“Harry Potter” and “Cracker” actor Robbie Coltrane has died at the age of 72.
The Scottish star was best known for his role as Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid and his role as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald in the ITV crime series “Cracker.”
In 1987, a letter is handed to the Prime Minister urging Britain to support a treaty banning nuclear testing. From left: Emma Thompson, Anna Carteret, Robbie Coltrane and Bill Oddie, second from right: Sir Rudolf Peierls, the designer of the first atomic bomb (PA).
Robbie Coltrane and David Jason on February 14, 1988 – both actors were nominated for Best Television Actor at the Bafta Awards the following month, Jason for his role in Porterhouse Blue and Coltrane for his role in Tutti Frutti (PA).
Villains from the new James Bond film Goldeneye in front of a tank during a photocall at Leavesden Airfield, Hertfordshire, on January 22, 1995 – from left to right: Alan Cumming, Sean Bean, Gottfried John and Robbie Coltrane (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
In “Cracker” Geraldine Somerville, Robbie Coltrane, Lorcan Cranitch and Ricky Tomlinson play in October 1995 before the crime drama returns with its third and final season (PA)
Ewan McGregor, Phil Kay and Robbie Coltrane warm up before a charity football match in aid of Calton Athletic’s drug rehabilitation and prevention project in 1997 (Chris Bacon/PA)
Coltrane appeared in another classic British franchise when he played KGB man Valentin Zukovsky in the 1995 Bond film Goldeneye and also portrayed the same character in The World Is Not Enough.
Robbie Coltrane arrives for the European charity premiere of the James Bond film ‘The World Is Not Enough’ at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London on November 22, 1999 (Peter Jordan/PA)
Then-Chancellor Gordon Brown poses with actor Robbie Coltrane dressed as Santa Claus at a Christmas party at 11 Downing Street in London on December 3, 2001 (PA).
Coltrane’s most famous role was in the Harry Potter film series, in which he played the role of Rubeus Hagrid in all eight films alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
The 1.85 m tall actor, who was personally selected by author JK Rowling, is said to have only accepted the role of the giant because his children urged him to do so.
Robbie Coltrane at King’s Cross Station in central London at the DVD and video launch party for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone on May 8, 2002 (Andy Butterton/PA)
The stars of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson during the worldwide DVD/VHS launch at Leavesden Studios in north London on April 8, 2003 (Yui Mok/PA)
Coltrane’s collection of awards culminated in 2006 when he was awarded the OBE by the Queen for services to drama.
Robbie Coltrane with his OBE after receiving it from The Queen at Buckingham Palace on March 2, 2006 (Andrew Parsons/PA)
Robbie Coltrane arrives at the UK premiere of ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ at the Odeon Leicester Square in central London on July 3, 2007 (Ian West/PA)
Hollywood star Robbie Coltrane with Carol Smillie at the return of a historic Scottish steam locomotive to Glasgow in 2007 after spending 60 years in South Africa (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Robbie Coltrane, Peter Capaldi and Richard Wilson arrive at the British Academy Scotland Awards 2011 at the Radisson Hotel in Glasgow on November 13, 2011 (Danny Lawson/PA)
Robbie Coltrane and Kelly Macdonald arrive at the film premiere of Brave at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh on June 30, 2012 (David Cheskin/PA)
Robbie Coltrane with TV presenter Muriel Gray at the opening of the Glasgow School of Art’s new £30 million Reid Building on April 9, 2014 (Andrew Milligan/PA)
