--- title: Alan Rickman Death: Harry Potter Co-Stars Pay Tribute description: Actors from the Harry Potter films paid their respects to his memory canonical: https://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-14T14:59:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T20:29:20.000Z og:title: Alan Rickman Death: Harry Potter Co-Stars Pay Tribute og:description: Rickman played Snape in the Harry Potter films og:url: https://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52b6929a16e84f8/69887916cf40a86a60c41797/alan-rickman-social-media-memorial-death.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: alan-rickman-social-media-memorial-death og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alan Rickman Death: Harry Potter Co-Stars Pay Tribute twitter:description: Rickman played Snape in the Harry Potter films twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52b6929a16e84f8/69887916cf40a86a60c41797/alan-rickman-social-media-memorial-death.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Harry Potter Co-Stars Paid Tribute to Alan Rickman After His Death > Sponsored content. 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Alan Rickman, left, and his Harry Potter co-stars at the final film's premiere in New York.Stephen Lovekin—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Updated: Dec 13, 2023 8:29 PM UTCPublished: Jan 14, 2016 2:59 PM UTC Friends and fans of [Alan Rickman](http://time.com/4180396/alan-rickman-a-career-in-pictures/) took to social media on Thursday morning to mourn the late British actor, who died of cancer at the [age of 69](http://time.com/4180354/alan-rickman-dead/?xid=homepage). Rickman was a great of British stage and screen, well known now for his work portraying Severus Snape in the [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/3934288/jk-rowling-harry-potter-2015/) films. He worked with a broad range of people across the world, many of whom expressed their grief at his death. **_More:_**[_See How J.K. Rowling Reacted to Alan Rickman’s Death_](http://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/) Read some of the messages about Rickman from J.K. Rowling and _Harry Potter_ actors below, with their roles in the films above their tweets. (_Sense & Sensibility,_ _Love Actually_ and _Harry Potter_ co-star Emma Thompson also [wrote this longer tribute](http://time.com/4180706/alan-rickman-death-emma-thompson-tribute/) to her friend.) > [](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/687642690301890560) Harry Potter: Hermione Granger: Ginny Weasley: The Weasley twins: > [](https://twitter.com/James%5FPhelps/status/687618581102751744) > [](https://twitter.com/OliverPhelps/status/687625703865610240) Neville Longbottom: Luna Lovegood: > [](https://twitter.com/Evy%5FLynch/status/687687504447709184) Nymphadora Tonks: > [](https://twitter.com/NatTenaLady/status/687621071072309249) Professor Flitwick: > [](https://twitter.com/WarwickADavis/status/687635912491167744) Cho Chang: > [](https://twitter.com/Kt%5FLeung/status/687664281874231296) Percy Weasley: > [](https://twitter.com/chrisrankin/status/687617051247144962) Padma Patil: > [](https://twitter.com/afshan%5Fazad/status/687645565795086336) Viktor Krum: > [](https://twitter.com/StanYanevski/status/687629474339405824) ### Alan Rickman: A Career in Pictures  Die Hard, 1988. 20th Century Fox  Truly, Madly, Deeply, 1990. BBC Films  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991. Warner Bros.  Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny, 1996. Getty Images  Dogma, 1999. Lionsgate  Galaxy Quest, 1999. DreamWorks Pictures  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 2001. Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images  Love Actually, 2003. Universal Pictures  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007. DreamWorks Pictures  The Butler, 2013. The Weinstein Company Many other fans, actors and celebrity fans tweeted their remembrances as well: > [](https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/687619639971561472) > [](https://twitter.com/Ed%5FMiliband/status/687628074612068352) > [](https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/687620288977178630) > [](https://twitter.com/katiecouric/status/687631780262748163) > [](https://twitter.com/RichardEGrant/status/687624784612569091) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealKMcKidd/status/687625532498808833) > [](https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/687636098214981632) > [](https://twitter.com/sethmeyers/status/687627429268058112) In a nod to one of the Harry Potter series’ most memorable and touching moments, many fans quoted Snape’s love for Lily Potter after her death in their own tributes to the star with the word “Always.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/"},"headline":"Here's How Harry Potter Co-Stars Paid Tribute to Alan Rickman After His Death","datePublished":"2016-01-14T14:59:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T20:29:20.000Z","description":"Rickman played Snape in the Harry Potter films","url":"https://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52b6929a16e84f8/69887916cf40a86a60c41797/alan-rickman-social-media-memorial-death.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52b6929a16e84f8/69887916cf40a86a60c41797/alan-rickman-social-media-memorial-death.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"alan-rickman-social-media-memorial-death","caption":"alan-rickman-social-media-memorial-death","creditText":"Stephen Lovekin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/","name":"Here's How Harry Potter Co-Stars Paid Tribute to Alan Rickman After His Death"}}]}] ```