Tag: Robbie Coltrane

Our favorite giant “Rubeus Hagrid” is no more
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Our favorite giant “Rubeus Hagrid” is no more

Harry potter famed Robbie Coltrane died at the age of 72. The award winner was the kid's favorite giant Rubeus Hagrid from the series. The actor also appeared in the popular television detective drama Cracker and the James Bond films Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72, his agent said on Friday. He also played a former KGB agent-turned-Russian mafia boss in two James Bond films — Goldeneye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999) — with Pierce Brosnan. Coltrane, who was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, forged a career as an actor, comedian, and writer. The Scottish actor achieved global fame playing the character Hagrid in all eight films of the Harry Pot...