Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died

London – Scottish actor Robbie ColtraneHe played a crime-solving psychologist in the TV series “Cracker” and the half-giant Hagrid in “”.Harry Potter”, passed away at the age of 72.

Coltrane’s agent, Belinda Wright, said he died Friday at a hospital in Scotland. The agent did not disclose the reason.

Coltrane rose to fame as a rugged detective in the 1990s series “Cracker,” for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor three years in a row.

In all eight Harry Potter films released between 2001 and 2011, he played the friendly Hagrid, half-giant and boy wizard’s mentor.

Other roles include playing a Russian crime boss in the James Bond thrillers “Golden Eye” and “The World Is Not Enough.” (“007: The World Is Not Enough”).

Coltrane was widely praised for his role as a TV star with a dark secret in the 2016 miniseries “National Treasure.”

Wright said, “Besides being a wonderful actor, he had an amazingly sharp forensic mind, and after 40 years as his proud agent, I will miss him.”

Coltrane is survived by his sister Annie Ray, his ex-wife Rhona Gemmell and their children Spencer and Alice, Wright said.