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.