The Scottish actor, also known for his passage in the Cracker series which will earn him three BAFTA for best actor, was at 72 years old.
Le Monde with AFP
British actor Robbie Coltrane, known worldwide for his role of the half-manager Hagrid in the films of the Harry Potter saga, died at 72, announced his agent on Friday 14 October.
Born in Scotland, the actor was adored by children around the world for his interpretation of the kind, clumsy half-giant with a very supplied beard Rubeus Hagrid, who helps the young sorcerer Harry Potter and his friends in their adventures ‘Hogwarts wizard school. In reality, he measured 1m86, but for the needs of the film special effects and special effects gave the impression that it was much larger.
The author of the Harry Potter saga, J.K. Rowling, praised his “incredible talent”, on Twitter . “I was more than lucky to know him, to work with him, and to laugh in tears with him,” she said.
i’ll Never Know Anyone Remotaly Like Robbie Again. He was an incredible talent, a complete one off, and i was beyon… https://t.co/dcgrzblom2
Three BAFTA for the Cracker series
“Robbie had a unique talent, sharing with Michael Gambon (who was also part of the Harry Potter saga, interpreting Professor Dumbledore) a record for winning three consecutive Bafta for best actor” for his role in the Cracker series , in 1994, 1995 and 1996, recalled his agent.
“He was intelligent, brilliantly full of mind and after 40 years to have been his agent, I will miss it,” she added. Coltrane had made himself known in the mid-1990s for his role of Doctor Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a psychologist helping Manchester police in the British police series Cracker.
In the 1990s, he had also played in two films in the James Bond saga (“Le Monde is not enough” and “Goldeneye”), performing a Russian mafia and ex-agent of the KGB.