On Instagram, Radcliffe remembered Coltrane as “one of the funniest people I’ve met,” and also shared an anecdote from their filming days. Social media tributes from Radcliffe, Rowling and others began rolling in shortly after Coltrane’s death was announced.

He is survived by his sister Annie Rae, his children Spencer and Alice and their mother Rhona Gemmell. His first appearance in the book-turned-film series was in 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” His additional television and film credits include starring roles in British series “Cracker,” “The Comic Strip Presents” and “Tutti Frutti” and in James Bond movies “Goldeneye” and “The World is Not Enough.” Rowling, alongside Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.

He was 72.Ĭoltrane was widely known for starring in the “Harry Potter” franchise, based on the books by J.K. Representatives for Coltrane’s talent agency WME told The Times that the actor died Friday at the at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Scotland. Actor Robbie Coltrane, known for portraying the grizzly, but friendly half-giant wizard Rubeus Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, has died, The Times can confirm.

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