Robbie Coltrane

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who also acted in two James Bond films was best known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in all eight films of the Harry Potter ...

He was a wonderful actor, a friend to all and he will be deeply missed.— Harry Potter Film (@HarryPotterFilm) He was a wonderful actor, a friend to all and he will be deeply missed.” [recalled](https://twitter.com/RevRichardColes/status/1580971566552129536) the time he shared a dressing room with Coltrane, who had “the biggest pants I have ever seen, which he wore with tremendous flair. He was an incredible actor and a lovely man.” [reunion special](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/12/30/harry-potter-reunion-hbo/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7) released this year on HBO Max, Coltrane said that “the legacy of the movies is that my children’s generation will show them to their children, so you could be watching it in 50 years’ time, easy. We shared a love of the final frontier.

Venerable Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, best known as the dragon-loving half-giant Hagrid from the "Harry Potter" film franchise, died on Friday, his.

[said in statement](https://twitter.com/007/status/1580983058471088128). They worked together on the British sketch comedy show "Alfresco," which also included Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson. Such depth, power & talent," Fry [said in a statement](https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/1580965904854134788). I shall miss him very much." Coltrane also won rave reviews for another dark role, in the 2016 British mini-series "National Treasure." "We shall miss him as a dear friend. “For me personally I shall remember him as an abidingly loyal client," Wright said in statement. [Idle said in a statement](https://twitter.com/EricIdle/status/1580966455100682251). He was an incredible actor and a lovely man.” "He was also a very good friend. [she said in statement](https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1580974122888089601).

The Scottish actor played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011.

He was also a very good friend," Idle wrote. Rowling, who decades ago had said Coltrane was her first choice to play Hagrid, tweeted Friday that he was "an incredible talent, a complete one off." Coltrane's agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in his native Scotland, and but did not immediately offer other details.

Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish-born actor who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 72, his agent said on Friday.

He was a gifted comic actor and a star of Britain's 1980s alternative comedy boom, playing a string of television roles that included regular appearances in "The Comic Strip Presents ..." In 1987, he rose to greater prominence starring alongside Emma Thompson in John Byrne's mini-series "Tutti Frutti" as doomed lead singer Big Jazza McGlone in a tale of fictional Scots rock 'n' roll band The Majestics. Such depth, power & talent: funny enough to cause helpless hiccups & honking as we made our first TV show, "Alfresco". You'll be so dreadfully missed". "I was awe/terror/love struck all at the same time. I send my love and deepest condolences to his family, above all his children."

LONDON – Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72, his agent said on Friday.

He also played a former KGB agent-turned-Russian mafia boss in two James Bond films – “Goldeneye” (1995) and “The World Is Not Enough” (1999) – with Pierce Brosnan. The role “brought joy to children and adults alike all over the world, prompting a stream of fan letters every week for over 20 years”, said Wright. On television, he starred alongside Emma Thompson in the cult BAFTA-winning BBC mini-series “Tutti Frutti” in 1987.

Scottish-born actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 72.

Coltrane gained rave reviews for playing a beloved TV star who may harbor a dark secret in the 2016 miniseries "National Treasure." Other roles include a Russian crime boss in the James Bond thrillers "GoldenEye" and "The World is Not Enough." LONDON (AP) — Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played a crime-solving psychologist on TV series "Cracker" and the half-giant Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" movies, has died.

Robbie Coltrane, the actor who brought to life the lovable gamekeeper Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, died on Friday, according to his agent, ...

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72, his agent said on Friday (Oct 14). Coltrane also played a ...

Rowling tweeted that "I'll never know anyone remotely like Robbie again. The role "brought joy to children and adults alike all over the world, prompting a stream of fan letters every week for over 20 years", said Wright. "Such depth, power & talent: funny enough to cause helpless hiccups & honking as we made our first TV show, 'Alfresco'. Rest in peace Robbie". "Robbie was one of the funniest people I've met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on set," said Daniel Radcliffe, who played the title role in the Harry Potter series. Advertisement

Robbie Coltrane's career began long before the first Harry Potter movie premiered in 2001, but for the generation that grew up with the films and the books, ...

Thank you Robbie for bringing this character to life," So you could be watching it in 50 years' time, easy," Coltrane said. You made it a joy to be Hermione." [Felton wrote on Instagram.](https://www.instagram.com/p/CjtRfQgLu7a/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) "And made them laugh. "Hagrid represented the concept of unconditional love. "Robbie, if I ever get to be so kind as you were to me on a film set I promise I'll do it in your name and memory.

Tributes have poured in for actor Robbie Coltrane, who has died at the age of 72. Miriam Margolyes described her former Harry Potter co-star, ...

Coltrane's agent Belinda Wright added in her statement: "For me personally I shall remember him as an abidingly loyal client. [Richard Coles added](https://twitter.com/RevRichardColes/status/1580971566552129536): "Very sorry to hear Robbie Coltrane has died. We shared a dressing room once and he had the biggest pants I have ever seen, which he wore with tremendous flair. He was also well known for his roles in TV show Cracker and James Bond Films Goldeneye and The World is Not Enough. Fellow Alfresco actor Hugh Laurie, who also starred alongside Coltrane in sitcom Blackadder, recalled their time spent sharing car rides between Manchester and London. She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It's just such a waste to think of all that talent, that fire.

The veteran Scottish actor and comedian also played a gambling-addicted psychologist in the 1990s crime series “Cracker.”

The first film, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” opened in November 2001 and grossed Coltrane was an established figure in television and film when he attracted international attention for his role as Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” film series. Coltrane’s family had not disclosed a cause of death, but that he had been “unwell for some time.”

Friends remember the Scottish actor, best known for playing Hagrid in Harry Potter, who died on Friday at the age of 72.

“I clearly remember when I went to talk to him about playing Fitz and all the while he talked to me he was taking a carburettor apart. And he was courageous enough to bring it all to the screen.” “He was a great mechanic too and I wouldn’t like that side of him to be forgotten,” he said. “I remember sleeping on the beach together in France, and then I went on holiday to Spain with Robbie and Keith Allen. I also loved him in our 1984 film, Gino, where he played Max, a guy who was having a breakdown while driving around in his jaguar and drinking. The director and comic actor Peter Richardson, a leading creative force behind the Comic Strip films in which Coltrane first appeared, praised the range of his late friend’s talent: “Everything was big about Robbie.

Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in "Harry Potter" franchise, dies at 72.

Most recently, Coltrane appeared with his “Harry Potter” family on the “Return to Hogwarts” 20th anniversary special released on HBO Max in January 2022. One of his first major appearances was on the British sketch comedy series “Alfresco” in 1983. A towering figure but a softie at heart, Hagrid had a sweet spot for ferocious beasts and cared for some of the “Harry Potter” world’s most ferocious, and iconic, creatures.

Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the series, died this week at the age of 72.

He didn’t give a fuck and it always made you smile. “My children will show them to their children, so you could be watching in 50 years times—easy,” he said, alternating between sincerity and laughter in his typical style. [who gave The New York Post a statement](https://nypost.com/2022/10/14/harry-potter-star-daniel-radcliffe-honors-hagrid-actor-robbie-coltrane/) about Coltrane, saying that, “Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on the set. Now, several of Coltrane’s co-stars from the films have issued statements this weekend, remembering a man who always went out of his way to keep the young actors he worked with laughing and feeling comfortable on the films’ sets. His talent was so immense that it made sense he played a giant—he could fill ANY space with his brilliance. You made us a family.