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Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry PotterBԪַs Hagrid, dies at 72

Coltrane came to fame as a hard-bitten detective in the 1990s series BԪַCrackerBԪַ
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FILE - Robbie Coltrane arrives in Trafalgar Square, central London, for the world premiere of BԪַHarry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2,BԪַ the last film in the series on July 7, 2011. Coltrane, who played a forensic psychologist on TV series BԪַCrackerBԪַ and Hagrid in the BԪַHarry PotterBԪַ movies, has died. ColtraneBԪַs agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in Scotland. He was 72. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played a crime-solving psychologist on TV series BԪַCrackerBԪַ and the half-giant Hagrid in the BԪַHarry PotterBԪַ movies, has died. He was 72.

ColtraneBԪַs agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in Scotland. She did not give a cause.

Coltrane came to fame as a hard-bitten detective in the 1990s series BԪַCracker,BԪַ for which he won best actor at the British Academy Television Awards three years running.

He played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011.

Other roles include a Russian crime boss in the James Bond thrillers BԪַGoldenEyeBԪַ and BԪַThe World is Not Enough.BԪַ

Coltrane gained rave reviews for playing a beloved TV star who may harbor a dark secret in the 2016 miniseries BԪַNational Treasure.BԪַ

Wright said that BԪַas well as being a wonderful actor, he was forensically intelligent, brilliantly witty and after 40 years of being proud to be called his agent, I shall miss him.BԪַ

Wright said Coltrane is survived by his sister Annie Rae, his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell and his children Spencer and Alice.





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