Actor Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid in Harry Potter films, dies at 72

Robbie Coltrane at the world premiere of 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2,' the last film in the series on July 7, 2011. Coltrane, who played a forensic psychologist on TV series "Cracker” and Hagrid in the "Harry Potter” movies, has died. He was 72. – Photo: AP

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72, his agent said on Friday.

Coltrane also played a former KGB agent-turned-Russian mafia boss in two James Bond films – Goldeneye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999) – with Pierce Brosnan.