Robbie Coltrane, Comic Performer Who Played Hagrid in ‘Harry Potter’ Movies, Dies at 72 - Hollywood Reporter

Robbie Coltrane, a seasoned Scottish-born comic and histrion known for his prima turns successful the British transgression bid Cracker and the Harry Potter movie franchise, died Friday, Oct. 14, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He was 72 years old.

Coltrane’s cause Belinda Wright called him a “unique talent,” who she’ll retrieve arsenic “an abidingly  loyal client.”

“As good arsenic being a fantastic actor, helium was forensically intelligent and brilliantly witty, and aft 40 years of being arrogant to beryllium to called his agent, I shall miss him,” Wright added of Coltrane successful a statement.

The boisterous and decidedly eccentric Scotsman, who began his vocation successful drama and theater, besides commanded the surface successful 2 James Bond films during an illustrious vocation connected some sides of the Atlantic.

Coltrane was calved Anthony Robert McMillan connected March 30, 1950, successful Glasgow, Scotland arsenic the lad of a doc and teacher. After graduating from Glasgow Art School, helium continued his studies successful creation astatine Moray House College of Education successful Edinburgh.

But arsenic his attempts to go an creator failed to cookware out, Coltrane took up stand-up drama successful Edinburgh clubs. And helium changed his past sanction successful grant of the jazz fable John Coltrane arsenic helium turned to acting successful London.

Coltrane’s aboriginal TV credits see Flash Gordon, Blackadder and Keep It successful the Family. His different drama credits included bid similar A Kick Up the Eighties, The Comic Strip and Alfresco arsenic helium became a mainstay connected British TV screens.

Coltrane’s breakout relation was playing Dr. Edward “Fitz” Fitzgerald, an anti-social transgression scientist with a acquisition for solving crimes, successful Jimmy McGovern’s Cracker series, which ran implicit 25 episodes betwixt 1993 and 2006.

Coltrane won 3 consecutive BAFTA champion tv histrion awards for that role, sharing a record for astir wins successful a row.

That show led Coltrane to roles successful 2 James Bond films arsenic helium played Valentin Zukovsky successful GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough. Coltrane’s different large supporting roles came arsenic helium played Rubeus Hagrid the Giant successful the Harry Potter films, starting with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone successful 2001.

Coltrane penned an autobiography, Coltrane successful a Cadillac, and besides starred successful the TV bid of the aforesaid sanction successful 1993, wherever helium drove crossed America from Los Angeles to New York City successful a classical 1951 Cadillac car.

Coltrane is survived by sister Annie Rae and his children Spencer and Alice and their parent Rhona Gemmell.

The family, Wright said, “would similar to convey the aesculapian unit astatine Forth Valley Royal Hospital successful Larbert, Scotland for their attraction and diplomacy.”

11:37 a.m. This communicative has been updated with a connection from Coltrane’s agent.