County, New York. Richardson died at Lenox Hill Hospital on March 18 in New York City after suffering a ski injury at the Mont Tremblant resort in Montreal. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 02: Actress Alfre Woodard and actor Alan Rickman arrive at the premiere of Freestyle Releasing's "Nobel Son" held at the Egyptian Theatre on December 2, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - AUGUST 04: Actors Christine Ebersole and Alan Rickman arrive at the premiere of "Bottle Shock" at Cinema 2 on August 4, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 02: Actor Alan Rickman and actress Eliza Dushku arrive at the premiere of Freestyle Releasing's "Nobel Son" held at the Egyptian Theatre on December 2, 2008 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 03: Actor Alan Rickman attends the New York premiere of 'Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' at the Ziegfeld theatre on December 03, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 15: Actor and Director Alan Rickman and actress Laura Linney pose at the "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" after party at Bowery Bar in New York City on October 15. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)

EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST15: Actors Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman (R) wave as they arrive for the premier of the film "Snow Cake" at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 15, 2006 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - MAY 17: (US TABS AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER OUT) Mos Def (R) and Alan Rickman share a laugh at the premiere of HBO's "Something The Lord Made", May 17, 2004, in New York. (Photo by Andrew Kent/Getty Images)

405391 01: Actor Alan Rickman and Lyndsey Duncan attend the "2002 Tony Award" nominees brunch May 15, 2002 in New York City. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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CHICHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Actor Alan Rickman at Goodwood racecourse on July 29, 2015 in Chichester, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

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