Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane has died at the age of 72. He was best known to the general public as the character of Hagrid in Harry Potter-movie.
The actor died in a hospital near his home in Larbert, Scotland. A cause of death was not disclosed.
“Robbie will likely be remembered as Hagrid for decades to come, a role that has brought so much joy to children and adults alike and has led to a flood of fan letters over the past two decades,” his management said Friday night. .
But Coltrane, whose real name is Anthony Robert McMillan, was more than the bearded friend Harry Potter. He was also known as former KGB agent Valentin Zukovsky in the James Bond films Golden eye in The world is not enough.
In the early 1990s, Coltrane played a forensic psychologist in the British crime series Cracker. For that role, she won three BAFTAs, Britain’s most famous film and television awards. For his role as Hagrid in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Coltrane was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor in 2002, but he didn’t win that award.
In total, Coltrane starred in more than fifty films, such as Nuns on the run (1990) a The Pope must die (1991).
