The Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane who played the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series and also starred in James Bond films is dead.

Robbie Coltrane died at the age of 72, his agent confirmed on Friday, October 14th. The Scottish actor achieved global fame playing the character Hagrid in all eight films in the “Harry Potter” series.

Coltrane’s agent, Belinda Wright, said Coltrane died in a Scottish hospital Friday but did not give the cause of death.

In a statement, she said, “as well as being a wonderful actor, he was forensically intelligent, brilliantly witty, and after 40 years of being proud to be called his agent, I shall miss him.”

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Longtime friend and colleague Stephen Fry wrote of Coltrane’s passing: “I was awe/terror/love struck all at the same time. Such depth, power & talent: funny enough to cause helpless hiccups & honking as we made our first TV show, “Alfresco.” Farewell, old fellow. You’ll be so dreadfully missed.”

And Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon writing on Twitter said: “Very sad news. He had such range and depth as an actor, from brilliant comedy to hard-edged drama (….) Robbie Coltrane, Scottish entertainment legend — you will be hugely missed. RIP.”

Born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, the actor, comedian and writer also starred as Bond villain Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the films “Golden Eye” (1995) and “The World is Not Enough” (1999).

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