‘Harry Potter’ Star Who Performed Hagrid Dies at 72

An enduring legacy. Harry Potter and James Bond star Robbie Coltrane died on Friday, October 14, Us Weekly confirms. He was 72.

“We will affirm that Robbie Coltrane has died,” a consultant for the Scottish actor mentioned in an announcement to Us. “He’s survived by his sister Annie Rae, his kids Spencer and Alice and their mom Rhona Gemmell.”

Coltrane, who was born Anthony Robert McMillan, was finest recognized for enjoying Hogwarts groundskeeper Hagrid within the Harry Potter franchise. After a profession as a stand-up comedian in Edinburgh, Scotland, the Courageous voice actor starred on a number of British sitcoms like Blackadder and Alfresco earlier than touchdown his breakout position as legal psychologist Dr. Edward “Fitz” Fitzgerald on Cracker. He earned three consecutive BAFTA TV awards for his work on the sequence, which ran from 1993 to 2006.

Along with Harry Potter, Coltrane additionally starred reverse Pierce Brosnan in two James Bond movies — 1995’s GoldenEye and 1999’s The World is Not Sufficient — as Valentin Zukovsky.

“I first met Robbie Coltrane nearly precisely 40 years in the past. I used to be awe/terror/love struck all on the identical time,” Stephen Fry wrote via Twitter shortly after the news broke. “Such depth, energy & expertise: humorous sufficient to trigger helpless hiccups & honking as we made our first TV present, Alfresco.”

The Little bit of Fry and Laurie star, 65, continued: “Farewell, previous fellow. You’ll be so dreadfully missed.”

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