Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72



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Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid wrong the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72.

He besides regarded successful ITV detective play Cracker and the James Bond movies Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough.

In a declaration, his cause Belinda Wright showed the histrion died successful infirmary adjacent Falkirk successful Scotland.

She described Coltrane arsenic a "unique talent", including his relation arsenic Hagrid "added pleasance to youngsters and adults alike each implicit the global".

"For maine successful my presumption I shall carnivore successful caput him arsenic an abidingly unswerving patron. As good arsenic being a splendid actor, helium turned into forensically shrewd, brilliantly witty and aft forty years of being arrogant to beryllium referred to arsenic his agent, I shall walk implicit him.

"He is survived via his sister Annie Rae, his children Spencer and Alice and their parent Rhona Gemmell. They would truly similar to convey the objective unit astatine Forth Valley Royal Hospital successful Larbert for their attraction and diplomacy.

"Please admit Robbie's ellipse of relatives's privateness astatine this distressing time."

Image source, ITV/ShutterstockImage caption, Coltrane performed Fitz successful Cracker successful the mid-Nineteen Nineties, and erstwhile much successful a revival successful 2006

Coltrane turned into made an OBE wrong the 2006 New Year's honours listing for his services to play and helium go offered the Bafta Scotland Award for apical notch publication to movie successful 2011.

Harry Potter prima Daniel Radcliffe paid tribute to Coltrane successful a announcement, saying: "Robbie changed into 1 of the funniest radical I've met and utilized to support america giggling continuously arsenic youngsters connected that set.

"I've particularly fond recollections of him keeping our spirits up connected Prisoner of Azkaban, portion we person been each hiding from the torrential rainfall for hours successful Hagrid's hut and helium became telling testimonies and cracking jokes to support morale up.

"I consciousness reasonably fortunate that I were fixed to fulfill and enactment with him and truly unhappy that he's handed. He changed into an notable histrion and a cute man."

Writing connected Twitter, Harry Potter writer JK Rowling described Coltrane arsenic an "brilliant talent" and "a full one-off".

I'll ne'er recognize each idiosyncratic remotely similar Robbie again. He was an fantabulous expertise, a implicit 1 off, and I go beyond fortunate to admit him, enactment with him and snigger my caput disconnected with him. I vessel my emotion and interior astir condolences to his ellipse of relatives, peculiarly his children. percent.Twitter.Com/tzpln8hD9z

Actor Stephen Fry, who seemed on Coltrane successful Alfresco, tweeted: "Such intensity, spot and skills: comic capable to intent helpless hiccups and honking arsenic we made our archetypal TV amusement Alfresco. Farewell, vintage fellow, you whitethorn beryllium truthful dreadfully ored."

Scotland's archetypal curate Nicola Sturgeon described Coltrane's nonaccomplishment of beingness arsenic "very unhappy news".

"He had specified scope and strength arsenic an actor, from large drama to hard-edged drama. I presume my favourite of each his roles turned into Fitz successful Cracker," she said.

"Robbie Coltrane, Scottish amusement fable - you volition beryllium highly neglected. RIP."

The authoritative James Bond Twitter account referred to arsenic him an "exquisite histrion whose skills knew nary bounds".

Broadcaster Richard Coles delivered: "Very atrocious to wage attraction Robbie Coltrane has died. We shared a dressing country erstwhile and helium had the astir important pants I person ever seen, which helium wore with splendid flair. We person been pals from past on."

Image supply, Warner BrosImage caption, Robbie Coltrane was wide known for gambling Hagrid wrong the Harry Potter films

The Scottish megastar, whose existent sanction is Anthony Robert McMillan, turned into calved successful Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, successful 1950.

Coltrane was the lad of trainer and pianist Jean Ross and GP Ian Baxter McMillan, and turned into knowledgeable astatine impartial module Glenalmond College successful Perth and Kinross.

The actor's assemblage commenced successful 1979 wrong the TV postulation Play for Today, but helium came to prominence successful A Kick Up the Nineteen Eighties, a BBC TV drama postulation which besides starred Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Rik Mayall.

He besides appeared successful the 1983 ITV drama Alfresco, with Fry, Emma Thompson, Siobhan Redmond and Hugh Laurie.

By 1987 helium had a starring relation successful Tutti Frutti, astir Scottish stone and rotation set The Majestics, which additionally starred Emma Thompson and Richard Wilson. The 12 months earlier than helium go successful British transgression movie Mona Lisa, starring Bob Hoskins.

Image supply, PA MediaImage caption, Coltrane became made an OBE wrong the 2006 New Year's honours listing for his services to drama

Coltrane won successful summation fame starring arsenic transgression scientist Dr Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald successful the ITV postulation Cracker from 1993 to 1995 and successful a unsocial instrumentality occurrence successful 2006.

The relation secured him the Bafta grant for first-rate histrion for 3 consecutive years from 1994 to 1996.

Arguably his nice-acknowledged relation came wrong the Harry Potter movie postulation arsenic helium starred successful each 8 movies arsenic Rubeus Hagrid on Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

In 2016, helium starred successful Bafta-prevailing Channel 4 play National Treasure, with Dame Julie Walters, astir a comedian and TV big accused of intersexual maltreatment of girls.

Late last 12 months helium seemed wrong the Harry Potter reunion TV unique, which reunited the solid, adjacent though JK Rowling changed into absent and featured lone successful archive movies.

Coltrane seemed on Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, on with Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman and Ralph Fiennes.

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