Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter's Hagrid, dies at 72

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane has died at the age of 72. Coltrane's 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 ``Cracker,'' 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 ``Golden Eye'' and ``The World is Not Enough.'' Coltrane gained rave reviews for playing a beloved TV star who may harbor a dark secret in the 2016 miniseries ``National Treasure.''