Robbie Coltrane, best known as Rubeus Hagrid, has died.

[Sgt. Pepper]

It is with a sad heart that I share the news that Robbie Coltrane, best known as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died. He was 72. As a fan of Harry Potter, his passing saddens me. And as Potterheads say in the fandom, wands up. /* May he rest in peace.

 

[ChristineM]

I thought his Cracker series was brilliant.

RIP Robbie

 

[Altfish]

Yeah, his character in Cracker is what I remember him for best

 

[Sand Dancer]

Oh no, that's not old anymore! Big guy though. I haven't seen him in anything but HP. What should I watch him in?

 

[ChristineM]

Oh no, that's not old anymore! Big guy though. I haven't seen him in anything but HP. What should I watch him in?

Cracker for sure if you can get it. It was a British tv series. Extremely intense criminal psychology.

I was studying psychology as an option my first year at uni when it aired. It was close to changing my direction of study.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I am saddened. I found the character, Hagrid, loveable, but I feel the same about Robbie. I remember him (because I'm old) playing along with Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie in Alfresco, and I have been a fan of all of them for such a long time. RIP, Robbie. But you will live forever in Rubeus Hagrid.

 

[Brickjectivity]

What a lucky guy! He is right that to have played Hagrid he has something that generations in his family can talk about. There can never be another original Hagrid, not matter how many times the series is recreated on video or audio. If there are video games his character will be the one to imitate.

 

[England my lionheart]

Great actor and comedian,will be sadly missed.

 

[Yerda]

I loved Nuns on the Run. He was good at his job and seemed to be a decent guy.

Also, alongside Sean Connery and Billy Connolly he was famous and Scottish at a time when not many people with accents like mine were on telly.