Daniel Radcliffe hopes Alan Rickman gets nominated for an Oscar

Robert Kirchgassner

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is hoping his Potter co-star Alan Rickman will be nominated for an Oscar this year.

Rickman played the intimidating professor Severus Snape in the series, which stars Radcliffe as the title character. The last entry in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, premiered this summer and became a huge hit.

Rickman, however, is not in the front runners of candidates for Best Supporting Actor, but Radcliffe believes that she should be when the nominations are announced Jan. 12.

I don't think there is going to be another performance from an actor in a supporting role that is so powerful, Radcliffe said, where the actor had the challenge of realizing a scene that's been realized millions of times the world over in the imaginations of readers.

He went on to say that Rickmans scenes in the final entry in the series, which reveal aspects of Snapes past are some of the best work Rickman has done.

Both Radcliffe and Rickman played their respective parts in eight films over 10 years beginning with Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (2001).

Radcliffe was named Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly on Thursday for his role in the Potter series and the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Daniel Radcliffe attends 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...