Robbie Coltrane: Photos to Remember the ‘Harry Potter’ Actor on the First Anniversary of His Death
Robbie Coltrane, the actor who played Hagrid, passed away on October 14, 2022. Remember the ‘Harry Potter’ favorite in photos here.
Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish-born comic and actor known best known for playing Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, died at 72 on October 14, 2022. Born in Scotland on Mar. 30, 1950, the Glasgow native studied art before taking on stand-up comedy when he was able to make it with paintings. His birth name was Anthony Robert McMillan, but he took up the stage moniker Coltrane after famed jazz musician John Coltrane.
He then made his way to TV, with appearances in Flash Gordon, Blackadder, and Keep It in the Family.
Robbie became part of Harry Potter history when he was cast as Rubeus Hagrid in 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. He would appear in each of the 8 movies, in addition to the short film Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure.
Other beloved roles included the British crime series Cracker, which ran from 1993 to 2006, and a two-picture stint in the James Bond world. He also wrote an autobiography and starred in a series about his drive across America from Los Angeles to New York City in a classic 1951 Cadillac.
There are so many things to remember Robbie by. See photos from his whole career here.