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Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane has died

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The British actor is known not only for the role of Hagrid, but also for the main role in the film Nuns on the Run and the TV series The Cracker Method.

British actor Robbie Coltrane, best known for playing Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series, has died at the age of 72. The BBC reported this, citing the comments of his agent Belinda Wright on Friday, October 14.

According to him, the actor died in a hospital near Falkirk in Scotland.

“Robbie will probably be best remembered for decades as Hagrid… for his role that brought joy to both children and adults, generating a deluge of fan mail every week for more than 20 years,” said he.


Robbie Coltrane (real name – Anthony Robert Macmillan) was born on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, Scotland, UK.

Coltrane took his pseudonym in honor of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.

He received his first role in 1979 in the television series Play for Today. In 1980, he got a role in a big movie – in the movie Flash Gordon.

In 1989 he played the role of Falstaff in the film Henry V. He also played one of the main roles in the film Nuns on the run in 1990.

He was later offered roles in a Bond series. golden eyes (1995) And the whole world is not enough (1999), as well as in the popular film From Hell.

The second burst of fame brought him the role of the half-giant Hagrid in the series of films about Harry Potter (2001-2011).

Remember that in 2019, Robbie Coltrane was in a wheelchair. He had mobility problems before due to osteoarthritis and being overweight – he used a cane. Because of this, the actor’s condition worsened so much that he could not move on his own.

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