Robbie Coltrane, protagonist of Harry Potter and Cracker

byjaxonloans •October 14, 2022

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Robbie Coltrane, actor of Harry Potter and Cracker, has died at the age of 72.

The Scottish star was best known for playing Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid and for playing criminal psychologist Dr Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald in the ITV drama Cracker.

A giant envelope containing a letter asking Britain to uphold a nuclear bomb testing ban treaty is delivered to the Prime Minister on October 1, 1987. From left are celebrities Emma Thompson, Anna Carteret, Robbie Coltrane and Bill Oddie with the second from the right Sir Rudolf Peierls, the designer of the first atomic bomb, with a cap — In 1987 a letter is delivered to the prime minister asking Britain to support a treaty banning nuclear bomb tests: from left are Emma Thompson, Anna Carteret, Robbie Coltrane and Bill Oddie, with second from right Sir Rudolf Peierls, the designer of the first atomic bomb (PA)

TV rogue Del Boy Trotter (actor David Jason) faces the competition the only way he knows: by trying to throttle his rival Robbie Coltrane (l) on February 14, 1988. Both actors were nominated for the Best Television Actor category in the next month Bafta Awards - David for his role in Porterhouse Blue and Robbie for his role in Tutti Frutti — Robbie Coltrane and David Jason on February 14, 1988 – both actors were nominated for Best Television Actor category at the following month’s Bafta Awards, Jason for his role in Porterhouse Blue and Coltrane for his role in Tutti Frutti (PA)

The villains from the new James Bond movie Goldeneye line up in front of a tank during a photocell at Leavesden Airfield, Herts, January 22, 1995. L / R, Alan Cumming who is Boris, Sean Bean who plays Agent Rouge 006, Alec Trevelyan, Gottfried John who is Ourumov and Robbie Coltrane who plays Valentin. Christmas 1995 is the expected worldwide release date for the 40 million thriller — Villains from new James Bond movie Goldeneye in front of a tank during a photocall at Leavesden Airfield, Hertfordshire, January 22, 1995 – left to right are Alan Cumming, Sean Bean, Gottfried John and Robbie Coltrane (Stefan Rousseau / PA)

CRACKER — Cracker is played by Geraldine Somerville, Robbie Coltrane, Lorcan Cranitch and Ricky Tomlinson in October 1995 before the return of the crime drama for its third and final series (PA)

Warming up before a charity football match in aid of Calton Athletic's drug rehabilitation and prevention project are actors (l / r), Ewan McGregor, Phil Kay and Robbie Coltrane on June 11, 1997 — Ewan McGregor, Phil Kay and Robbie Coltrane (Chris Bacon / PA) are warming up before a charity football match in 1997 in support of Calton Athletic’s drug prevention and rehabilitation project.

Coltrane appeared in another classic British franchise when he played KGB man Valentin Zukovsky in the Bond film Goldeneye in 1995 and played the same character in The World Is Not Enough.

Actor and comedian Robbie Coltrane arrives for the European charity premiere of the James Bond film — 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 No. 11 Downing Street, London, 3 December 2001. — Then Chancellor Gordon Brown poses with actor Robbie Coltrane dressed as Santa Claus at a Christmas party at No. 11 Downing Street, London, 3 December 2001 (PA)

Arguably Coltrane’s best known role came in the Harry Potter film series as he starred in all eight films as Rubeus Hagrid alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

The 6-foot-1-inch actor, who was personally selected by author JK Rowling, is said to have played the role of the giant only after his sons urged him to do so.