Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played a crime-solving psychologist on TV series 鈥淐racker鈥 and the half-giant Hagrid in the 鈥淗arry Potter鈥 movies, has died. He was 72.
Coltrane鈥檚 agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in Scotland. She did not give a cause.
Coltrane came to fame as a hard-bitten detective in the 1990s series 鈥淐racker,鈥 for which he won best actor at the British Academy Television Awards three years running.
He played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011.
Other roles include a Russian crime boss in the James Bond thrillers 鈥淕oldenEye鈥 and 鈥淭he World is Not Enough.鈥
Coltrane gained rave reviews for playing a beloved TV star who may harbor a dark secret in the 2016 miniseries 鈥淣ational Treasure.鈥
Wright said that 鈥渁s 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.鈥
Wright said Coltrane is survived by his sister Annie Rae, his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell and his children Spencer and Alice.